A 78-year-old woman Pushpa Munjiyal, who lives in an old age home in Uttrakhand’s Dehradun on Monday donated all her savings to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Pushpa Munjiyal, who owns a residential property in Dehradun’s posh area, said she is influenced by the ideas of the Wayanad MP, “I am impressed with Rahul Gandhi. His entire family has worked for the country and now he is doing his bit,” News18 reported.
A former government school teacher, Munjiyal handed over her will, which includes a house and gold with an estimation of worth more than Rs 50 lakh to senior Congress MLA Pritam Singh at the latter’s residence.
“It is not easy to become Indira (Gandhi) and Rajiv (Gandhi). Both died for the country. The Gandhis have a legacy and I have great respect for them,” she said, adding, “I believe Rahul will use the donation for a good cause.”
Munjiyal lost her eyesight to a failed eye operation. She had taken voluntary retirement 13 years ago and moved in with her sisters.
“But that didn’t work for long. So later I decided to move to an old age home. Life is good at Prem Dham,” she said.
