Sonia becomes emotiol at institute med after Rajiv

KOTTAYAM (KERALA), Dec 30: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in an emotiolly charged speech on Wednesday, hit back at her late husband Rajiv Gandhi’s detractors who criticised him for leaning heavily on the development of information technology and telecommunication when he was the prime minister. “He was bitterly criticized, attacked, ridiculed and tagged as an elitist when he ushered in a revolution in the IT and telecommunication sector. But he persevered with it and today, yesterday’s critics have now taken over the legacy of his,” Gandhi said. “Rajiv Gandhi brought India into the IT and telecommunication are and now we are recognized as a leading player in this field,” Gandhi said at the State-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, currently rated as one of the leading engineering colleges in the State. (IANS)