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"I am delighted, absolutely delighted that Vijay Mallya bought these things and they will now come back to India," he said.
Recalling that he was very apprehensive that something might go wrong at the auction, Gandhi said with the help of is friend and former cricketer Dilip Doshi he was trying to get the items back.
"We had put a safety (measure) in place and Doshi was also bidding for these items. But when we realised that there may be an Indian bidding against him, he stopped his bid at 1.7 million," he said.
Asked if he was surprised at industrialist Mallya's bid, he said, "I won't say that I was very surprised. I think at the back of my mind I was hoping that something like this will happen because I always believed that miracles do happen and I think this is a miracle that has happened".
Gandhi said that Mallya was able to "outbid" everyone and buy the five iconic items of the Mahatma.
Asked if the Father of the Nation's legacy had been somewhat lost, he said Bapu's legacy has been allowed to wither away and become distant from the people.
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TUSHAR GANDHI SHOULD BE MADE THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS(INC)2nd POST AFTER SONIA GANDHI,BECAUSE THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ALSO BELONGED TO MAHATMA GANDHI SAME AS NEHRU,BAPU PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN INC DURING FREEDOM MOVEMENT,WE THE PEOPLE OF INDIA HAVE COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOOUT THE RIGHTS OF BAPU'S FAMILY ON (INC),AT PRESENT THE (INC) HAS BECOME A PERMANMENT PROPERTY OF NEHRU-INDIRA FAMILY,THE MEMBERS OF BAPU'S FAMILY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY PUSHED A SIDE,IT DOSENT REALLY MATTERS AT ALL THAT TUSHAR APPEARED 50 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF BAPU,IT ALL MATTER THAT TUSHAR IS THE BLOOD OF BAPU'S FAMILY WHCIH IS MORE THEN ENOUGH,OUR SENIOR CORRUPT CUNNING CONGRESS LEADERS NEVER EVER TUSHAR SINCE FROM BEGINNING,NOBODY FROM CONGRESS TOLD HIM TO JOIN (AICC),IT WAS DUTY OF CONGRESS TO HAND OVER 2nd KEY POST OF(AICC) TO TUSHAR GANDHI AS A RESPECT TO THE FAMILY OF (FATHER OF THE NATION)BECAUSE CONGRESS IGNORED TUSHAR HE WAS FORCED JOIN (SP)IN 1998...please support.
It is a shame for the Indian Govt that they ruled and bullied Indian people but one siimple itmes of Mahatma Ghandhi they can afford to buy. Vijay mallaya I salute you. When I come for holiday I will always travel by kingfisher airlines and drink Kingfisher. Please tell that Italian lady to go back to her country and stop bullying like what the nehru family did in the past.
Atleast it is brought back by an Indian, not by an Italian.The question is which Indian sent it out
Bapu's belongings brought back to India by 'Liquor Baron'....