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Have 'completely forgiven' father's killers, says Rahul

Singapore: Congress president Rahul Gandhi said that he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi have "completely forgiven" his father Rajiv Gandhi's killers.
During his interaction with IIM alumni in Singapore, Gandhi, when asked if he and his sister Priyanka had forgiven his father's killers, said: "We were very upset and hurt, and for many years we were quite angry. But, somehow, completely...in fact, completely (forgiven)."
"There is a history that when one realises that when these events take place, it's collision of ideas, forces, confusion. That's where you get caught. I remember when I saw Prabhakaran on TV lying dead, I got two feelings - one was why they are humiliating this man in this way.
"And second was I felt really bad for him and his kids, and I did that because I understood deeply what it meant to be on the other side of that thing. So to me when I see violence regardless of who it is, I know that there is a human being behind that, there is a family behind that, a kid crying behind that. I have been through a lot of pain to get this, and it is something I consider very valuable. I find it difficult to hate people; even my sister does," he said.
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