Mundichi, a 62-year-old Scheduled Caste widow from Amarambalam panchayat near Nilambur, was on cloud nine on Sunday as she accepted the key of her new house from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
She did not hide her joy as Congressmen cheered her when she accepted the house key. “I am doubly happy because, apart from fulfilling my dream of a house, I am getting the key from the grandson of Indira Gandhi, whom I adored,” she said.
Mundichi was reportedly denied a house by civic officials under the Life Mission housing scheme because she was a Congress supporter. Panchayat officials had reportedly asked her to quit the Congress if she wanted a house under the Life Mission.
