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Gandhi family cook's son bags Congress ticket

'The way to a man's heart is through his stomach' is a saying that seems to have paid off for a cook with the Gandhi-Nehru family for over three decades.

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SHIMLA: 'The way to a man's heart is through his stomach' is a saying that seems to have paid off for a cook with the Gandhi-Nehru family for over three decades.

His son Prakash Chand Karad has bagged the Congress ticket for Arki assembly constituency in Solan district, emerging as a dark horse against three-time MLA and Himachal Pradesh Deputy Speaker Dharampal Thakur.

Padam Ram of Banjan village in the district served as a cook first with late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, her son Rajiv Gandhi and later with Sonia Gandhi while his father supplied food items to the family since the time of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

He was employed with the External Affairs Ministry and posted as a cook in the Nehru-Gandhi family since 1970.

He retired five years ago but kept visiting 10, Janpath in New Delhi and got the ticket as the reward for loyalty.

Also figuring in the Congress list of 65 candidates announced on Sunday is Nand Lal, a former SPG commando attached with AICC President Sonia Gandhi who got nominated from Rampur (SC) seat instead of Horticulture Minister and six-time MLA Singhi Ram.

An elated Padam Ram said over the phone from Solan, "Even my father late Jhirku Ram had served as storeman at the residence of Pt Nehruji. He supplied food items to the family for 35 years before I joined as the family cook during Indiraji's time."

He thanked the Gandhis for providing his son the opportunity to serve the Congress while his 37-year-old son expressed gratitude for getting a chance to fulfill his father's dream.

 

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