Rahul Gandhi says he forgave his father Rajiv's killers, doesn't feel 'anger or hatred towards anybody' Congress Rahul Gandhi interacted with students of Bharathidasan Government College for Women in Puducherry. (Image: PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the killing of his father Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 brought him tremendous pain but he nursed no anger or hatred towards those responsible for it. "I don't have anger or hatred towards anybody. Of course, I lost my father and for me it was a very difficult time," Rahul Gandhi was quoted by news agency PTI as saying. He further said it was similar to having one's heart severed.