Rahul Gandhi struck a personal cord with the people of Arunachal Pradesh during his public meeting in Ziro. He began his speech by greeting the people of Ziro in their language: 'Ziro, Aya Doha'. Describing Ziro as a place of immeasurable beauty, he said 'There is no shortage of beauty here. The people are beautiful, the mountains are beautiful, nature is beautiful, the women are beautiful. Zero means that which can't be measured. Your beauty is immeasurable. That's why this place is called Ziro'.

Rahul Gandhi expressed his anguish at the death Nido Taniam, a boy from Arunachal Pradesh who was murdered in Delhi. Rahul said, 'Our party stands for unity among the whole country and that is the idea we stand for. We condemned the incident,' said Rahul Gandhi. 'India belongs to everyone: every caste, every religion, every community,' he said. 'We want to create such an India in which wherever you go, all of you feel that you will be welcomed with open arms,' he said.

Rahul Gandhi said that Arunachal Pradesh has made a lot of progress since its formation. 'Prime Minister Indira Gandhi made Arunachal Pradesh a Union Territory in 1972. It became a state under Rajiv Gandhi. Arunachal Pradesh has come a long way since then. Its literacy was almost zero, now it is almost equal to the national average,' he said..