Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi pronunciation ;is the Vice-President of the Indian National Congressparty and the Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India. Gandhi served as a general secretary in the All India Congress Committee and represents Amethi as its Member of Parliament. He is the second-highest-ranked member of the Congress Working Committee...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 June 1970
CityNew Delhi, India
CountryIndia
The Congress as I see, does not belong to me or to you, but it belongs to the whole country.
See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.
Lokpal Bill alone is not adequate to fight corruption. We need a comprehensive anti-corruption code in this country. The UPA Government has developed a powerful anti-corruption frame work consisting of eight new Central laws...... This is not about one Bill, this is about a frame work and we want to deliver that frame work to the country
We have unleashed aspirations of youngsters. Democracy is not going to go backwards. India is too big a country to be run by one person. We are going to accelerate the process of democratization and I think that is the biggest opportunity for Congress party because that is the DNA of the Congress
I am ready to take the responsibility of (leading) the party in the state if the high command asks. If the Central leadership gives me the responsibility, I can turn around the fortunes of the party in the state.
I have done this because it is the right thing to do.
What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually.
I will speak to you tomorrow and till then I will sit there (among the delegates).
My place right now is among the people. My place right now is to learn and understand so that I can serve my people and party better.
If the party leadership wants, then I am ready for it.
A Dalit needs Jupiter's escape velocity to achieve success.
A rising tide raises all boats, but you need a boat to rise with the tide. What does he who does not have a boat do?
(When asked about the free distribution of Akash tablet his party had promised) "Frankly, I am not the person who came up with the Aakash tablet. You need to ask the gentleman who came up with it.
What is happening to human resources in Punjab. 7 out of 10 youth have the problem of drugs.