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
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.
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.
(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.
It (Congress) is a funny party. It is the largest political organization in the world but perhaps does not have a single rule or regulation. We create new rules every two minutes and then dump them. Nobody knows the rules in the party
For me, the Congress party is now my life, the people of India are my life, and I will fight for the people of India and for this party
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
Nobody can refuse a person who comes and asks for a job. Nobody can refuse a poor man when he goes and asks for food. Nobody can stop any Indian if he asks a question of his government. This is what the Congress party and the UPA have done over the last 10 years.
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).
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?
What is happening to human resources in Punjab. 7 out of 10 youth have the problem of drugs.