Rahul Gandhi turns 40, the new age Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi turns 40 on June 19. For the young man whose widely acknowledged destiny is to be the country's leader, it has been a study in progress- an honest attempt at discovering India and its people.
Shy and reticent, this Gandhi has been learning the political ropes by spending time in his constituency and other villages. Be it the nights he spent at Dalit homes in Amethi, or his interaction with students in cities, Rahul, with his youthful appeal, is known to wade into crowds to confront issues.
When Rahul Gandhi turned down a Cabinet post in the Manmohan Singh government and announced that he wanted to concentrate on strengthening the party at the grassroots level, the decision was met with much admiration. The self-effacing Nehru-Gandhi scion, once seen as a reluctant politician, was credited for his starring role in the resounding victory of the Congress in the 2009 elections and the revival of the party in Uttar Pradesh.
Rahul Gandhi vows to be with poor
Rahul Gandhi,general secretary of the Congress party, has said that he will continue championing the cause of the poor despite being mocked by the opposition.Addressing a public rally in Godavarikhani, a town in Andhra Pradesh's Karimnagar District, Gandhi said that the amount of time that he spends with the poor is aimed at understanding their problems and helping in the overall development of the country.
We Congress see India from common man eyes :Rahul Gandhi
"We Congress see India from common man's eyes. Our programmes are for the poor of India. Our thinking is to take forward the poor of the country......Our opposition does not see the world from the eyes of the poor,"
Mar 31, 2009
Immediately after Priyanka's visit her brother Rahul Gandhi told media "we don't carry hatred, we don't carry anger. It's not an exercise:She felt that she wanted to go and see the person. She has been feeling it for sometime".
Mar 26, 2009
Saying that the UPA government was trying to help ease situation in Sri Lanka in view of the military offensive there, Rahul said, "Pranab Mukherjee visited Sri Lanka and the government is trying to help ease the situation and pressure the...
Mar 25, 2009
Indicating that the Congress move in Bihar was a calculated one, Gandhi asked: "Did Lalu and Paswan leave us, or did we leave them?"
Mar 25, 2009
Elaborating on his vision for the two states, Gandhi said: "UP and Bihar used to be the heart of where our strength used to come. And in UP and Bihar we have declined considerably."
Mar 25, 2009
Noting that there were times when Dr. Singh had shown tremendous grit, determination and toughness, Mr. Gandhi described the Prime Minister as a "first class gentleman, honourable gentleman."
Mar 25, 2009
To queries on the Congress' tie-up with the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), which was known for its support to the LTTE, an emotional Mr. Gandhi told reporters that "Am I sad or worried? I am not sad or worried...... I am not...
Mar 25, 2009
Gandhi said "Advani is also a senior leader. He is the leader of the BJP. It is not my intention to make statements on Advani. I do not like to make statements but I can say a little about my leader but I do not see myself saying something about...
Mar 25, 2009
Rahul Gandhi famous Quotes during campaigning
"I am surprised by his views. Life is full of surprises," Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said at a press conference in Puducherry.
"These are easy things to say. If he is a weak Prime Minister he did not buckle in front of terrorists in Kandahar. He has achieved a lot for the country. I do not think he is weak. He has whole support from me,".
"We (Congress) see India from common man's eyes. Our programmes are for the poor of India. Our thinking is to take forward the poor of the country......Our opposition does not see the world from the eyes of the poor,"
"On one hand we think, if India will progress then poor, tribals and dalits will also not lag behind. Whereas our opposition party, BJP thinks that India can progress, selective people can progress, but the backward class people, tribals and dalit...
"This is the thinking of big people. They fight for privatisation, stock exchange but do not reach your homes. But if a leader reaches your home they ridicule him because they do not understand what the poor need,"
Rahul Gandhi said about Mr. Advani: "He is a senior leader. I can't make comments about him. I am a youngster. I can only make comments about my leader."
"We consider the whole country as one and try to unite the people:Our opponents indulge in the politics of dividing the nation,"
"I was thinking about what I want to say and I came to a simple conclusion. I decided that it is important at this point not to speak as a member of a political party but to speak as an Indian,"
"You people had in the last polls taught a lesson by ousting the BJP. They had given a slogan of 'India Shining', but India was actually not shining, only they (BJP leaders) were shining," Rahul Gandhi said at an election rally in Raigarh in...
"I want to tell you that till there is a single poor in the country, the Congress party, (Prime Minister) Manmohan Singhji, (party president) Soniaji and I will hear his voice,"
Rahul Gandhi urges youth to enter parliament
Rahul Gandhi, general secretary of Congress party on Wednesday said he would work towards giving more representation to youth in the party and Parliament.
Gandhi lashed out at the previous National Democratic Alliance government led by Bharatiya Janata Party on the charge that the Congress party was soft on dealing with terrorism.
Unlike the NDA, we want to stand by the poor, the tribals and the Dalits
Turning to the achievements of the the UPA government, Rahul Gandhi said: "In the last five years, we implemented the rural employment guarantee bill. Through this programme we ensured that crores of poor people were guaranteed 100 days of employment "
Apr 3, 2009
"The Opposition BJP almost made it a habit to create a hue and cry on terror and blast the Congress-led UPA government. I am sure this time also the electorate will discard the NDA," Rahul said.
Apr 2, 2009
Addressing the gathering, Gandhi said that the Congress is a "government of the poor and the common man" and that it was the aim of the party to move every individual ahead in their lives.
Apr 2, 2009
"This government has failed on all fronts while giving rise to unprecedented corruption in the bureaucracy," Gandhi said adding the number of unemployed in Bihar was reaching a new height as the youths were leaving the state in large number in search of jobs.
Apr 1, 2009
"If you go to a village and ask what 'India Shining' means, the villagers are unable to understand what it means," Gandhi told supporters in the western state of Maharashtra, referring to the slogan of the BJP's last 1998-2004 government....
Apr 1, 2009
"Unlike the NDA, we want to stand by the poor, the tribals and the Dalits. I love downtrodden people and mingle with them to know their problems," Rahul said, drawing a loud applause. "The Opposition thinks I am showing off, they are...
Apr 1, 2009
"I appeal youth to vote for Congress to change the fate of the state and the country. We have fielded a youth from Hazaribagh and you vote for him," Rahul Gandhi said in Ramgarh.
Apr 1, 2009
"Flood victims have lost everything but have not been provided relief despite assistance from the centre," Gandhi said.
Apr 1, 2009
"Terrorism is one of these things that the opposition remembers only when the elections are near," Gandhi said.
Apr 1, 2009
I enjoy this work and intend to do that in the near future
Asked whether he had a desire to lead the country in the "not so near future," Gandhi said that he was "personally interested in making sure that doors to politics are open to youngsters," a job which he was enjoying.
Mar 25, 2009
Gandhi said he was "personally optimistic" about the Congress doing well in Uttar Pradesh, "which cannot afford the way it is being run. The question is one of implementation, not political space," he said adding that he was in a "better...
Mar 25, 2009
"I enjoy this work and intend to do that in the near future," Gandhi said.
Mar 25, 2009
"He has kept the country growing faster, taken measures to exert pressure on our neighbour after the Mumbai terror attack and signed the strategic Indo-US nuclear deal that was not achieved by the previous governments," Rahul said.
Mar 25, 2009
Responding to BJP leader LK Advani's comment that Singh was a weak PM, Rahul said at a press conference here that Manmohan Singh had "tremendous grit and determination" and had taken measures to pressure Pakistan in the wake of the Mumbai terror...
Mar 25, 2009
Stating that he doesn't "carry hate and anger", Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday that he was "surprised" by Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches.
Mar 25, 2009
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When she refused to answer, I asked her to whisper it into my ear
"In the whole country, the Punjab Youth Congress is the only democratically elected body. We will follow the same model in other states as well," Gandhi told youth leaders.
Dec 23, 2008
"When she refused to answer, I asked her to whisper it into my ear," Rahul said.
Dec 22, 2008
"During one of the tours I visited the house of Sunita and was surprised to see that while the elders of the family were properly clad in warm clothes, the young ones comprising even a seven-year-old girl were bereft of clothing that could keep the...
Dec 22, 2008
"During my visit earlier this year to a village in Amethi, I went to a poor Dalit villager's home and was shocked to hear what his children told me," Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a gathering of over 5,000 people, mostly women, in Gauriganj...
Dec 22, 2008
...Dec 19 IANS Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Friday said the party is in "final talks" with ally Samajwadi Party on seat sharing in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections."As soon as we finalise it, we will inform the...
Dec 19, 2008
Addressing a gathering of around 150 senior Congressmen at the Jagdishpur Industrial area in Amethi, Gandhi said: "You have worked for the party during my father's regime. In the upcoming elections also, you will work for the Congress. Though a team...
Dec 18, 2008
New Delhi, Dec 11 IANS The terrorist assault on Mumbai was an attack on the "idea of India" and the freedom of its people, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi told parliament Thursday."The terrorist attack on Mumbai was an attack on the...
Dec 11, 2008
We can fight terrorism only if we believe that every Indian life is worth fighting for
"The woman's name was Sunita and I asked her son if he was scared of anything. After some time he replied that he is scared when the cops beat his father without reason," Rahul said.
Dec 22, 2008
"I do not want to see this again that a father is unable to provide winter clothes to his children or feed them," said Rahul.
Dec 22, 2008
"People said we hardly manage to earn bread for our families and it is more important for us to wear warm clothes. It hardly matters for poor villagers if their children fall ill - if the elders fall ill they will not be able to fetch food for the...
Dec 22, 2008
"Lakhs of children in India do not have warm clothing and my dream of a developed India is that we should not have a family like that of Sunita anywhere in India," Rahul said.
Dec 22, 2008
Answering questions on the recent Mumbai terror attacks, Gandhi said: "Whatever I had to say, I said it in parliament."
Dec 19, 2008
"It is not enough for us to protect the people. We should go one step beyond. People who have done this should understand very clearly that not only do we hold lives of our people highly, but there is also a cost to killing innocent Indians,"...
Dec 11, 2008
Making an emotional plea, Gandhi, MP from Amethi and son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, said: "We can fight terrorism only if we believe that every Indian life is worth fighting for. The central thing to change is how we view the life of an...
Dec 11, 2008
New Delhi PTI: Declaring that the Mumbai terror strikes were a "war on India", Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the message should go to the perpetrators that there is a "cost" to killing innocent Indians.
Dec 11, 2008
Rahul Gandhi in Pariament on Mumbai Terror Attack Part-2
Rahul Gandhi in Pariament on Mumbai Terror Attack Part-2.Watch the video below.
It was an attack on the idea of India
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Mumbai was "an attack on our nation". "It was an attack on the idea of India. They attacked the freedom of our people. They have attacked all of us."
Dec 11, 2008
Gandhi said a "national priority and a national response" was needed to deal effectively with the "war" being waged against the country.
Dec 11, 2008
"I am aware of the hardships people in this region are facing," Rahul said. "Our party doesn't believe in mere slogans. Our policy is to bring development and prosperity at all the places where we rule."
This attack is not on Mumbai, but on every one here, it's an attack on every part of India, on every Indian
"I am running late," Gandhi said when confronted by waiting media personnel and did not respond to any question.
Nov 28, 2008
...Nov 28 IANS Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi addressed his first public rally in Jammu and Kashmir Friday and urged voters to give a clear majority to his party to enable "over-all development, peace and prosperity" and help...
Nov 28, 2008
"This attack is not on Mumbai, but on every one here, it's an attack on every part of India, on every Indian," Gandhi said here during an election campaign tour.
Nov 27, 2008
"This attack is not on Mumbai, but on everyone on this ground. It is an attack on every part of India, attack on every Indian," Gandhi said in a meeting here.
Nov 27, 2008
"When I reached the airport, I got a call to cancel all todays programme in the memory of those who killed in the attack in Mumbai, but I came here to express my condolence along with you," Gandhi said.
Nov 27, 2008
"Jab mein airport par pahuncha to mujhe ek call aaya ki aaj ki saare programme cancel kar do marne walon ke respect main lekin mein yahan aaya hun unko sharandanjli dene aap logo ke saath," Gandhi said.
Nov 27, 2008
Launching his election campaign in Delhi, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of raking up terrorism "as it has nothing to offer on the development front."
This attack is not on Mumbai, but on every Indian
"I am running late," Gandhi said when confronted by waiting media personnel and did not respond to any question.
Nov 28, 2008
...Nov 28 IANS Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi addressed his first public rally in Jammu and Kashmir Friday and urged voters to give a clear majority to his party to enable "over-all development, peace and prosperity" and help...
Nov 28, 2008
"This attack is not on Mumbai, but on every one here, it's an attack on every part of India, on every Indian," Gandhi said here during an election campaign tour.
Nov 27, 2008
"This attack is not on Mumbai, but on everyone on this ground. It is an attack on every part of India, attack on every Indian," Gandhi said in a meeting here.
Nov 27, 2008
"When I reached the airport, I got a call to cancel all todays programme in the memory of those who killed in the attack in Mumbai, but I came here to express my condolence along with you," Gandhi said.
Nov 27, 2008
"Jab mein airport par pahuncha to mujhe ek call aaya ki aaj ki saare programme cancel kar do marne walon ke respect main lekin mein yahan aaya hun unko sharandanjli dene aap logo ke saath," Gandhi said.
Nov 27, 2008
Launching his election campaign in Delhi, AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of raking up terrorism "as it has nothing to offer on the development front."
