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Rahul Gandhi pronunciation [ˈraːɦʊl ˈɡaːnd̪ʱiː] is an Indian politician. The son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi, he is the President of the Indian National Congress and serves such additional offices as the Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India. A member of the Indian Parliament, Gandhi represents the constituency of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh in the 16th Lok Sabha.

Gandhi stayed away from public sphere for much of his childhood and early youth; he attained primary education in New Delhi and Dehra Doon but was later home schooled because of security concerns. He later attended Rollins College under a pseudonym, his identity being known only to a select few including university officials and security agencies. After obtaining degrees in International Relations and Development Studies at the universities of Rollins and Cambridge, Gandhi worked at the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London. He established the Mumbai-based technology outsourcing firm, Backops Services Private Ltd.

Gandhi entered politics in 2004 and successfully contested the general elections held that year from Amethi, a seat that was earlier held by his father; he won again from the constituency in 2009 and 2014. Amidst calls from Congress party veterans for his greater involvement in party politics and national government, Gandhi was elected Congress Vice-President in 2013, having served as the General Secretary previously. Gandhi led Congress' campaign in the 2014 Indian general elections; the party suffered its worst electoral result in its history, winning only 44 seats compared to 206 seats won previously in the 2009 general election.

Gandhi took over as the president of the Congress in December 2017. He is also a trustee of Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust.

✵ 19. June 1970
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Famous Rahul Gandhi Quotes

“If you go back a hundred, two hundred years, you would find that India is energy; it is a force. If you go back a thousand years, two thousand years, you would find that force came from our rivers: Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati. We worshiped these rivers and the reason we worshiped these rivers was because that is where our energy came from, and everything we had was built on these rivers. Now, we have gone way beyond that. We have built structures that are allowing this energy to rise, to explode.”

Rahul Gandhi

Wall Street Journal Speech by Rahul Gandhi http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RahulGandhiSpeech.pdf

“There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around, that’s the power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there’s Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That’s the power of India. That’s the power of Indian people.”

Rahul Gandhi

Wall Street Journal, WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/04/04/rahul-gandhi-speech-hits-some-dud-notes/

“Modi has anger inside him and he has got anger for everybody not only for me. I attract that anger because he sees a threat in me. His anger is his problem, not my problem.”

Rahul Gandhi

NewIndianExpress, NewIndianExpress http://www.newindianexpress.com/elections/karnataka-polls-2018/2018/may/10/prime-minister-narendra-modi-sees-threat-in-me-says-rahul-gandhi-1812856.html
2018

“We have to provide the roads on which our dreams are paved. And these roads can’t have potholes, they can’t break down in six months. They have to be big roads because they are going to carry strong people, they are going to carry strong forces.”

Rahul Gandhi

Wall Street Journal, WSJ http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RahulGandhiSpeech.pdf

“You should stop asking your politicians how they’re gonna do it.”

Rahul Gandhi

Firstpost, First Post http://www.firstpost.com/india/dont-us-politicians-ask-yourself-what-you-can-do-for-india-rahul-606481.html Gujarat Congress http://gujaratcongress.org/english/2013/02/rahul-gandhi-urges-youth-to-contribute-to-india%E2%80%99s-growth/ Rahul Gandhi http://my.fakingnews.firstpost.com/politics/inspiration-behind-rahul-gandhis-famous-quotes-5528

“Politics is everywhere. It’s in your shirt, it’s in your pants. It’s everywhere.”

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi says politics is in your shirt, in your pants, Rahul Gandhi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyjNNfNER1I

Rahul Gandhi Quotes

“(After terrorist attacks in Mumbai) Terrorism is impossible to be stopped at all time. We will stop 99% of the attacks; 1% of the attacks will get through. You feel US has stopped all terrorist attacks? US is currently involved in Afghanistan and Iraq, where there are attacks every single day. On them. Not in US, but on them. The war has moved.”

Rahul Gandhi

Difficult to stop terror attacks all the time, says Rahul Gandhi, India Today India Today http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/mumbai-serial-blasts-difficult-to-stop-terror-attacks-all-the-time-says-rahul-gandhi/1/144774.html Rahul Gandhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1JtqHDxGDk

War , Feeling , Time

“In India, we have a concept of caste. It has a concept of escape velocity. If one belongs to a backward caste and wants to attain success then one needs an escape velocity to attain that success. Dalits in this country need the escape velocity of Jupiter to attain success.”

Rahul Gandhi

Quoted in Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera http://staff.stream.aljazeera.com/story/201310082109-0023097 NDTV, NDTV http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/a-dalit-needs-jupiter-s-escape-velocity-to-achieve-success-rahul-gandhi-429421?pfrom=home-lateststories

Success , Country

“I would not have been here if I was not from a political family.”

Rahul Gandhi

Quoted in The Dynasty: Born to Rule by Sunita Aron Sunita Aron (2016) https://books.google.co.in/books?id=mUywDAAAQBAJ

Family

“Poverty is a state of mind.”

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi's 'poverty is a state of mind' remark draws flak, NDTV, NDTV https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rahul-gandhis-poverty-is-a-state-of-mind-remark-draws-flak-530684 Rahul Gandhi http://www.debate.org/opinions/rahul-gandhi-poverty-is-a-state-of-mind-do-you-agree

“China is referred to as the ‘dragon’ and India as an ‘elephant’. But we are not an elephant, we are a ‘beehive’.”

Rahul Gandhi

NDTV NDTV http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/india-is-a-beehive-rahul-gandhi-tells-india-inc-350053

“See, there is a tendency to look at India as a country.”

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi Speech at CII Summit: 04 April, 2013, Rahul Gandhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNGqk4SfUM WSJ http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/RahulGandhiSpeech.pdf Rahul Gandhi http://my.fakingnews.firstpost.com/politics/inspiration-behind-rahul-gandhis-famous-quotes-5528

Country

“Ambedkar was the first person to attain escape velocity and run away to US.”

Rahul Gandhi

Times of India, Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rahul-Gandhi-gives-a-lesson-in-escape-velocity-to-dalits/articleshow/23756795.cms

Personality

“(When asked if he would apologise for the Anti-Sikh riots) The fact of the matter is that innocent people died in 1984 and innocent people dying is a horrible thing and should not happen. The difference between Gujarat and 1984 was that the Government of Gujarat was involved in the riots. […] I think that riots, as all riots, were a horrible event. Frankly I was not in operation in the Congress party.”

Rahul Gandhi

Interview with Arnab Goswami. Rahul Gandhi's first interview: Full text http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Rahul-Gandhis-first-interview-Full-text/articleshow/29455665.cms 27 January 2014.

People , Thinking

“If India is computer, Congress is its default program.”

Rahul Gandhi

If India is computer, Cong is its default program: Rahul Gandhi, Times of India, Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/If-India-is-computer-Cong-is-its-default-program-Rahul-Gandhi/articleshow/21991966.cms?intenttarget=no

“I have no confusion in my mind about that. It was a tragedy, it was a painful experience. You say that the Congress party was involved in that, I don’t agree with that. Certainly there was violence, certainly there was tragedy.”

Rahul Gandhi

Congress not involved in 1984 anti-Sikh riots: Rahul Gandhi in London https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/congress-not-involved-in-1984-anti-sikh-riots-rahul-gandhi-at-lse/story-lTkJdzh1N2R72W8Oqn6i0L.html Hindustan Times Aug 25, 2018
2018

Pain

“Every situation that Indian person finds himself in is extremely complex. We have to deal with the red lights. As young leaders here have to deal with senior leaders, suddenly someone disrupts your entire life. Everything happens, sort of, according to your karma; it’s all random.”

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi says 'Stop asking politicians, do things on your own', Rahul Gandhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWw86SJj_SQ

Life , Light , Personality

“What is happening to human resources in Punjab. 7 out of 10 youth have the problem of drugs.”

Rahul Gandhi

Quoted from Rediff News 7 out of 10 youths in Punjab have drug problem: Rahul http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-seven-out-of-10-youths-in-punjab-have-drug-problem-rahul/20121011.htm

Youth , Problem

“India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.”

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi: India is going to be 21st century Saudi Arabia, Rahul Gandhi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YOZOM0lROs

People

“Stop jumping with joy every time a crime happens, Mr Rahul Gandhi. The state has already assured strict and prompt action. You divide the society in every manner possible for electoral gains and then shed crocodile tears. Enough is enough. You are a MERCHANT OF HATE.”

Rahul Gandhi

Finance Minister Piyush Goyal, as quoted in BJP minister describes Rahul Gandhi as "merchant of hate" https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjp-minister-describes-rahul-gandhi-as-merchant-of-hate/articleshow/65105505.cms The Economic Times, Jul 23, 2018

Joy , Time , Tear , Hate

“When a man is touching 50 and has never had any productive job in his life, he cannot elicit respect from me as an individual... If you stand in the capital of India and say you support “Bharat ke tukde honge” (India will be broken into pieces), I don’t have an iota of respect for such individuals.”

Rahul Gandhi

Smriti Irani (2020). https://web.archive.org/web/20200517065839/https://www.opindia.com/2020/05/smriti-irani-says-cant-embarrass-rahul-gandhi-as-he-is-an-embarrassment/

Support , Life

“Rising COVID numbers are worrying. Vaccination must pick up pace to avoid serious outcomes in the next wave.”

Rahul Gandhi

2021
Source: Rahul Gandhi on Twitter, also quoted in https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/rahul-gandhi-rising-covid-19-numbers-worrying-govt-busy-with-sales/articleshow/85649532.cms

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