RAHUL GANDHI

Amethi: Rahul Gandhi may have just got himself a new job. The fifth-generation heir of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty is all set to become a parliamentarian from Amethi and the excitement and anxiety is palpable. Campaigning is over, the day of reckoning has come. However, Rahul would like the world to believe he is only serving his dharma. "I don’t care if I win or lose this election," he says, sitting in his garden, as rain clouds gather over Amethi. "I am here as a sensible, responsible Indian, because I want to help people get on track, from being distracted by dangerous issues like religious and caste hatred." But is he surprised at the Rahul effect. "Obviously something is very wrong if a 33-year-old can just pop up and get this kind of attention. If the BJP had done well, I would not have got this response." While Rahul launches into a soliloquy on trade and economics (like "wherever we’ve succeeded is despite the Government"), guess which ind...

RANCHI: Amid China's objection to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Arunachal Pradesh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said is very much part of India. "Arunachal Pradesh is an Indian state, Tamil Nadu is an Indian state, Jharkhand is an Indian state. My attitude towards all the states is the same and it will not be changed. For me Arunachal Pradesh is like any other state. It does'nt make any difference," he told reporters here. He was asked how he would strengthen the Youth Congess in Arunachal when China was raising objections to the Prime Minister's visit there. Gandhi did not reply to another question on how ties with China would improve when Beijing was raising such an objection.