RAHUL GANDHI

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi threw his weight behind keeping politicians out of sports bodies in the country and said sports persons themselves should be at the helm of affairs. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi interacts with sports personalities after the launch of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) and National Youth Policy, 2014 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Friday. (PTI)

Amethi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today made light of Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas' statement challenging him to retain his Amethi Lok Sabha seat, saying that he had a 'love affair' with the people of the constituency.  "Mera to Amethi se prem ka rishta hai. Bahut log aate jaate rehte hain" (many people have come and gone, but I have a love affair with Amethi), Mr Gandhi told NDTV today. Accompanied by his sister Priyanka Gandhi-Vadra, the Congress vice-president arrived  on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency yesterday.  Hours after their arrival, the AAP leader, who has been camping in the area to muster support for his election bid, likened Mr Gandhi's visits to Amethi to 'a political picnic,' and criticized him for doing precious little for the constituency's uplift.  Mr Gandhi said he had not been advertising the work done by him in his parliamentary constituency as  he had been advised by his ...

To attract the youth of Jammu and Kashmir into the party fold, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will “appeal to them to join mainstream politics”, sources here said Sunday. The Congress leader will interact with students of Kashmir University in Srinagar Sep 26 to strengthen the ongoing membership drive of the party’s youth wing, Indian Youth Congress, which is expected to have elected representatives in a few months, sources said. The visit will also help the Congress general secretary better understand the issues related to youth in the border-state, said sources. “During his interaction with the students in the Valley, the Congress general secretary is expected to appeal to them to join mainstream politics,” said a senior Congress functionary. Gandhi will also address a public meeting in Kargil Monday. Later in the day, he will attend a convention of elected representatives of panchayats and meet the potential candidates of the Indian Youth Congress. “Rahul Gandhi wants to e...

Rahul Gandhi will visit earthquake -affected areas in Sikkim on Tuesday and meet victims and their families. Gandhi was scheduled to visit Meghalaya on September 21 for a public meeting of Youth Congress membership. But as the tragedy occurred on Sunday evening leading to casualties in Sikkim, the plan was modified. Gandhi will now visit Gangtok on Tuesday morning before attending the scheduled Youth Congress meeting in Meghalaya. Sources said the AICC general secretary will visit the state capital at 9:00am in the morning and meet the earthquake victims lodged in hospitals and homes. His Youth Congress membership meeting is scheduled at 11:30am at Mini Stadium, Ampathi in West Garo Hills District of Meghalaya. The death toll in Sunday's powerful temblor has shot up to 92, including 53 in the Himalayan state while more than 3,000 people have been rescued in quake-hit areas of Sikkim by defence forces so far.

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who had gone to the US to bring back his mother Sonia, has returned to the national capital. Rahul had gone to the US some days ago amid clear indications from the party that the Congress president was recovering well post surgery and expected to be back in the national capital by the first week of September. Highly placed party sources confirmed the return of the AICC general secretary. They said Sonia Gandhi has not yet returned, but indicated that she could be back here shortly. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was staying with her mother, was also back here some 10 days ago in an indication that the Congress president was recovering well. The 64-year-old Congress president had undergone a surgery for an undisclosed ailment in a US hospital on August 4. Sonia Gandhi had constituted a four-member team of Rahul Gandhi, AK Antony, Ahmed Patel and Janardhan Dwivedi to look after party affairs in her absence.

Congress circles are abuzz with rumor that party president Sonia Gandhi on her return from abroad may delegate more of her powers to her son and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who may take over as working president, Mail Today, a Delhi tabloid reported.  Sonia Gandhi is expected in Delhi in a day or two after a month long stay in New York where she underwent treatment for an undisclosed ailment.   The Mail Today report said that the party rank and file is feeling "rudderless" to counter the Anna Hazare blitz in the absence of Sonia Gandhi, with senior ministers giving conflicting signals on the Lokpal issue.   The report, says there is speculation that Sonia Gandhi may take more time to recuperate. Despite a series of crises which dogged the party during the month of August, the party was yet to convene a single high-level meeting to discuss the drift in her absence.  The party and the government had been adopting a hardline approach towards Anna Hazare, by ar...

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Our President Smt. Pratibha Patil, Congress President and Widow of Late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi Smt Sonia Gandhi and our nation present Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid floral tributes to the Rajiv Gandhi at his commemorative plaque ‘Veer Bhumi’ in Delhi. Priyanka Vadra and Rahul Gandhi also paid tribute to their father who was murdered by the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) group on 21 st May, 1991 at Sriperum budur in Tamil Nadu at the time of voting campaign. Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest Prime Minister of India who whispered office at 40 years of age. He is memorized for development and modernization of India’s telecommunication commerce. He also played the vital role for education system, increase of science and technology plans and improving national affairs with USA. He changed the voting system and managed to limit the age of voting to 18 years. Rajiv Gandhi’s death anniversary May 21 is also pragmatic as Anti-Terrorism Day in our nation.

Rahul is the latest member of the Gandhi dynasty that is thrown into the political arena in India. Its decision, taken in late March, surprised both the political class and the electorate. For the opposition meant the "best evidence of the desperation of the Congress Party [founded by Jawaharlal Nehru, Rahul's great-grandfather] in their struggle to regain power." For supporters of the Congress, Rahul's arrival is a "breath of fresh air both political dinosaur." Eldest son of assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul, 34, completed his university studies between the U.S. and the UK, a country where he met his Spanish girlfriend, of which only says his name is Veronica, who was born in Venezuela and now in Spain. Although even his enemies see him as the future leader of India, Rahul said that currently only aims to solve the problems of the people of his constituency.  Question. Why so suddenly decided to enter politics? Response. I decided not ...

Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will carry out a two day journey to Amethi, UP for parliamentary electorate. This visit will be conducted on July 19, 2010. “Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will go to numerous villages and evaluate execution of centrally sponsored plans together with MNREGA, rustic electrification and female’s growth scheme in the area,” said by party sources on last Saturday. On day number two of visit to Amethi, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will go to Sanjay Gandhi sanatorium, this is the latest update received by party sources. First time Congress general Secretary Rahul Gandhi is visiting to Amethi after Mayawati government, early on this month. This complete Amethi Lok Sabha electorate region is named as Chhatrapati Shahuji   Maharaj Nagar. It is novel region and it contains divisions of Sultanpur and Rae Bareli areas.