A young man with a vision and one of the
India's new ray of hope in the world of Indian politics. He is Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi is the Vice-President
of the Indian National Congress party . he is Also a
Member of Parliament Representing the Amethi constituency.
Childhood and Study
Rahul Gandhi was born on 19 June 1970 in Delhi, the first
amongst 2 children of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Sonia
Gandhi, the present Congress President. His grandmother was former Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi and his great-grandfather was Jawaharlal Nehru, India's
first Prime Minister.
He Attended Modern School, New Delhi before entering the
The Doon School. Starting university at Harvard, I've got his B. A. from
Rollins College, Florida in 1994 due to interruptions in his studies Concerns
Caused by security after his father's assassination. I have received an M.Phil.
in Development Studies in 1995 from Trinity College, Cambridge. Rahul Gandhi,
after graduating worked with management guru, Michael Porter's Management
consulting firm, Monitor Group for three years. He returned to India in late
2002.
His vision
Rahul Gandhi's vision of 'Internal Democracy' in the
Congress party's Youth and the Students' wings has resulted in Reforms and
transformations never seen before. From open memberships to internal elections
under impartial in observers, the young Gandhi AIMS to infuse transparency and
the concept of talent management and performance measurement in the
organization, a huge effort to herald a positive change in one of India's
oldest political parties.
Public life
I Appeared With His mother and Congress President Sonia
Gandhi at public events and Congress meetings. Also I Traveled to Pakistan on a
goodwill visit to watch the first cricket series Between the country clubs in
14 years in a One Day International with his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. As a
politician I matured formulates his tactics very carefully. In March 2004, I
have his entry into politics Announced by contesting the May 2004 elections from
Amethi in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha. In his first media interview with,
you have condemned "divisive" politics in India, saying That I would
try to reduce caste and religious Tensions. His candidacy was greeted with
excitement by locals, who had a long standing affinity with the family's
Presence in the area. I won with a landslide majority, retaining the family
stronghold with a margin of over 100,000 as the Congress unexpectedly defeated
the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. His campaign was directed by his younger
sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
In January 2006, at a convention of the Indian National
Congress in Hyderabad, Thousands of party members asked for Gandhi to take a
more prominent leadership role in the party and Demanded That I address the
Delegates. He said "I appreciate and I am grateful for your feelings and
support. ECOG I you I will not let you down", but asked for patience and
Declined to Immediately seek a high profile role.
Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra managed
Their mother's election campaign in Raebareli in 2006, que was won with a
margin Easily Greater than 400,000 votes. He was a prominent figure in a high
profile Congress campaign for the 2007 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections.
As Congress General Secretary
Rahul Gandhi was appointed General Secretary of the All
India Congress Committee on 24 September 2007 in a reshuffle of the party
secretariat. In the same reshuffle, I was Also Given charge of the Youth
Congress and the National Students Union of India. Rahul Gandhi Implemented
some innovative metodologías in the process of choosing leadership in Youth
Congress. Rahul Gandhi toured the country with a mission to Strengthen the
Youth Congress and NSUI. He held interaction Sessions with the young buds in
various colleges and universities. This new approach Helped create a fresh
enthusiasm Among the young party workers and sympathizers. Rahul Gandhi always
Believed That Unless the youth of this country Become active in Indian politics
and be a part in the process of development, India can not prosper further.
Strengthening Youth Congress
It is a scene of a sea-change in the rank and file of the
Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and the National Students Union of India (NSUI),
the youth and students' wings, Respectively, of the Indian National Congress.
The reason is the Implementation of the vision of 'Internal Democratisation of
Rahul Gandhi, the current General Secretary of All India Congress Committee
(AICC). Along with the Strengthening of internal democracy in the youth and
student wings of the party's Rahul Gandhi has not lost sight of the long term
vision of political empowerment of youth of the country. In the Parliamentary
and Assembly elections held recently, a large number of IYC and NSUI members
Were Given opportunity to contest elections and a majority of them Have Been
successful. This has ensured a two pronged rejuvenation and reformation in the
IYC. By sending new talent into the parliament and State Assemblies Shri Rahul
Gandhi has ensured That the young generation gets a firsthand exposure in the
giant laboratory of Indian Democracy.
His mission to Promote youth
Rahul Gandhi focussed on the twin systems of open
membership and internal elections as the major drivers of this Organisational
transformation. His method of open membership Ensures That people interested in
becoming members are inducted into the organization Directly. The aim is to
Increase the cadre-base and to empower the youth of the country by helping them
enter the political sphere. As a pilot, a month-long membership drive was
Undertaken in Punjab in August-December 2008. Exceed The result saw 350,000
memberships, a ten-fold Increase vis-à-vis the previous membership drive Which
Yielded approximately 30,000 memberships.
Greater arduous task That has-been driven by Rahul Gandhi
is the process of conducting elections Within the organization, across the
country. This was a step never before Undertaken in the organization, and is
seen as a bold and decisive move to bring in transparency across the ranks and
to give a fair chance to all members. The membership drive in the states was
followed by elections at block, district and state levels in the organization.
The election Also Ensures That All sections of society are Represented Within a
committee it adequately. The result, According to the party, you has-been a
younger, fresh lot of people from all sections of society, many amongst them,
first-timers in politics. Rahul Gandhi's drive and vision has, According to the
party, succeeded in its primary mission of opening the doors of politics to all
who are interested, and ushering in organizational democracy, setting a
benchmark across all political Organisations.
As a Congress campaigner
In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, I Amethi constutuency
Retained his victory by a margin of over 333,000 votes. Rahul Gandhi pivatol
Also played a role in reviving Congress in UP During this election by winning
21 out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats. I spoke at 125 rallies across the
country in six weeks. Rahul Gandhi, at present concentrates mainly on
constituency issues and the politics of Uttar Pradesh.
"If the country is to be changed, it can not be
changed from the top, it can be changed from the ground level. Policies can be
from the top, ideas can eat from the top, thoughts can eat from the top, but
Their Implementation has to be at the level of Municipalities, panchayats and
wards. " These words of Rahul Gandhi prove That I've Understands the
current value and strength of democracy UNDERLINES And Also The Importance of a
visionary young leader like him.
Future leader
It is the future Which will prove the effectiveness of
the endeavor of the young Congress leader. But his push at Reforms, Addressing
rallies, conferences and meetings and interaction with young people of varied
professions and socio-economic backgrounds across states to spread the
awareness of his Organisational Reforms is an indication of his seriousness to
bring in and to Establish a direct contact With the grassroots, an endeavor to
inject vital life into the party and the youth of this country.
