Sonia Gandhi, stood always for aam aadmi

Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi is a leader with clear vision. As chairperson of the National Advisory Committee and the UPA chairperson, she played an important role in making the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and the Right to Information Act into law. She also actively involved in framing policies like Mid-day meal scheme for the school children, Sarva Siksha Abhiyan, Anti Communalism Bill and Food security Bill. Sonia Gandhi is also keen to get the Women Reservation Bill implemented.

Prez polls: Pranab accompanied by PM, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi files nomination

Congress-led UPA's presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee filed the nomination papers for on Thursday. He was accompanied by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and with other UPA allies and party leaders.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Himachal Pradesh next week

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to Himachal Pradesh starting from June 27 during which he is scheduled to hold meetings with Congress leaders and workers.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Himachal Pradesh for two days from June 27 during which he would hold meetings with Congress leaders and workers at Kullu and Shimla.
The visit of Rahul Gandhi ahead of assembly elections is being seen as a step to boost the Congress workers in the state and also to bridge the divide among top leaders. Factionalism within Congress is posing question mark over party’s sincere attempts to reclaim the power in the coming elections.
Rahul Gandhi will reach Kullu on June 27 and hold discussions with Congress workers and then he will visit Shimla on June 28 to participate in another meeting of the party workers.

Rahul Gandhi on Pranab: We learn a lot from him always

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday wished Pranab Mukherjee for his Presidential candidature and said he is very happy for the senior leader. "Our ties are very old. We learn from him a lot always," said Rahul Gandhi. "I am very happy that he would be the President of India," said the Congress General Secretary.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), highest decision making body of the party, on Monday convened a special meeting to bid a formal farewell to Pranab Mukherjee.
After the meeting, Mukherjee told reporters: "Today my long association with the Congress Working Committee since 1978 came to an end. I met the Prime Minister. Tomorrow I will be putting in my paper as finance minister."
The meeting took place at 10 Janpath, the residence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi.

Rahul Gandhi: We learnt a lot from Pranab Mukherjee

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi acknowledged the significance of the Congress leader and UPA’s presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee. While talking to the press said about Pranab, "We learn a lot from him".

The gesture by the young Congress MP came close on the heels of the Congress Working Committee meeting, which saw Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying the trouble shooter of Congress and the UPA will be "missed".

Rahul Gandhi also was present at the CWC meeting and he also met Mukherjee personally. Emerging after the hour-long meeting, Rahul Gandhi said that Pranab Mukherjee is one of the most experienced Congress leaders.

"We learn a lot from him. It was a matter of great happiness that he was going to become the President of the country," said Rahul Gandhi.

After the CWC meeting earlier, AICC general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said Mukherjee will file his nomination on June 28. Mukherjee has said he will resign as Finance Minister tomorrow.

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Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: IT has a role to play to ensure connectivity

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi while speaking at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIIT Amethi and said that it should be our mission to ensure connectivity among the people of our country.
Rahul Gandhi said “So what is your role as IT practitioners? I asked many of your friends and most of them told that they would like to do jobs. What you do not realize is that while you are doing jobs, you are building the bridge that is going to connect these two Indias. Some of you would be more interested in your jobs and may not be much interested about what is happening in the country. But while you are doing your job, while developing software or any other IT products, while working on computers, without knowing it, you are building that bridge. There may be people who are taking special interest in the national affairs. And they may be doing works in that regard apart from their job. Anyhow, you have already started the process of connecting our nation and I want to thank you for that,” commented Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: Question yourself to gather more knowledge

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIIT Amethi and said that one should question yourself to gather more knowledge.
“I had mentioned that there was a time I was sitting where you are sitting now. When I was sitting there I thought that I have the answers for all the questions. But later I knew that that is not the fact. I am very passionate about my ideas. Even today I am very passionate. Now I realise that the most important thing one should do is to question one’s ideas. I found it in my life that when I am most certain about something, when I am hundred percent sure that this is the way to do it, very soon I find that I was wrong and there is actually another way to do it and a better way”.

Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: Knowledge is created by the destruction of knowledge

“Knowledge is created by the destruction of knowledge” said Rahul Gandhi while speaking at a convocation ceremony at IIIT Amethi. “In order to question one self, one has to listen to him first because once you do not listen to others, you cannot question yourself”.
“There were a lot of things in my mind which I thought were correct were destroyed now and I no more believe in those. Those were replaced by new ideas and I am absolutely certain that some of the ideas which I had today may get destroyed tomorrow. And that is a good thing because none of us are god. We do not have eternal knowledge or eternal understanding. Life is moving forward and constantly questioning your ideas and thoughts.” added the Congress leader.

Rahul Gandhi has been for a new wave in Indian politics

According to many social and political observers both in India and abroad, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has been a new wave in the body of Indian politics. But then, to do away with the decades-old stereo-typed machinery and its operational ways, he would need a little more time, they forward.

Shortly after results of Assembly polls in UP were out last week, Rahul Gandhi, wo had spearheaded the Congress campaign, told the media persons in New Delhi, "Organisationally we are not where we should be in UP. So, that is where our lot of work is going to be...I will continue that...I view my work as working for the people. I will do my work".

Rahul added further, "I will continue my work as I promised to the people of UP.” The Congress will focus on improving its organizational structure in the state, he said and without any hitch remarked honestly and without any hang-ups, “Our fundamentals were weak."

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is the new face of the Indian politics and sooner than later, people would be more matured to make real distinction as who is what and definitely for whose interest, according to political observers, adding that Rahul Gandhi’s well-intended aspirations would what the nation today needs desperately, for being a ‘democratic and welfare state’, in matters to be fairly and honestly summed up as “good governance by the people, for the people and of the people.”   

 

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Rahul Gandhi: To gather more knowledge, go towards the problem

“To gather knowledge, go towards the problem. That is what I did experience” said Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi while addressing the convocation ceremony at IIIT in Amethi.

Addressing the students Rahul Gandhi said “The first thing I told you was to question yourself. And the second thing is that to gather knowledge, go towards the problem.” “When I go to a poor person’s house and asks about the things he does, I get the knowledge. So I realize that he knows better than me about his nature of job. So it is very important to respect the person’s views who is much closer to the problem” further said the Congress General Secretary sharing his own experience.

“In order to respect the person’s views, who is much closer to the problem, you will have to give equal status to that person” asserted the young Congress MP. “There is a feeling among the politicians in India that they are the most knowledgeable persons. Understanding the knowledge is built on the destruction of the knowledge. In our ancient scripts there is a trinity- creator, preserver and destroyer. There is a reason behind it. You cannot have creation without destruction. You cannot have destruction without creation.  And you cannot have either of these two without preservation” added Rahul Gandhi.

“And that is the same with knowledge. To get the current knowledge you will have to destroy the existing knowledge. To destroy the existing knowledge you will have to question yourself. You will have to learn to question yourself and question the persons around you.  The more you do that the more knowledgeable you will become” said Rahul Gandhi concluding his address. 

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Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: Knowledge resides closest to the problem

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIT Amethi and said that the knowledge resides closest to where the problem is.
“So my humble request to you students is that when you are absolutely sure about something, you please question yourself because you may be probably wrong. The other thing I want to tell you about the nature of knowledge. In India this is the big problem” said Rahul Gandhi.
“I could fortunately travel many places across the country and meet a lot of people. So I see multiple perspectives. I could very early found, before talking to poor persons, farmers, other sections, engineers, doctors, that every one’s point of view is important” added the Congress leader.
“You may be good at IT but if you go to a farmer he can tell you much about farming. Knowledge resides closest to where the problem is. So if you are a farmer, you will be having the better knowledge about the farmers. Same is the case with IT. Generally what could see is that the more you are closer towards the problem, you will have better knowledge about that problem” said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi “India achieved a lot after independence”

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIT Amethi and said that our country did achieve a lot after the independence.

“Let me talk about the big picture. India is the second big country in the world and we are close to become the first country in terms of population that is going to overtake that of China. So we have a responsibility to the rest of the world. One out of every six human beings is an Indian. In the last sixty years, after we achieved Independence, we have worked very hard to move forward” said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi continued “There is a general tendency among us in India to say “kuch ho nahi raha..”, to complain. But if you look objectively about what we achieved as a country we will realize that we have achieved a lot”. “When we had started sixty years ago, all of us were poor. All of us were not connected with each other.  There were no proper roads, electricity, schools, healthcare centres sixty years before.  There was no proper connectivity. Villagers were not connected. The energy of India that lies within the people, was spread around and was not connected to each other and not talking to each other” added the Congress leader. 

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Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: To gather knowledge, go towards the problem

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIT Amethi and said that to gather more knowledge one should move more close towards the problem.
Rahul Gandhi said “So the first thing I told you was to question yourself. And the second thing is that to gather knowledge, go towards the problem. That is what I did experience. When I go to a poor person’s house and asks about the things he does, I get the knowledge. So I realize that he knows better than me about his nature of job. So it is very important to respect the person’s views who is much closer to the problem”.
“In order to respect the person’s views who is much closer to the problem, you will have to give equal status to that person. There is a feeling among the politicians in India that they are the most knowledgeable persons. Understanding the knowledge is built on the destruction of the knowledge. In our ancient scripts there is a trinity- creator, preserver and destroyer. There is a reason behind it. You cannot have creation without destruction. You cannot have destruction without creation. And you cannot have either of these two without preservation” added the young Congress MP.
“And that is the same with knowledge. To get the current knowledge you will have to destroy the existing knowledge. To destroy the existing knowledge you will have to question yourself. You will have to learn to question yourself and question the persons around you. The more you do that the more knowledgeable you will become” concluded Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi: I am here to change U.P, not to secure any post

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi categorically made it clear that that he was not obsessed with any post and that his mission was to change and develop Uttar Pradesh and the coming assembly polls would be solid for the party.

"Rahul Gandhi's obsession is not to be PM. Rahul Gandhi's obsession is to work for the people," said the Congress leader. "All the political leaders in India, all the top ones, have an obsession for PM post. This is not Rahul Gandhi's obsession”. "My mission is to change UP, bring development to UP” said Rahul Gandhi.

Targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party over corruption, the young Congress MP added its leader L.K. Advani and BJP leaders had laughed at him saying that constitutional status to Lokpal  was his idea but Rahul Gandhi said that a constitutional status for Lokpal was "India's idea".

Rahul Gandhi said there is a beauty in the design of the Election Commission which has constitutional status. "Let us make a Lokpal Bill along the same lines." He said Advani overlooked corruption in BJP-ruled states during his anti-corruption yatra.

"Whenever there has been a problem of corruption in the Congress party, any place, any time, we take action. We have put ministers in jail," asserted Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi further said "Elections results for the Congress will be solid." "People are looking up to the Congress seriously. This is what people told us. The common man in Uttar Pradesh is telling me they have been fooled for the last 22 years," added the young Congress leader.

"What is going on in UP for the last 22 years is a crime, nothing less than that," Rahul Gandhi said, adding he was confident that Uttar Pradesh has the energy to transform itself.

"I have realised the power of the people of the state. I have realised that this state can stand on its feet very soon," said Rahul Gandhi and added that his mission was to strengthen the Congress in the state of U.P.  "Once the Congress party is strengthened, it will define whatever happens in the state," said Rahul Gandhi.

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Rahul Gandhi: Congress talks of people irrespective of their caste, religion

Slamming non-Congress parties - BSP, SP and BJP, Congress (I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had said unlike these parties which put up big slogans to befool the people, Congress (I) believes only in action. “We do not talk of religion or caste; we talk about people irrespective of their caste or religion; we talk about good governance and development of the state,” said Rahul Gandhi while addressing public meetings for the recently held UP Assembly elections. “We do not hanker for power like other parties do; we work for welfare of the people whether in or out of the government,” added the Congress leader. That is why seeing the plight of the poor and unemployed in the rural areas UPA government launched rural jobs schemes to ensure 100 days employment to rural poor. “We provided waiver of Rs. 60,000 crore worth of agriculture loans despite skepticism of opposition about it,” said Rahul Gandhi adding “We managed to do it because we believe in honoring every commitment.” Highlighting that while Congress (I) is sending welfare and development schemes with necessary funds one after the another the leaders like Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav have been looting the money thus depriving the people of the benefits of such schemes. Appealing to the people to give chance to Congress (I) to form government in the state, Rahul Gandhi promised that it would put in place a system to ensure that the benefits of the welfare schemes reach the people and money for development is expanded on earmarked works. 

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Poor and Dalit did not get any benefit under Mayaraj: Rahul Gandhi

Taking a jab at Mayawati for her claim that she is a Dalit leader, Congress (I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said she deprived dalits and the poor of MNREGA benefits which Congress (I)-led UPA government sent for their welfare.  She grabbed the votes of dalits to come Chief Minister but once in power she shut the door upon them, Rahul Gandhi had said while campaigning for the recently held UP Assembly elections. Keeping in view the alarming situation of unemployment in the state, center sent MNREGA scheme for providing guaranteed employment to the poor.  Massive amount of Rs 60,000 crores was released, said Rahul Gandhi adding that MNREGA is a flagship program of Congress (I)-led UPA government.  It provides guaranteed minimum 100 days employment @ Rs 120 per day to the poor, thus putting 120 x 100 = Rs 12,000 in the pocket of the poor, informed the congress leader. It gives employment, income and respectable social status to the poor, added Rahul Gandhi. But she stole the money and the poor did not get anything. Highlighting that this scheme is a tremendous success in Congress (I) ruled states like Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi said Mayawati enriched herself at the cost of the dalits. 

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Remove corrupt BJP from power in Karnataka: Rahul Gandhi

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Saturday gave a call to the Congress workers to oust the corrupt BJP government from power in Karnataka.

Addressing a huge gathering, organised by the youth wing of Congress at Nehru Stadium in Hubli, Rahul Gandhi came down heavily on the ruling BJP government in the state. “Central government provides crores of rupees to the state for various developmental works. All these funds get swallowed by corrupt BJP leaders here,” Rahul Gandhi said. “Youth wing of Congress party should continue its struggle against ruling BJP, until it brings Congress party to power,” added the Congress leader.

The Congress leader said the youth wing of the party is elected through elections and the democratic process is successful in both state as well as national level. “That’s why so many people are attending the function here. This unity must continue until we secure victory in next assembly elections,” Rahul Gandhi added.

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Rahul Gandhi urges Congress workers in Karnataka to work as a unit

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Sunday urged the Congress workers to work unitedly to come back to power in Karnataka.
Rahul Gandhi who was on a two-day visit to Karnataka, interacted with members of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), DCC and Block Congress Committee presidents.
During his 60-minute interaction with the members, the Congress leader took their questions on various issues including, strengthening the party at the grass root level.
Rahul Gandhi appealed the Congress leaders not to discriminate between senior and juniors for party work. Those present on the occasion included KPCC president G Parameshwara, party Karnataka in charge Madhusudan Mistry, Union Ministers Veerappa Moily and Mallikarjun Kharge.

Only Congress is concerned about the issues of minorities: Rahul Gandhi

Criticising Mayawati and Mulayam Singh Yadav governments for not providing due benefits to Muslim minority community, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had said that these non-Congress parties did not take steps to fulfill the aspirations of Muslim minority. These non-Congress parties do not talk about poverty and lack of education among the minority, they only talk about caste and religion, Rahul Gandhi had said while campaigning recently for the UP Assembly elections. Congress (I)-led UPA government appointed Sachar Committee to study socio-economic problems of Muslim community and recommend suitable measures for improving their situation, informed the Congress leader. For the first time certain districts have been identified where Muslim minority lives in substantial numbers and minority-specific programs for those areas are being implemented in Congress (I) ruled states, further said Rahul Gandhi. But in UP non-Congress government did not implemented them. Arguing that only Congress is concerned about the issues of minorities, Rahul Gandhi urged the people to vote for his party and assured that Congress (I) would work for entire people without discrimination of caste or religion.

 

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Karnataka to revive Congress

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be undertaking a two-day visit to Karnataka from June 2 in a bid to revive Congress and to formulate the Congress’s strategy for the 2013 assembly polls in the state.
He will attend the Youth Congress national executive committee meeting in Hubli on June 2. After the meeting, Rahul Gandhi will participate in an interaction session in which he would meet senior citizens, intellectuals, retired officers and Jnanapeeth awardees, and seek their suggestions to make the administration more responsive.
On the second day of his tour, the Congress leader is scheduled to visit Davanagere where he will interact with all elected members of Congress, including members of municipalities and other local bodies. Rahul Gandhi also will address a gathering of about 5,000 elected representatives. The Congress General Secretary will hold discussion with senior leaders and executive committee members of KPCC.
After lunch, Rahul Gandhi will hold an interaction session with students. The state Congress sources say that Rahul Gandhi’s visit will boost the morale of the young in order to build the nation on the lines of secular and progressive line.

Non-Congress patties in UP exploited the resources and had fun, forgot poor: Rahul Gandhi

Launching a blistering attack against non-Congress parties like BSP, SP and BJP for dragging the state of Uttar Pradesh backwards over the last 22 years, Congress (I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had said that these non-Congress parties have misused government funds and bid their time in fun instead of working for the welfare of the people and development of the state.

All non-Congress Chief Ministers in the last two decades thought that people of UP were fool and they had no understanding of their own, Rahul Gandhi had said while speaking at a public meeting in Jewar, Noida recently as part of his Congress campaign in the state. “They have been making false promises to the voters of UP and come into power. And once they come into power all they do is exploit the resources and have fun,” further said Rahul Gandhi.

It is time to stop this rut and the people’s need for progress and development must be respected, added the Congress General Secretary. Arguing that that the only way forward to free the state from all these miseries was to help Congress (I) to form a Government in the state, Rahul Gandhi urged the people to vote for Congress (I) to make this possible. Rahul Gandhi assured a fast track development under Congress and said, “Give Congress 5 years and we will show you what we can do. We will change the face of the state and you will be able to see the impact in five years.” 

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