Rahul Gandhi, the future of Congress, his life, his remarks and much more...

The leader of the young generation of India, role model of many who want to take on politics, Rahul Gandhi is the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress and the vice-president of Indian National Congress. 43 years of age, he comes from the political family of “The Gandhis”. His father late Rajiv Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India and his mother Sonia Gandhi is the current President of Indian National Congress.

Rahul Gandhi early stints in politics include contesting in May 2004 from his father’s

former constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. His presence in the Congress has lead to emerging of young leaders like Arun Yadav and Sachin Pilot. Congress portrays him as a symbol to attract young voter banks as the youth is considered the backbone of any nation. He also mentioned that he would reduce the caste and religious issues prominent in the country. Some people supported him for the prime ministerial candidature from Congress against BJP’s Narendra Modi who holds a strong position as far as centre is concerned.

He also faced criticism over his language as his opponent party BJP’s spokesperson once said that his language was a bigger threat to India, dividing the people of the country on communal ground when he remarked that there was evidence of some support for the group among certain elements in India's indigenous Muslim population. After the 2011 Mumbai attacks, he said "It is very difficult to stop every single terrorist attack. The idea is that we have to fight terrorism at the local level. We have improved in leaps and bounds. But terrorism is something that it is impossible to stop all the time.” After this, Congress had to face the questions regarding the national security. 

After the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, he was highly criticized for his comments of recruitment of riot affected youth by Pakistan’s ISI, the BJP also asked the government to explain why he is being briefed by intelligence officers on important security issues although he holds no post in the government. At a function in Allahabad, he got sharp criticism when he termed poverty as a state of mind.