Rahul Gandhi- The Scion Of The Gandhi Legacy

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Rahul Gandhi
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
AICC GENERAL SECRETARY FOR :
- Indian Youth Congress
- National Students Union of India
BACKGROUND:
He is the fourth generation scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Grandson of Indira and Feroze Gandhi.
He finished schooling from St.Columbia and The Doon School.
He pursued higher education from St.Stephens’ but due to security reasons moved bases abraod and finished his education under a pseudonym- Raul Vinci.
He has an M.Phil-Development Economics-from Trinity college,Cambridge University.
CONSTITUENCY:
Amethi.
SPEARHEADED
Associated with Rajiv Gandhi Foundation; Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund; Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Trust; Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust.
To prove himself as a youth leader in November 2008 he held interviews at his residence in New Delhi to handpick at least 40 people who were to make up the think-tank of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC), an organisation that he has been keen to transform since he was appointed general secretary in September 2007.
Under Rahul ...
... Gandhi, IYC and NSUI has seen a dramatic increase in members from a two lakhs to twenty five lakhs.
Rahul Gandhi opines that the Lokpal should be made a constitutional body and it should be made accountable to the Parliament, just like the Election Commission. His statement was panned by the opposition and anna Hazare as a delaying tactic.
CONTROVERSIES
On 11 May 2011 Rahul Gandhi was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police at Bhatta Parsaul village after he turned out in support of agitating farmers demanding more compensation for their land being acquired for a highway project. He was released after being held for about three hours and later returned to New Delhi. He was to be presented before a Sub-Divisional Magistrate on 12 May 2011.
Gandhi has been critical of nationalist groups like the RSS and compared them to terrorist organizations like SIMI- according to a wikileaks tape.
According to him radicalised Hindu Groups may pose a bigger threat than the Islamic Terrorist Groups.
It has been alleged that Rahul Gandhi had detained a girl and her parents since 2007 after the family accused the Gandhi scion of raping the girl. On 01st Mar 2011, the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court issued a notice to Rahul Gandhi,however the allegations were found to be false. Allahabad high court not only dismissed the case after the girl in question appeared in the court, but slapped a INR50 lakh penalty against the petitioner ordering a CBI inquiry against her and websites publishing the story.
On 14th Jul 2011, a day after the serial bombing in Mumbai, Rahul Gandhi gave a statement that “it was very difficult to stop every single terror attack”. The remark resulted in a number of strong criticism.
CONTACT
www.rahulgandhi.co.in
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rahul-Gandhi/27605962090?sk=info
http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4074