Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and a member of the prominent Nehru-Gandhi political family. He was born on June 19, 1970, in New Delhi, India. Rahul Gandhi is the son of Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India, and Sonia Gandhi, a prominent political figure and the President of the Indian Ntional Congress (INC) party.
Rahul Gandhi entered politics in 2004 and became a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. He has since been re-elected multiple times from the same constituency.
Rahul Gandhi served as the Vice President of the Indian National Congress from 2013 to 2017 and then became its President, succeeding his mother Sonia Gandhi. He held the position until 2019, after which he resigned following the party's poor performance in the general elections.
Throughout his political career, Rahul Gandhi has been known for his advocacy of social justice, rural development, and youth empowerment. He has actively campaigned on issues such as poverty alleviation, education, and healthcare reforms. However, he has also faced criticism for his leadership style and the party's electoral setbacks during his tenure.
for much of his childhood and early youth he attained primary education in New Delhi and Dehradun but was later homeschooled because of security concerns. He began his undergraduate career at St. Stephen's College before moving to Harvard University. Later he transferred to Rollins College in Florida, from which he graduated in 1994 due to security threats following the assassination of his father, the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. The next year, he obtained his M.Phil. from Cambridge. Post-graduation, he began his professional career with the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London. He soon returned to India and established the Mumbai-based technology outsourcing firm, Backops Services Private Ltd.
In 2004, Gandhi announced to enter active politics and successfully contested the general elections held that year from Amethi, a seat that was earlier held by his father; he won again from the constituency in 2009 and 2014. Amidst calls from Congress party veterans for his greater involvement in party politics and national government, he was elected Congress vice-president in 2013, having served as the general secretary previously. He led the Congress' campaign in the 2014 Indian general elections; the party suffered its worst electoral result in its history, winning only 44 seats compared to 206 seats won previously in the 2009 general election. In 2017, he succeeded his mother as Congress party leader and led the party into the 2019 Indian general election. The party won 52 seats, failing to get 10% of the seats needed to claim the post of leader of the opposition. After this poor performance in the election, he resigned as party leader and was succeeded by his mother, Sonia Gandhi.
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