Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi (Hindi: राहुल गांधी) (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and member of the Parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress. He belongs to the Nehru-Gandhi family, the most prominent political family in India. He has been widely credited with Congress's win in 2009 general elections. He turned down a cabinet post in the Manmohan Singh government and is concentrating on strengthening the party at the grassroots.

Rahul Gandhi was born in New Delhi, the first amongst 2 children of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India and Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, the current Congress President. He is the older brother of Priyanka Gandhi. His grandmother was Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. His great-grandfather, Jawaharlal Nehru, was the first Prime Minister of India, and his great-great-grandfather Motilal Nehru was a distinguished leader of the Indian independence movement[3].

He attended Modern School, New Delhi[4] before entering the The Doon School,also his father's alma mater,[5] from 1981-83 before being home-schooled for security reasons.[6] Starting university at Harvard and eventually got his B.A. from Rollins College, Florida in 1994[7]. He received an MPhil in Development Studies in 1995 from Trinity College, Cambridge.[8] In 2004, he was reported to have been dating Veronica, an architect from Spain. The two met while at university. [9]

Rahul Gandhi had advised austerity for all the congress members and claims to wear simple clothes and not waste money. He said its the duty of all politicians to be austere. [37] But it is alleged that he has a personal biking track as well as one for go-karting. [38] Rahul Gandhi has a ministerial bungalow (He is only a 2-term MP), and a fully kitted gym at home. He is a regular member of at least two of the Delhi's poshest gyms, and one of them is a 5-star. [39] Rahul Gandhi's trip to chennai to campaign for austerity had costed the party Rs 1 Crore. [40] Rahul Gandhi took a train in AC chair car to Ludhiana and saved Rs 445. [41] Rahul Gandhi traveled back to New Delhi in the Swarn Shatabdi Express, which was attacked with stones by some unknown persons. The reason for throwing stones is not clear. It can not be said that it is an attack to harm him, or a protest, or just a playful act by some children to have fun