Punjab corruption not letting benefits reach people: Rahul Gandhi

September 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi travelled in the chair car of the Shatabdi Express on Tuesday to reach Ludhiana from Delhi. After his mother, Sonia Gandhi, flew to Mumbai in the economy class yesterday, Rahul decided not to travel in the executive class of the super fast train when he arrived in Ludhiana here to inaugurate a four-day camp of young Congressmen.

September 9th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi will constitute teams of and train youths in Punjab to supervise proper implementation of the central government's schemes and to curb corruption. The Youth Congress in Punjab, to which Gandhi has given special attention over the last one year and made it a model state for Youth Congress elections, is all set to launch his brainchild project 'Aam Admi Ka Sipahi' (AAKS - soldier of the common man) in the coming days.

May 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the television studios discussed the possibility of Rahul Gandhi's inclusion in the Cabinet, the man at the centre of it all said only time will show whether he would join the Ministry or work for the party. "Only time will show," Gandhi told reporters here.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Thanking the people of the country for the Congress led UPA's stupendous performance in the 2009 general elections, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that he would try to make party general secretary Rahul Gandhi a part of the new cabinet. Addressing media persons jointly with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath here, Singh thanked the people of the country for the faith they had shown in the Congress party.

May 11th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party would always stand for the ordinary man unlike the National Democratic Alliance, which ignored various sections of society, including the poor, the farmers and the Dalits during its tenure. "When the Congress government came to power in 2004, Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh and we all made just one promise that we will work for the 'aam admi,' farmers of Punjab, mazdoor (labourers), Dalit and it will be there government.

May 9th, 2009 HOSHIARPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for trying to divide the country in various ways. Gandhi, who addressed four public rallies in as many constituencies of Punjab in a single day, accused the BJP of setting the agenda for doing things only for one section of society.

May 6th, 2009 BARNALA - Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that he 'has never seen a weak Sikh.' Wooing Sikhs who form the majority in Punjab, Gandhi lashed out at the BJP for calling the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh 'as weak.' "They call our prime minister weak, the lion of Punjab, who has earned a name to the country in the world. I have not seen a weak Sikh in my life," Gandhi told anlection rally at Barnala.

May 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Often the target of political jibes for being a Gandhi scion, Congress party general secretary Rahul Gandhi said while he felt dynastic politics was 'undemocratic', he would use it to change the system. Asked by a foreign journalist at a press conference here Tuesday whether it was undemocratic to hold an important position like his because of his family background, Rahul Gandhi said: 'It is undemocratic, and it's a reality that my father, my grandmother, my great grandfather were so and so....

April 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said here Saturday that he would refuse the prime minister's post if the offer was made to him now because he was busy revamping the party and lacked the experience to take the top job. 'I would refuse...for two reasons.

April 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal Wednesday hit back at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi for saying that the benefits of various schemes, launched by central government for poor people, were not reaching the people of Punjab because of widespread corruption in the state. 'Rahul Gandhi himself does not know anything about the NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) or any such scheme, so how can he give such statements? He is very far away from the ground reality of the situation.

April 14th, 2009 BHATINDA - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani for his reported statement that he was not aware of the release of militants in exchange for Indian hostages during Kandahar plane hijack episode in 1999. "Either the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee did not trust him or he is not telling the truth.

April 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is known to have helped young faces from Punjab get party nominations for the Lok Sabha polls. And now he will go the whole hog by campaigning for them.

March 31st, 2009 WARDHA - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, who addressed a rally here Tuesday, slammed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for ignoring the poor of the country during its rule at the centre even as he asserted that his party's focus was on the common man. 'We (Congress) see India from common man's eyes.

March 25th, 2009 PUDUCHERRY - Stating that he doesn't 'carry hate and anger', Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that he was 'surprised' by his cousin Varun Gandhi's reported inflammatory campaign speeches. 'I am surprised by his views.

March 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - They may have been picked to woo the youth. Or it's possible that a whole new generation of young Congress leaders in Punjab has direct access to party general secretary Rahul Gandhi.