Rahul Gandhi meets slain cop’s family

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As the buzz about whether he would become a minister intensified Friday, Rahul Gandhi categorically said his first job was to strengthen the Congress party. 'Elections come and go.

May 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi was Saturday leading over his rivals in Amethi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, officials counting votes polled in the Lok Sabha election said.

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 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expressing confidence that his party would win the elections, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 'was finished' and existed 'only in the mind'. 'The NDA is finished and has lost its fight.

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 18th, 2009 AMETHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused the Mayawati government in Uttar Pradesh of 'pushing back' development in the party strongholds of Amethi and Rae Bareli and said he would concentrate his efforts to bring the Congress back to power in the state. Addressing a poll rally in his constituency of Amethi, Rahul Gandhi also said that he shared a family-like bond with the people here and not a political one.

April 12th, 2009 AMETHI - Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sunday said she was not averse to plunging into politics, but in the same breath added that this was not something she wants to do. Replying to questions from reporters in Amethi, where she is campaigning for her brother Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka said: 'As I am growing older I have realised 'never' is a bad thing to say...

April 12th, 2009 RAE BARELI - Priyanka Gandhi says her family has been wishing her brother, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, gets married soon. Asked about the 38-year-old Congress MP's marriage plans, Priyanka Gandhi said: 'Why don't you ask him? We are after him (to get married) since long.' 'I would not be a matchmaker for him,' she added.

April 4th, 2009 SULTANPUR - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Saturday filed his nomination papers for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat. He was accompanied by his mother and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and close family friend Satish Sharma.

March 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday disclosed that he wanted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, the son of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, to be a minister in the cabinet, but Rahul refused. 'I always wanted Rahul Gandhi to be a minister, but he refused,' Manmohan Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a defence investiture function at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The first lot of Congress posters displayed in Delhi had three prominent faces - that of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, party chief Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi. But now there is a 'big' change.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee Saturday said his statement about Congress MP Rahul Gandhi being a prime ministerial candidate was a general remark, though the party general secretary had the potential to occupy the office. The senior Congress leader, who had Thursday said Rahul Gandhi was set to walk in the footsteps of his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, clarified that it was a general comment.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Friday said that Rahul Gandhi has all the qualities to become the prime minister of India as he represents the aspirations of young India. 'Rahulji possesses all the qualities to become the prime minister of India.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Thursday spoke with the family of the slain Uttar Pradesh engineer over telephone and assured all help, party sources said. While Gandhi spoke with the kin of M.K.