Rahul Gandhi personally monitors Punjab Youth Congress polls

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Wednesday hailed party general secretary Rahul Gandhi for his efforts to introduce internal democracy in the student and youth wing of the party. The efforts of Rahul Gandhi to introduce internal democracy by holding organisational election in the Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (NSUI) can be called as revolutionary from political point of view, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters.

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 8th, 2009 SIVAGANGA - Congress general secretary and the party's star campaigner Rahul Gandhi Friday reached out to the youth of Tamil Nadu, promising to work with them after the elections to change the face of the state. 'For the future and for the Congress party in particular, we are going to work with the youth of Tamil Nadu to change the face of the state,' Rahul Gandhi declared at a rally here, held in support of the party's candidate and Home Minister P.

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....

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party, which leads the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Monday said it was confident that riding on the agenda of development it would make a clean sweep in Delhi in the Lok Sabha polls. 'The Congress will have a clean sweep in Delhi and in other states like Rajasthan, the 2008 (assembly) elections will be repeated,' party spokesperson Veerappa Moily said while addressing the media in the national capital.

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 14th, 2009 TALWANDI SABO - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said that the benefits of several schemes launched by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government were not reaching the people of Punjab because of corruption in the state. 'The Manmohan Singh government has done a lot for the people.

April 13th, 2009 KOCHI - Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the future of India lies with the youth. Addressing a press conference in Kochi, Gandhi expressed his firm belief on the power of youth in politics.

April 13th, 2009 KOCHI - Brushing aside talk of his becoming the prime minister, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi Monday said his aim was to strengthen the youth brigade of the Congress party. 'Dynastic rule in the Congress party is not going to be there,' Rahul Gandhi said.

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.

April 1st, 2009 RANCHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, in a rally in Jharkhand, Wednesday appealed to the youth to vote to 'change the fate of the country'. 'I appeal youth to vote for Congress to change the fate of the state and the country.

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 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.

January 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Congress general secretary and MP Rahul Gandhi is visiting this Gujarat city Friday to woo youths in the state to join the party, a senior Congress party leader said Wednesday. The Congress is conducting party elections in the state for its youth wing, said Ashok Tanwar, president of the All India Youth Congress.