Rahul Gandhi is a fifth-generation politician from the Nehru-Gandhi family, a senior Congress leader and party MP from Wayanad in Kerala.
His entry into politics happened in 2004 when he decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the family seat of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. He subsequently won three times from there but lost to the BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019. However, Rahul Gandhi, remained an MP because he won the election from Wayanad. He became the Congress party chief in 2017 but quit from that post after the Congress’ disastrous show in the 2019 General Elections. Cutting across months of 2022, 2023 and 2024, Rahul Gandhi has taken out two yatras — the 3,750-km Bharat Jodo Yatra (from Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and the 6,700-km Bharat Jodi Nyay Yatra (from Thoubal in Manipur to Mumbai).
I am yes a Congressite. I am not Family. I am open to accepting as The Boss anyone. But alas, where is that anyone. There has to be a challenger around whom Congress members and following or preceding that the electorate rally around. Let us see the challenger. If he / she is worth his salt the family will move away as it did after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated. AND Indira Gandhi did not get the reigns of the party on a platter. She became the Challenger and won. Lets play fair and let the winner take it all.