Rahul Gandhi is a fifth-generation politician from the Nehru-Gandhi family and a senior Congress leader. He currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Entering politics in 2004, he contested from the family stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, winning three consecutive terms before losing to the BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019. However, he remained an MP by securing a win from Wayanad, a seat he held until 2024. He briefly served as Congress president from 2017 but resigned after the party’s poor performance in the 2019 General Elections.
Between 2022 and 2024, Rahul Gandhi led two major political marches—the 3,750-km Bharat Jodo Yatra (Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and the 6,700-km Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (Thoubal to Mumbai). In the 2024 elections, he made a strong comeback, reclaiming Amethi and assuming the role of Leader of the Opposition.
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To take on the position of a Prime Minister requires focus. It is too early to tell whether Rahul Gandhi has such focus. He seems to lay more emphasis on work-life balance (undisturbed foreign holidays etc). Therefore, IF he and his coalition win 2019 GE, it may not be too weak a hypothesis that Rahul will adopt his mother’s approach to governance, i.e. give the responsibility and workload of the position to a trusted lieutenant, and enjoy the perks that come with the surname, and hold on the party.
For the first time since independence we are face to face with a situation where we will hence forth be condemned to chose either a “Janeudhari Shiva Bhakta Rudraksha wearing Pukka Hindu” OR a ” Hindutva vadi but lesser Hindu”. Can our Left-Liberal intellectuals help us to get out of this mess?