Rahul Gandhi, the son of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, was named as Congress president in 2017. Since then, he has been the recipient of praises and jibes in equal measure. The Gandhi scion is now all set for, perhaps, the toughest battle of his life -- the Lok Sabha polls. Watch the video to know more about your neta.
Quick facts about Rahul Gandhi:
- Rahul Gandhi holds degrees from the prestigious universities of Cambridge, Harvard, Delhi, and Rollins.
- He started his career with a management consulting firm, Monitor Group in London, where he worked for around three years.
- After coming to India, he established his own outsourcing firm in 2004, which was based in Mumbai and named Backops Services Private Ltd.
- In May 2011, he was arrested in UP while meeting the farmers in Bhatta Parsaul and got released after three hours.
- Like his grandmother, Indira Gandhi and father Rajiv Gandhi, Rahul will contest the general elections 2019 from two seats -- Amethi and Wayanad.
- Rahul Gandhi can well be the next prime minister of India, that is if Mahagathbandhan wins the race to power.
- Much of the credit of Congress' recent win in Rajasthan, MP, and Chhattisgarh assembly elections was given to Rahul Gandhi -- a respite from his image as 'Pappu' coined by rival parties.
- In 2004, the Congress party's official website declared Rahul Gandhi as a farmer. Later, in 2009 it was changed to strategy consultant.
- Rahul Gandhi is an avid book reader and often reads Swami Vivekananda's book. He also knows sword fighting and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
- The Gandhi scion has a black belt in aikodo, a Japanese martial art, which he has been practising since 2009.
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