Rahul Gandhi, the new Congress Vice President, at Chintan Shivir

The entire Congress across the country is now tremendously happy as the young leader Rahul Gandhi was appointed as Congress Vice President. Rahul Gandhi , after taking over as the Vice President of the party made a memorable speech at the Chintan Shivir at Jaipur.

Rahul Gandhi at Jaipur AICC session: Congress is with DNA of entire Indians Part 03

Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi while delivering his first speech at Congress' chintan shivir at the Jaipur on the concluding day said that the people of this country are his life and he will fight for them. "The people of India are my life and I will fight for the people of India and for this party. I will fight with everything I have. I invite all of you to stand up and take on this fight" said Rahul Gandhi amidst loud applauds. Power is grossly centralized in our country. We only empower the people at the top of our system. We don't believe in empowering the people all the down all the way in the bottom. Every single day I meet people with tremendous understanding. Almost everywhere they are kept out of system.. No one can hear their voice.. No matter how much they try to speak.. no one listens.. I also meet people holding high positions.. they have tremendous voice but no understanding of the issues at hand.. Why this happens? It happens because we don't respect knowledge.. We respect positions.. It doesn't matter how much wisdom you have, if you do not have a position you mean nothing. This is the tragedy of India.. Why the youth are out on the streets? They are angry because they are alienated. They are excluded from the political class.. They watch from the sidelines.. Why are our women suffering? Because their voices have not been trampled upon the people with arbitrary powers on their lives. Why our poor are confined to poverty? Because decisions regarding their lives and the services they need are being taken by people far away answerable to them only in theory.. Unless we respect and empower people for their knowledge and understanding we cannot change anything in this country.. All our public system, administration, justice, education and political system are designed to keep people with knowledge out. They are all closed system. Their design creates mediocrity and mediocrity dominates. Mediocrity dominates discussions and the voices are crushed by the loudness of the people who posses neither the understanding nor compassion. Success in these systems does not come through building. It comes by excluding. It comes not by pushing people forward but by holding people back. Everyday initiative is killed to maintain the status quo. We do not praise our colleagues or look at their strengths. We only look at the ways to neutralize them. Every day we face with the hypocrisy of this system. We see it every day but we pretend that it is not there. People who are corrupt stand up and talk about eradicating corruption. People who disregard women in their entire life talk about women's rights. Until we start to respect and empower the people for their knowledge, for their understanding, we are never going to change this country.

Rahul Gandhi at Jaipur AICC session: Congress is with DNA of entire Indians Part 02

Congress vice- President Rahul Gandhi while delivering his first speech at Congress' chintan shivir at the Jaipur on the concluding day said that the people of this country are his life and he will fight for them. "The people of India are my life and I will fight for the people of India and for this party. I will fight with everything I have. I invite all of you to stand up and take on this fight" said Rahul Gandhi amidst loud applauds.This was the energy behind our freedom movement. Voices.. millions and millions of voices.. Gandhiji's successors led by Jawar Lal Nehru freed voices of every Indian by ensuring the democracy and became the bedrock of our constitution. Relentlessly championing the voice of every Indian will always be the essence of the Congress party. Every single Indian, without seeing his caste or religion, will be supported by the Congress party... no matter who he is.. no matter where he is.. If he is an Indian we work for him. Let us look at the 60 years of India's successes. They have all come when we gave our people voice. The green revolution restored the voice of the farmers.. Bank nationalization restored the voice of the poor.. IT and telecom revolution literally gave the people voice for million and millions of people. If you have got the mobile phones in your phones in your pockets that was the result of that revolution. It is an honour that Manmohan Singh Ji is sitting here. Because he spearheaded another revolution.. In 1991 he unleashed the voice of thousands in the field of entrepreneurship and changed the country for ever.. The UPA Government has followed Gandhi Ji's model. It has created platforms for those denied their voice in the political system. For the first time in our history our people have been guaranteed their basic rights; social and economic rights.. The food Bill will ensure that no mother sees her child goes hungry at night.. RTI gives every single Indian the right to personally take on the battle against corruption.. MNREGA has given millions of Indians pride in their work; The right to education enables every child to aspire to greatness. All of these radical innovations were possible only because of the growth provided by the Congress party and the UPA..

Rahul Gandhi at Jaipur AICC session: Congress is with DNA of entire Indians Part 01

Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi while delivering his first speech at Congress' chintan shivir at the Jaipur on the concluding day said that the people of this country are his life and he will fight for them. "The people of India are my life and I will fight for the people of India and for this party. I will fight with everything I have. I invite all of you to stand up and take on this fight" said Rahul Gandhi amidst loud applauds. This is a huge honour for me. Over the past 8 years and in the past 8 years the party has taught a lot to me. The party has reposed tremendous faith in me and I want to thank all of you from bottom of my heart for all the help and directions they have given me. There are people from south India who want me to speak in English. There are people of north India who want me to speak in Hindi. As a tradition I will first speak in English and then in Hindi. In 1947 India was liberated, not by arms, but by unleashing the voice of our people. Other countries fought violently; they fought with weapons; they fought with death; India fought with non-violence and with voice. Everybody told us that it can not be done. They told us if we want to get rid of British you have to use violence. But the Congress party said no and also said that we are not going to use violence. We will use non-violence and we defeated the biggest empire of that time and sent them home

Sonia Gandhi at AICC session in Jaipur: Safety of women and tackling corruption are top priorities

Congress President Sonia Gandhi while addressing the partymen on the concluding day of party's chintan shivir at Jaipur said that tackling corruption adn ensuring safety of women are the top agenda of the Congress. She urged the partymen to work as a unit to help Congress to retain power in 2014.

Rahul Gandhi elevated as Congress vice President

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has been appointed as the vice President of the party. The decision came today after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee held in Jaipur on Saturday evening. During the ongoing Chintan Shivir of the party many Congress leaders, Youth Congress and NSUI leaders demanded a bigger role for Rahul Gandhi. Several Union Ministers and senior Congress leaders also batted for larger responsibility for Rahul Gandhi as the party recognised the need to respond to the demands of new changing India peopled by a more young generation. There is a feeling among many Congress leaders that attending the Shivir that more youths should be empowered. There are also demands within the party that Rahul Gandhi should be declared Congress' PM candidate before the party goes to next Lok Sabha polls. As the Congress party debated its future course of action and its strategy to come to power in 2014 General Elections and reviving the party's fortunes in states, the leaders also understand the serious challenges ahead and many feel that Rahul Gandhi can give an effective leadership at this challenging political situation. Rahul Gandhi is such a leader who always loved to be among the masses and his unscheduled frequent visits to the villages has, on many occasions, evoked public debate. "I go to the people to realize their issues and I believe the power and strength of the people in the villages" had said Rahul Gandhi on several occasions. Congress President Sonia Gandhi had, in her opening address, urged the partymen to connect with the new generation of the emerging India and it is an undisputed fact that Rahul Gandhi has a special ability to connect with masses, very easily. And at a time, when the ruling party is passing through a tough phase, a young leader like Rahul Gandhi can definitely boost party's prospects to regain its political domination and retain power at the centre.

Rahul Gandhi appointed as Congress vice President

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has been appointed as the vice President of the party. The decision came today after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee held in Jaipur on Saturday evening. During the ongoing Chintan Shivir of the party many Congress leaders, Youth Congress and NSUI leaders demanded a bigger role for Rahul Gandhi. Several Union Ministers and senior Congress leaders also batted for larger responsibility for Rahul Gandhi as the party recognised the need to respond to the demands of new changing India peopled by a more young generation. There is a feeling among many Congress leaders that attending the Shivir that more youths should be empowered. There are also demands within the party that Rahul Gandhi should be declared Congress' PM candidate before the party goes to next Lok Sabha polls. As the Congress party debated its future course of action and its strategy to come to power in 2014 General Elections and reviving the party's fortunes in states, the leaders also understand the serious challenges ahead and many feel that Rahul Gandhi can give an effective leadership at this challenging political situation. Rahul Gandhi is such a leader who always loved to be among the masses and his unscheduled frequent visits to the villages has, on many occasions, evoked public debate. "I go to the people to realize their issues and I believe the power and strength of the people in the villages" had said Rahul Gandhi on several occasions. Congress President Sonia Gandhi had, in her opening address, urged the partymen to connect with the new generation of the emerging India and it is an undisputed fact that Rahul Gandhi has a special ability to connect with masses, very easily. And at a time, when the ruling party is passing through a tough phase, a young leader like Rahul Gandhi can definitely boost party's prospects to regain its political domination and retain power at the centre.

Rahul Gandhi made Congress vice President

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has been appointed as the vice President of the party. The decision came today after the meeting of the Congress Working Committee held in Jaipur on Saturday evening. During the ongoing Chintan Shivir of the party many Congress leaders, Youth Congress and NSUI leaders demanded a bigger role for Rahul Gandhi. Several Union Ministers and senior Congress leaders also batted for larger responsibility for Rahul Gandhi as the party recognised the need to respond to the demands of new changing India peopled by a more young generation. There is a feeling among many Congress leaders that attending the Shivir that more youths should be empowered. There are also demands within the party that Rahul Gandhi should be declared Congress' PM candidate before the party goes to next Lok Sabha polls. As the Congress party debated its future course of action and its strategy to come to power in 2014 General Elections and reviving the party's fortunes in states, the leaders also understand the serious challenges ahead and many feel that Rahul Gandhi can give an effective leadership at this challenging political situation. Rahul Gandhi is such a leader who always loved to be among the masses and his unscheduled frequent visits to the villages has, on many occasions, evoked public debate. "I go to the people to realize their issues and I believe the power and strength of the people in the villages" had said Rahul Gandhi on several occasions. Congress President Sonia Gandhi had, in her opening address, urged the partymen to connect with the new generation of the emerging India and it is an undisputed fact that Rahul Gandhi has a special ability to connect with masses, very easily. And at a time, when the ruling party is passing through a tough phase, a young leader like Rahul Gandhi can definitely boost party's prospects to regain its political domination and retain power at the centre.