Rahul Gandhi
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Rahul Gandhi (born June 19, 1970) is an Indian politician, a member of the Indian National Congress.
He is the son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi, the grandson of the late Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, and the great-grandson of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1991, his father (also a former prime minister) was assassinated by the Tamil Tigers.
His mother, Sonia Gandhi, took over as the president of the Indian National Congress in 1998 but Rahul stayed away from politics until 2004. He claims to have worked as a financial consultant in London before returning to India in August 2002.
He won a seat in the 2004 parliamentary election from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh by a margin of 300,500 votes. Incidentally, he is the same age as his late uncle Sanjay Gandhi was when he won the elections from Amethi years ago. His sister, Priyanka Gandhi, helped supervise his campaign.
Rahul has a Columbian girlfriend named Veronica. It is believed that he met her at Harvard University , from where he returned without any degree . Rahul doesn't have any immediate plans for marriage, right now.de:Rahul Gandhi fr:Rahul Gandhi id:Rahul Gandhi sv:Rahul Gandhi