Congress leader Rahul Gandhi can take country to next level:pm india

Camp: New Delhi
Date: 17.11.2007

Rahul targets youth, says merit should be the criteria

Speaking during the AICC session here, Congress party's newly appointed General Secretary Rahul Gandhi said that Congress should be relevant to a broad range of young Indians and become "meritocratic" in which progress is linked to performance along with accountability.

It was his first speech after becoming General Secretary of the party. During the day he was praised by the party seniors from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

He appealed to the youth to join the Congress to build institutions are worthy of their dreams and capabilities.

In his short speech he was cheered by the gathering of Congress members that included his mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Singh and Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and leaders from various parts of the country.

Rahul Gandhi said that wherever he went in his recent tours, he was asked two questions by the youth and members of
the NSUI and Youth Congress. The non-party youth wanted to know how they could join politics and serve the country, while the party youth asked him "how do we progress in our organisation".

Mr. Gandhi himself answered the questions, saying "If we are to truly become an organisation that represents the youth of our country, if we are to truly develop leaders of whom this nation can be proud, we need to do two things. The first is to build an organisation that is open and relevant to a broad range of Indians who believe in our values and seek to serve the nation".

"The second is to build a meritocratic organisation. Young people bring tremendous passion and energy into our organisation. We must see to it that they are accountable. It
is our duty to ensure that their progress is linked to their performance," he said.

Mr. Gandhi made a brief ten-minute speech, first in Hindi and then in English that outlined his vision for the party and his political thought.

He was welcomed with a huge garland by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and DPCC President J P Aggarwal, who presented a photograph of Rajiv Gandhi to him.

During his brief speech Mr. Gandhi unveiled his political vision. He said that the ''aam admi'' was the greatest asset of the country and called for creating opportunities for them in a resurgent India.

He said the true realisation of India's power lay in igniting the fire of ambition of the country's aspiring millions. In order for this flame to spread, India needs to be connected within itself and the rest of the world.

He said India needs to be connected physically through roads, electricity, telecommunication, railways and other infrastructure. ''We also need to connect India intellectually through literacy, education and training. Finally, we need to connect India economically through the creation of jobs and livelihood," he added.''

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[full2hydrabadi]

How shameless and sefish can an individual be to carry and use the family name to which he does not belong to. Fake name, fake nationality, fake patriotism.......my god besharmi ki koi hudd hoti hai aur ye parivaar hudd paar kar gaya hai...

[zfjquery]

problem is uneducated people in India consider him god , and he will not let them get educated . just take an e.g congress has ruled india for 50+ yrs out off 60 , and places such as amethi are most undevelop state of India , which just tell the story wat will happen when he became pm .

[Aditi11indiangirl]

@zfjquery THERE IS NO QUESTION OF DIVISION. IF MUSLIMS CREATE TROUBLE WE AND OUR BIG HINDU AND SIKH ARMY WILL SEND THEM TO PAKISTAN. BE POSITIVE.

[twigaldon]

bloody idiot u wanna be a pm????in ur dreams!

[pavanxt]

One Congress Member please call RahulJi as Rahul ...

Stop proving your slaves to dumb person whos penned up to be your next stupid PM

The one man whose attention span is less that a domestic animal

he cannot even read 2 lines

...

and whats with the clapping...

[pavanxt]

One Congress Member please call RahulJi as Rahul ...

Stop proving your slaves to dumb person whos penned up to be your next stupid PM

The one man whose attention span is less that a domestic animal

he cannot even read 2 lines

...

[anubhavbhrigu]

I live in London and also went to support protest against G20 summit in london.

I want all humans to please watch all documentaries by Alex Jones, it is not sonai gandhi but it is about builderberg group and handful of powerful corrupt people who want to capture the world under NEW WORLD ORDER.

Alex Jones documentary

The obama deception

Fall of the republic

Police state 4- rise of fema

invisible empire- the new world order

watch them for humanity...

cant find it? msg me i will send links

[jituyt]

he has no credibility to things on his own, he is pushed into politics,

[katuachod]

Ye desh ko zarur next level tak lekar jayega, aadha desh to iske gharwale Swiss banko mein rakh aaye hain yeh poora desh rakh aayega. Akhir Chor ki Aulaad jo hai.

[LadenDaPuttar]

@mandeepjh

Sir to Sukanya Devi Kya Apni Choot Chatwane Gayi thi wahan par.

yeh bhosadi ko hamesha hi apna lauda hath mein le ke ghoomta hai.

ladkiyon ko toh iske paas bhi nahi fatakna chahiye.

yeh to khula hua Saand hai.

[patral1981]

Get out of India Idiot......If he becomes the prime minister of India then it will be the most shameful day Indians...