Rahul Rajiv Gandhi (born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Indian Parliament who represents the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, in the Lok Sabha. He previously represented the constituency of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh. He is a member of the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, and was the party president from December 2017 to July 2019. He is the chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress, the National Students Union of India and a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust. He is the son of the former Prime Minister of India, late Shri Rajiv Gandhi and Smt. Sonia Gandhi.
Born in New Delhi, Gandhi spent his early childhood between Delhi and Dehradun and stayed away from the public sphere for much of his childhood and early youth. He received primary education in New Delhi and then attended The Doon School in Dehradun. However, due to security concerns, he was later home-schooled. Gandhi commenced his undergraduate degree at St. Stephen’s College before moving to Harvard University. The following year, due to security threats following the assassination of his father, he moved to Rollins College in Florida, completing his degree in 1994. The next year, he obtained his M.Phil. from Cambridge. After completing his post-graduation, he initiated his professional career with the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London. Soon thereafter, he returned to India and founded Backops Services Private Ltd, a technology outsourcing firm based in Mumbai.
Gandhi contested and won the 14th general elections from Amethi in 2004. He won again in general elections held in 2009 and 2014. In 2013, he was elected Congress vice-president and later succeeded his mother as Congress party president in 2017. Gandhi led the party in the 2014 and 2019 Indian general elections, with the party facing significant losses in both, especially in 2014 where they won only 44 seats whereas in 2019 elections the party won 52 seats. Gandhi has also served as members of several parliament Committees including, Home Affairs, Human Resource Development, External Affairs, Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs and Defence. Read full biography at wiki
Politics Since 2019 and the rise of mass leader-
Rahu Gandhi began his Rahu Mahadsha in 2019 and in Rahu-Rahu dasha he led the 2019 election campaign of the Congress party. During campaign, Gandhi announced “Nyay” (Nyuntam Aay Yojana— Minimum Income Gurantee) Scheme promising Rs 6,000 each to 20 per cent poorest households to his election speeches. Gandhi also promised to fill 22 lakhs government jobs within one year coming to power at the Centre. Gandhi used the slogan “Chowkidar Chor Hai” as a jibe against Narendra Modi, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate during his election rallies. The slogan was aimed at Modi about the alleged irregularities and favouritism in awarding the contracts for the Rafale fighter jet deal. Post election results the INC won 52 seats, eight more than the previous election. Its vote percentage once again fell below 20 per cent. Gandhi won the Wayanad seat with over 60 per cent vote share. However, he lost his existing seat of Amethi to Smriti Irani of the BJP by a margin of 55,120 votes.
Politics Post 2019 –After huge defeat in 2019 lok sabha election, Rahul Gandhi resigned from his president post in same Rahu-Rahu period. It produced a shock wave and hundreds of youth congress karykarta resigned from their respective posts. Party hugely suffered and party’s command again went into Sonia Gandhi’s hand. After 3 years of party overhauling from block and state level and in central committee. In 2022 Mallikarjun Kharge was elected as president of Indian National Congress. Kharge is a Dalit face and staunch Congress leader and faithful to Congress ideology. Congress was relieved and started a new journey under his leadership. Rahul Gandhi began his major Rahu-Jupiter period. In his birth chart Jupiter has full aspect on yogkarak Rahu and both have strong political signification. Jupiter being lord of 3rd house of velour and 6th house of enemy gave him good communication skills and made him brave and truthful. He was now capable to destroy his opponent Narendra Modi. He started scathing one pointed attack on PM Narendra Modi’s corruption and his fascist Hindutva ideology. His attacked started shattering entire regime and party in power was unable to counter him. Jupiter had all set the stage of his resurrection as a mass leader. He began a long journey to connect with the people of India.
Bharat Jodo Yatra (2022–2023)-
The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which translates to “Unify India March,” was a campaign organized by the Congress party spanning from 2022 to 2023 with the stated primary objective of promoting national unity and solidarity across the various regions of India. It aimed to mobilize support for the INC and its ideology, emphasizing themes of patriotism, cultural heritage, and development. Gandhi started the initiative on 7 September 2022 at Kanyakumari after paying tributes to his late father Rajiv Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, and the Tamil poet Thiruvalluvar. The yatra saw Gandhi along with INC leaders, including members of Parliament and notable personalities, traveling across the country, addressing rallies, conducting public meetings, and interacting with citizens. Throughout the yatra, Gandhi focused on issues such as economic development, social justice, and inclusive governance, aiming to strengthen the party’s grassroots presence and reinvigorate its political relevance on the national stage.
The yatra concluded on 29 January 2003 with the unfurling of the tricolor flag at Lal Chowk, Srinagar; it lasted 137 days, covering 4,080 kilometers over nearly five months across 12 states and two union territories. During the yatra, the INC also won a majority in the 2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the first majority the party had won won by itself since 2018. In the subsequent elections in Karnataka and Telangana in 2023, the Congress party achieved a landslide victory, marked by an increase in both the party’s vote share and the number of seats compared to the previous elections in the constituencies through which the march had passed.
Post Bharat Jodo Yatra- Yatra ends with huge success. Rahul Gandhi’s stature is now elevated, he is popular among masses and unchallenged mass leader of Congress party. He has boosted the moral of party leaders and returned the lost confidence of Congress party. Congress workers are full of confidence and learning how to defeat Hindutva fascists. Indian national congress is all prepared to defeat saffron party BJP and Narendra Modi who is neck deep into corruption. Rahul Gandhi will began his major Rahu-Saturn period from mid April.
Birth Chart of Rahul Gandhi- Chart is prepared for 19th June 1970, time 14:28 at New Delhi.
