The broken destiny of his family shrouds Rahul Gandhi like the security blanket of his unsmiling protectors. Beyond the penumbral security are adulating millions, who treat him like the deliverer. Not many people have a life like Gandhi — tragic and euphoric at the same time. Maybe that is why he took his time to make up his mind. Maybe it was an urge to be just a regular guy. But after years of hesitation, the scion of India’s first political family is gradually breaking out of the iron cocoon to touch hands with his countrymen. He appears to have decided that he wants to be the hope of his fractious country, the deliverer of modernity to India’s politics.
A person who knows how Gandhi works says that he operates through an informal executive council that includes his friend and aide Kanishka Singh, IYC president Ashok Tanwar, Mandsaur MP Meenakshi Natarajan, Alwar MP Jitendra Singh and NSUI president Hibi Eaden. “It is a consultative process, but there is no doubt on who takes the decisions,’’ he says.
(This story appears in the 08 January, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Two years ago, THE VERDICT - of the reader for the reader, an English tabloid weekly, published by The Independent Media of India Group, a small organisation promoted by professionals from different field, did a cover story - Vol 1, Issue 5, Dated 30 September - 06 October 2007, on Rahul Gandhi with a headline PM TO BE. When Rahul the publisher and managing editor, Ms Krisshna Arjun, presented a copy of the particular issue, with a blush on his face Rahul reacted: "Is it so?". "Yes. We would like you to be the PM of India," said the publisher. Yes. Rahul Gandhi would be the ideal choice as PM of India. We, at THE VERDICT, are sure that Rahul Gandhi would take over as the PM of India in a shortwhile.
on Jan 4, 2010