Rahul Gandhi is the son of the Italian-born Indian Parliament member Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi is the leader of the All India Congress Party.Express India: Rahul woos Mohali, bats for PM (May 10, 2009)
On May 10, 2009 media critics in Indian suggested that in the current transition of power within the Indian Congress to Nitish Kumar, Gandhi, the fourth generation of the Gandhi/Nehru dynasty in India, is calling the shots.LiveMint: New political order: all eyes set on Nitish Kumar (May 10, 2009)
Family Business
Rahul Gandhi is the fourth generation of the powerful Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in India, which has produced some of the most illustrious political leaders in the world. Rahul is the son of India's murdered prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and his Italian wife Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi.BBC: Profile: Rahul Gandhi
He is also the grandson of India's first female prime minister Indira Gandhi, assassinated in 1984; and the great-grandson of Jawaharlal Nehru, a pivotal figure in the battle for Indian independence with Mahatma Gandhi (who is not related to the Nehru/Gandhi dynastic family). Rahul Gandhi was elected to Parliament in 2004, and became the general secretary of Congress in 2007.BBC: Profile: Rahul Gandhi
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Worked in London
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Returned to Mumbai, which was then Bombay, in 2002BBC: Profile: Rahul Gandhi
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Sonia Gandhi, Head of Congress
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Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi; assassinated in 1989BBC: Profile: Rahul Gandhi
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Named secretary of general Congress in 2007BBC: Profile: Rahul Gandhi
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