Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: Knowledge resides closest to the problem

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIT Amethi and said that the knowledge resides closest to where the problem is.
“So my humble request to you students is that when you are absolutely sure about something, you please question yourself because you may be probably wrong. The other thing I want to tell you about the nature of knowledge. In India this is the big problem” said Rahul Gandhi.
“I could fortunately travel many places across the country and meet a lot of people. So I see multiple perspectives. I could very early found, before talking to poor persons, farmers, other sections, engineers, doctors, that every one’s point of view is important” added the Congress leader.
“You may be good at IT but if you go to a farmer he can tell you much about farming. Knowledge resides closest to where the problem is. So if you are a farmer, you will be having the better knowledge about the farmers. Same is the case with IT. Generally what could see is that the more you are closer towards the problem, you will have better knowledge about that problem” said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: Knowledge is created by the destruction of knowledge

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIT Amethi and said that one should question yourself to gather more knowledge.

“I had mentioned that there was a time I was sitting where you are sitting now. When I was sitting there I thought that I have the answers for all the questions. But later I knew that that is not the fact. I am very passionate about my ideas. Even today I am very passionate. Now I realise that the most important thing one should do is to question one’s ideas. I found it in my life that when I am most certain about something, when I am hundred percent sure that this is the way to do it, very soon I find that I was wrong and there is actually another way to do it and a better way. In order to question one self, one has to listen to him first because once you do not listen to others, you cannot question yourself”.

“Knowledge is created by the destruction of knowledge” reminded Rahul Gandhi. “There were a lot of things in my mind which I thought were correct were destroyed now and I no more believe in those. Those were replaced by new ideas and I am absolutely certain that some of the ideas which I had today may get destroyed tomorrow. And that is a good thing because none of us are god. We do not have eternal knowledge or eternal understanding” continued the Congress leader.

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Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: To gather knowledge, go towards the problem

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIT Amethi and said that to gather more knowledge one should move more close towards the problem.
Rahul Gandhi said “So the first thing I told you was to question yourself. And the second thing is that to gather knowledge, go towards the problem. That is what I did experience. When I go to a poor person’s house and asks about the things he does, I get the knowledge. So I realize that he knows better than me about his nature of job. So it is very important to respect the person’s views who is much closer to the problem”.
“In order to respect the person’s views who is much closer to the problem, you will have to give equal status to that person. There is a feeling among the politicians in India that they are the most knowledgeable persons. Understanding the knowledge is built on the destruction of the knowledge. In our ancient scripts there is a trinity- creator, preserver and destroyer. There is a reason behind it. You cannot have creation without destruction. You cannot have destruction without creation. And you cannot have either of these two without preservation” added the young Congress MP.
“And that is the same with knowledge. To get the current knowledge you will have to destroy the existing knowledge. To destroy the existing knowledge you will have to question yourself. You will have to learn to question yourself and question the persons around you. The more you do that the more knowledgeable you will become” concluded Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi explains the misdeeds of non-Congress parties

Explaining the misdeeds of the non-Congress leaders like Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati, Congress (I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said the people of Uttar Pradesh are fed up with the misrule of these leaders for the past 22 years. These leaders have indulged in loot of public funds and rampant corruption, said Rahul Gandhi while addressing public meetings at various places in the state for the recent assembly elections. They have been responsible for the misrule and bad state of affairs in UP, he had further said adding that the people of the state now wanted to see Congress (I) party back in power to put the state back in order. Rahul Gandhi said while neighboring states like Haryana and Delhi are developing fast, there is no progress in Uttar Pradesh. “Tell me which state has not developed under Congress (I) rule in the country,” the Congress leader had asked the people. Congress (I)-led UPA has been sending welfare and developmental schemes with thousands of crores of rupees but there is nothing on the ground here, he added. These leaders have been simply looting the funds instead of spending on the welfare and developmental schemes, Rahul Gandhi further said. Urging the people this time to vote for Congress (I), Rahul Gandhi assured them that his party would bring tremendous development which they would see in only five years time.

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Rahul Gandhi: Mayawati cheated even the old citizens by indulging in pension scam

Slamming BSP supremo Mayawati for not ensuring welfare of old age persons and widows having no source of income, Congress (I) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has accused her of large scale scam in old age and widows’ pension scheme in Uttar Pradesh. The scheme is not reaching the deserving while the money is being looted in the name of bogus persons, had said Rahul Gandhi while campaigning for the recently held Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The scheme is meant to provide social security to persons of old age and widows who do not have any source for their livelihood. But bogus and persons for whom this scheme is not meant is taking advantage of this scheme to make money, added the Congress leader. In Bahraich district there are 86035 beneficiaries of this scheme. On scrutiny as many as 20,000 beneficiaries were found bogus. 2,500 people had died but pensions are being released in their names. In Azamgarh district 28 people including 26 women were found to be drawing pension on the basis of fraudulent documents. Mayawati government by such machination has deprived the deserving people the benefits of old age and widow’s pension scheme, said Rahul Gandhi.

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Congress Working Committee crucial meet today

New Delhi: The Congress’s highest decision making body, the Congress Working Committee, is meeting on Monday after a gap of a year to discuss various organizational matters of the party. Congress President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi will preside over the meeting.

The meeting comes right in the middle of a worsening political and economic crisis. The biggest question of all will be whether party President Sonia Gandhi will take some tough decisions. There are speculations that the meeting might discuss about for a greater role for Rahul Gandhi.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is also expected to discuss the Antony Committee report on the recent poll drubbing and also outline the road ahead for 2014. The Committee is also likely to decide the Congress strategy on how to deal with Team Anna's renewed attacks on corruption, especially against the Prime Minister.

The Congress Working Committee will also discuss how to deal with the issues with the UPA allies and prepare for the upcoming Presidential polls and state elections in Gujarat, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Karnataka to revive Congress

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will be undertaking a two-day visit to Karnataka from June 2 in a bid to revive Congress and to formulate the Congress’s strategy for the 2013 assembly polls in the state.
He will attend the Youth Congress national executive committee meeting in Hubli on June 2. After the meeting, Rahul Gandhi will participate in an interaction session in which he would meet senior citizens, intellectuals, retired officers and Jnanapeeth awardees, and seek their suggestions to make the administration more responsive.
On the second day of his tour, the Congress leader is scheduled to visit Davanagere where he will interact with all elected members of Congress, including members of municipalities and other local bodies. Rahul Gandhi also will address a gathering of about 5,000 elected representatives. The Congress General Secretary will hold discussion with senior leaders and executive committee members of KPCC.
After lunch, Rahul Gandhi will hold an interaction session with students. The state Congress sources say that Rahul Gandhi’s visit will boost the morale of the young in order to build the nation on the lines of secular and progressive line.