While participating in the discussion on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th year of Parliament, Congress President said that Parliament’s int

While participating in the discussion on the occasion of the celebration of the 60^th year of Parliament, Congress President said that Parliament’s integrity and independence must be preserved at all cost. “It must not only be a source of law and power but also justice and compassion” added Sonia Gandhi.

"The integrity and independence of Parliament must be preserved and protected at all cost, with no room for compromise. Our conduct must rise to the highest ethical standards that were followed and demanded by the founding fathers of our nation," further said the Congress President.

Sonia Gandhi reminded that that MP’s conduct must rise to the highest ethical standards. The Congress MP also reiterated that the greatest triumph of the country in the last sixty years of its independence is that the "aam aadmi has become the heart and soul" of Indian democracy.

Reminding that the journey of Indian Parliament has not always been smooth or without challenge, Sonia Gandhi commented that an anniversary is also a moment of reflection to consider the members' role and place in the rich fabric of the nation's life and history.

The Congress President requested the members to resolve to make sure that Parliament embraces "not only the triumphs and joys of this but rids our people of the sorrows and sufferings that still blight their lives. “This great institution must be not only a source of law and power but also of justice and compassion," Sonia Gandhi asserted.

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Rahul Gandhi on Pranab: We learn a lot from him always

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi on Monday wished Pranab Mukherjee for his Presidential candidature and said he is very happy for the senior leader. "Our ties are very old. We learn from him a lot always," said Rahul Gandhi. "I am very happy that he would be the President of India," said the Congress General Secretary.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC), highest decision making body of the party, on Monday convened a special meeting to bid a formal farewell to Pranab Mukherjee.
After the meeting, Mukherjee told reporters: "Today my long association with the Congress Working Committee since 1978 came to an end. I met the Prime Minister. Tomorrow I will be putting in my paper as finance minister."
The meeting took place at 10 Janpath, the residence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi.

UP to get women’s university in Sonia Gandhi's constituency

The first women's university in the state of Uttar Pradesh will come up in Rae Bareli – Congress President and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency. The Union HRD Ministry has already written to the UP government to provide land for this purpose.

The letter written by secretary, higher education department, MHRD, Ashok Thakur to the UP chief secretary Javed Usmani states that the decision to open one such university in Rae Bareli was taken because India's first woman Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi used to represent Rae Bareli in Parliament. However, the reply from the state government is yet to be sent.

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Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: IT has a role to play to ensure connectivity

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi while speaking at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIIT Amethi and said that it should be our mission to ensure connectivity among the people of our country.
Rahul Gandhi said “So what is your role as IT practitioners? I asked many of your friends and most of them told that they would like to do jobs. What you do not realize is that while you are doing jobs, you are building the bridge that is going to connect these two Indias. Some of you would be more interested in your jobs and may not be much interested about what is happening in the country. But while you are doing your job, while developing software or any other IT products, while working on computers, without knowing it, you are building that bridge. There may be people who are taking special interest in the national affairs. And they may be doing works in that regard apart from their job. Anyhow, you have already started the process of connecting our nation and I want to thank you for that,” commented Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi at IIIT Amethi: Question yourself to gather more knowledge

Congress General Secretary and MP from Amethi Rahul Gandhi spoke at the occasion of the convocation ceremony at IIIT 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”.

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

“Knowledge is created by the destruction of knowledge” said Rahul Gandhi while speaking at a convocation ceremony at IIIT Amethi. “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”.
“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. Life is moving forward and constantly questioning your ideas and thoughts.” added the Congress leader.

Rahul Gandhi’s visit to Mumbai was a boost to the Congress workers

Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi had undertaken a two-day visit to Mumbai. The young Congress MP said that he would tour the state more often to boost the grass root cadre and assist party preparations for the 2014 assembly elections.

Rahul Gandhi interacted with the NSUI delegates. "I plan to undertake constituency-wise tours to take a first-hand view of the party's strengths and weaknesses. I will come more often here," assured Rahul Gandhi.

The Congress General Secretary also held a meeting with Youth Congress leaders. Rahul Gandhi reiterated the need to have zero tolerance to corruption and said that even those from the Congress should not be spared.

Rahul Gandhi also felicitated youth Congress activists who had won the recent local bodies election. The Congress leader asked the youth Congress activists to identify their area of work and compile it on the youth Congress website. "The work will be evaluated and marks would be given. Good and meritorious workers will get enough chance to prove their mettle in politics, added the congress General Secretary.

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