Rahul Gandhi is a Congress leader. He was the president of the party from 2013 to 2019. Rahul Gandhi took the responsibility for the party's miserable performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and resigned from the post. Rahul Gandhi lost family bastion Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani in 2019 which he had won in 2004. Born on June 19, 1970, Rahul Gandhi made entry into electoral politics in 2004 - 13 years after the assassination of his father, Rajiv Gandhi. In 2022, Rahul Gandhi embarked on a 3,500 km yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
The remarks by Gandhi were made on April 21 during an interactive session at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University in the US
A long list of possible candidates were sent to Gandhi before the meeting, according to a Congress functionary. An official added that a few names were prominently discussed in the meeting that was held at the Prime Minister’s Office.