370)this.width=370">Rahul Gandhi does not rule his country yet. If his Congress party has its way, he will be India's prime minister some day, if not very soon.
Whether it is mid-way through the United Progressive Alliance's second term in power or if it will come after possible triumph in the next general election remains -- like most things concerning the enigmatic Congress general secretary -- in the realm of speculation.
His father Rajiv became India's youngest prime minister aged 40 -- thrust into a very difficult role at a very troubling time by the sad circumstances of his mother Indira Gandhi's assassination -- and it is unlikely that Rahul, who turns 40 on June 19, will break that record.
It is possible that he may be closer to his grandma in age if he becomes prime minister -- Indira Gandhi was 48 when she was chosen to lead India after the tragedy in Tashkent after Lal Bahadur Shastri died suddenly and mysteriously.
His great grandfather was not much older than his daughter when he ascended to office at the midnight hour when India woke to light and freedom -- Jawaharlal Nehru was 57 when he made India's finest political speech.
If Rahul becomes prime minister, India -- which has the largest number of young people under the age of 30 (by one estimate 540 million people!) -- will once again have a youthful leader after the parade of seventy plus years olds who have ruled its destiny since June 1991.
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