Will get married when right girl comes along: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Viewed as Indias most eligible bachelor by some Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says hell get married when the right girl comes along and part of the problem is that his parents really lovely marriage has set the bar very highIn a freewheeling lighthearted chat on food and travel platform Curly Tales on YouTube Gandhi switched from the only politics track to discuss a range of personal issues including his growing up years his food preferences and his exercise regimenThe 52yearold former Congress president said he has nothing against marriage Part of the problem is my parents had a really lovely marriage and they were completely in love with each other so my bar is very high he said referring to his parents Rajiv and Sonia GandhiWhen the right girl comes along I will get married I mean if she comes along she comes along It will be goodAsked if he has a checklist for the kind of person he wants to get married to Gandhi said No just a loving person who is intelligentDuring the dinner interaction recorded during the Rajasthan leg of his Bharat Jodo Yatra outside his container Gandhi said he is not very fussy about food and eats anything that is available but does not like matar and kathal peas and jackfruitGandhi who has been on the road since September when he started his Bharat Jodo Yatra from Kanyakumari and is now in Jammu and Kashmir said hes pretty strict about his diet when at homeBut here I dont have much choice he said in the video of the chat posted by the Congress on its social media handles on SundayTelangana was a little bit spicy for his taste The chillies were a bit over the top I dont eat that much chilliesAsked what food is cooked at home he said there is desi khana for lunch and some sort of continental food for dinner He follows a controlled diet and avoids too many sweet thingsGandhi added that he tends to be nonvegetarian and likes all kinds of stuff such as chicken mutton and seafoodHis favourite dishes are chicken tikka seekh kebabs and a good omelette He also said he prefers one cup of coffee in the morningListing his favourite eating joints in the national capital Gandhi said he would go to old Delhi but now his staples are Moti Mahal Sagar Swagat and Saravanaa Bhavan the first a Mughlai food restaurant and the other three dishing up south Indian foodDiscussing his roots he said his is a Kashmiri Pandit family which moved to Allahabad in Uttar PradeshAlso Read Rahul Gandhis security top priority says Jairam Ramesh after blasts in JammuGrandfather was a Parsi so Im a complete mixed he said referring to his paternal grandfather Feroze GandhiHe said he was homeschooled following the assassination of his grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi His father Rajiv Gandhi became prime minister after thatIt was a shock actually Security people said we cant go to school I was at a boarding school but they took us out before grandmothers death When dadi died they didnt allow us to go back he recalledWhile some teachers in school were overly nice some were nasty because of the propoor political position his family tookTalking about his higher education he said I was in St Stephens for a year and studied history and then I went to Harvard University where I studied international relations and politicsSecurity issues arose after his fathers assassination in May 1991 He was then sent to Rollins College in Florida where he studied international relations and economics He also has a Masters degree in development economics from Cambridge University UKGiving details of his first job Gandhi said he had a corporate job in London at the age of 2425 with strategic consulting firm Monitor Company His first pay cheque was about 25003000 poundsHe mentioned three things he would do if he became prime minister transform the education system help small and mediumscale businesses and protect the people who are having a rough time including farmers and unemployed youthThe idea behind the Bharat Jodo Yatra which is scheduled to end in Srinagar on January 30 is to combat hatred anger and violence spreading in India he saidTapasya is an important part of our culture so as to understand ourselves and others thats another thought behind this yatraReferring to his long walk he said There are lots of people doing this tapasya with me Im not alone There are lots of tapasvis here people joining in from other states and walking all the wayGandhi whose fitness levels have been the subject of much discussion as he walks from Kanyakumari to Kashmiri putting in about 25 km each day also talked about his interests in scuba diving free diving cycling backpacking and martial arts aikidoI used to box in college and have always done some form of physical exercise The martial arts are very convenient theyre not designed to be violent and its quite the opposite But its taught in the wrong way to hurt and attack people But if you understand it well then its great for youHe does a martial arts class daily on the yatra 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