New Delhi: This time, there are some young faces in the 15th Lok Sabha - over 70 MPs, below the age of 40, some of them first-timers, yet brimming with confidence.
"I am 37-years-old and I have defeated a candidate who has been winning for the past 37 years," says Vijay Inder Singhla, MP from Punjab.
Singla has defeated Akali heavyweight Sukhdev Singh Dhinsa. He is not from an influential or political background, he has just one man to thank - Rahul Gandhi.
When asked if he was part of Rahul Gandhi's youth brigade, Singla said, "I'm his soldier."
Sycophancy has always been part of the Congress culture, but this time the focus has shifted from the mother to Gandhi junior. Crowds now mob the room of Jitendra Singh, new MP from Alwar - one of Rahul's youth brigade.
"The aam youth looks at him as his future," put forth Jitendra Singh.
Youth power drove to the power centre, attributing their victory to their leader Rahul Gandhi's vision. They say they are nothing more than his soldiers.