Rahul Gandhi is the Congress leader and has been representing the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Rahul Gandhi won the Wayanad seat by defeating Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate PP Suneer with a margin of 4,31,770 votes. However, Gandhi was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Zubin Irani from his family's stronghold Amethi with a margin of 55,120 votes in the 2019 polls. Rahul Gandhi won three consecutive elections from Amethi in 2004, 2009 and 2014. He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates Chandra Parkash Mishra Matiyari and Asheesh Shukla in the 2004 and 2009 polls respectively from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi again won the Amethi constituency in 2014 by defeating Smriti Zubin Irani with a margin of 1,07,903 votes. Gandhi was the president of the Congress party from 2017 to 2019.
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In a conversation with Kaushik Basu, professor in the Cornell University in the US and India's former chief economic advisor, Gandhi said he is all for internal democracy in the Congress, which fought for India's independence, gave the country its Constitution and stood for equality.
The Congress party is contesting the West Bengal assembly elections in alliance with the Left and ISF but is fighting the CPI-M in Kerala as the principal opposition party.
In a series of tweets, Anand Sharma demanded answers from the Congress' Bengal unit while describing the alliance decision as 'painful and shameful'.
Rahul Gandhi also showcased his dancing skills during the school tour. He partnered a few students of St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School on the stage for a group dance.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in an exclusive conversation with India TV on Saturday raised the issue of the party as well as the opposition becoming weak. He also shared views on other pressing issues within the party.
In the first-ever show of strength, the dissenters in the Congress (G23) shared a public platform in Jammu and participated in the Shanti Sammelan, raising internal issues of the Congress like party becoming weak in the past decade, leadership, while at the same time, sharing a piece of advice for the young generation.
Launching his three-day tour of Tamil Nadu ahead of the April 6 Assembly polls, the Congress leader, while interacting with advocates here, reiterated his 'hum do hamare do' jibe at the ruling dispensation at the Centre.
Rahul Gandhi, who represents Kerala's Wayanad in Lok Sabha, turned seafarer and pulled the net with local fishermen in high sea in Kollam.
PM Modi said he was shocked to know that the former Congress chief was unaware about the ministry which was set up by his government in 2019 itself.
Rahul Gandhi is facing a barrage of criticism from the BJP over his controversial 'North vs South' remark made in his home constituency Wayand in Kerala
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma defended Rahul Gandhi describing the statement as the former party president's personal experience'
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday targeted Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi over a recent speech comparing politics in north and south India and said that the opposition leader was playing divisive politics.
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday triggered a North vs South controversy as he described his stint as a Lok Sabha member from Wayanand in Kerala as 'refreshing' after 15 years of representing Amethi in the Lok Sabha.
Notably, the Modi government after the 2019 Lok Sabha election had set up the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying. The ministry was formed from the department of same name under Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
In reply to a question regarding irrigation facilities in Bundelkhand, Jal Shakti Minister Mahendra Singh called Lallu a 'Tathakathit adyaksh' (so-called president) when the latter said that the Bundelkhand area was witnessing maximum number of suicides by farmers.
BJP leaders have launched an all-out attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and called him an opportunist who is trying to create a north-south divide.
Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda slammed Rahul Gandhi for his remark. Nadda said the former Congress president has a habit of trying to divide people on regional lines.
Advocate Satya Sabharwal, appearing for the BJP MP, and advocate Tarannum Cheema, appearing for Gandhis and others, confirmed that the high court has issued notice in the matter and stayed the trial court proceedings till April 12.
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