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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"Rahul Gandhi has a nervous, unformed quality about him, as if he were a student who'd done the coursework and was eager to impress the teacher but deep down lacked either the aptitude or the passion to master the subject," notes the review.
Bihar Election Latest News: Addressing a rally in Bihar's Araria on Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi described EVM as 'MVM - Modi Voting Machine'. The Congress leader said he was fighting an ideological battle against PM Modi.
Bihar Assembly election 2020: Rahul Gandhi assailed PM Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over job creation. Rahul said that Nitish Kumar had promised he would provide jobs to the youth and change Bihar, but he could not deliver.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday mocked Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as "double Yuvraj" (two crown princes) while who stood for "jungle raj" and were pitted against the NDA's "double engine" growth which has pulled the state out of lantern age.
After hectic electioneering in Bihar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is apparently in a holiday mood. He is reported to be taking a few days off and 'holidaying' alone here in the Himachal Pradesh capital.
Pakistan on Thursday exposed itself big time and accepted that it conducted the Pulwama attack in February 2019 under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking in the Pakistan's National Assembly. Pakistan minister in a statement said, "Pulwama was a great achievement under Imran Khan's leadership."
JP Nadda accused the Congress of weakening the country's armed forces by questioning their valour. He alleged that the Congress premised its entire campaign around keeping armed forces weak.
With the onset on polling in Bihar, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said voters should cast their votes in favour of the 'Mahagathbandhan'. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi said, "This time for justice, employment, farmers-workers, your vote should be only for 'Mahagathbandhan' (grand alliance)."
JP Nadda said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi scripted the farmers protest in Punjab against the three farm laws. He alleged that the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty never respected the office of the Prime Minister.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's tweet comes a day after farmer unions in Punjab marked Dussehra by burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and business tycoons.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the alleged rape and murder of a six-year-old Dalit girl in Hoshiarpur district of Punjab.
PM Modi, who hit the election campaign trail for the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, addressed rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur, where polling is scheduled to be held in the first phase on October 28.
Rahul Gandhi said that when migrant workers from Bihar were being chased away from other states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar didn't help them.
Bihar Assembly Election 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began his Bihar election campaign with three poll rallies and lauded Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his efforts in successfully fighting against coronavirus. Addressing an election rally in Sasaram, PM Modi said that if Nitish Kumar government had not acted fast, there would have been many more deaths.
PM Modi is scheduled to hold three election rallies in at Dehri-on Sone (Rohtas district), Gaya and Bhagalpur seeking votes for NDA candidates. Rahul Gandhi will be in Nawada's Hisua, and Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur.
Congress' Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil said that requisite permission has been denied on the grounds that the airstrip at Purnea was undergoing renovation.
The first such rally by Grand Alliance leaders is slated to be held in Hisua in Nawada district of Bihar to show the Mahagathbandhan unity and send out a message to the party cadres ahead of first phase of polling on October 28.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweets ahead of PM's address: "Dear PM, In your 6pm address, please tell the nation the date by which you will throw the Chinese out of Indian territory. Thank you.'
Soon after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemned former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath's remark on BJP leader Imarti Devi, the latter refused to apologise saying he has already clarified the context in which he made that statement.
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