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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During his address in Bhagalpur, Rahul Gandhi forecasts BJP's limited electoral success, while outlining Congress' plans including scrapping the Agniveer scheme, farmer support measures, GST reform, and job guarantees for graduates.
Prime Minister also alleged that the Congress is taking revenge on Sikhs by opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav's joint rally in Amroha comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a rally in the UP's city in which the PM took a dig at the duo, saying 'their film is rejected'.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Union Minister Amit Shah, who is the sitting MP from Gujarat's Gandhinagar, will file his nomination from the seat for one more time on Friday. Polling in Gujarat is set to take place in the third phase on May 7.
The Congress leader alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre ran "Hafta Bazi" (extortion scheme) as he called the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme as the biggest ever extortion scam in the world.
Both the leaders held a joint presser and slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for its 'anti-farmer' policy.
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Ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, India TV-CNX conducted the final opinion poll to gauge the mood of people in the country. The seven-phase general election will kick off on April 19 with the counting of votes set to take place on June 4.
India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to predict whether PM Modi-led NDA will be able to cross the 400-plus seats mark in the upcoming elections or I.N.D.I.A bloc succeeds to bounce back. Follow all the updates here.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) scheduled the Lok Sabha polls in seven which will begin from April 19. While the ruling NDA is eyeing to retain power under PM Modi's leadership, the I.N.D.I.A bloc is hoping for wresting power from the BJP-led alliance.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed various significant topics in an interview, spanning from ED's actions on opposition leaders to the Electoral Bonds scheme, and even touching upon the North-South divide and the 'anti-sanatana' remark. Here's the key highlights of the full interview.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: To put up a tough fight against the dominating National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP, the Congress adopted a realistic approach by not fielding too many candidates as its winning ratio has not been so encouraging in the last two Lok Sabha elections.
The inspection of political leaders’ vehicles and aircraft is a standard procedure implemented by the Election Commission to ensure adherence to election guidelines and regulations. Such checks aim to maintain the integrity and fairness of the electoral process.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting April 19. Nearly 97 crore voters are eligible to cast votes in the general election. The counting of the votes will be held on June 4.
Rahul Gandhi had said at an election rally that if Congress is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, it would ensure that "poverty is erased in one stroke".
With Lok Sabha polls around the corner, election activity across the country and among political parties have intensified. Ahead of the 7-phase elections, parties are announcing candidates, while leaders continue to switch between different political camps to strengthen their chances.
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