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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Notable leaders such as Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jitin Prasada, former Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Hardik Patel, Sushmita Dev, and RPN Singh have all severed ties with the party in recent years.
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will proceed to Dhanbad where the participants will camp for the night.
Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP over the recent developments in Jharkhand and alleged that the saffron party tried to destabilise the state government with a conspiracy.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh reiterated that the Opposition's alliance is only for the Lok Sabha elections and not for the Assembly polls in the states.
Centre is collecting taxes to the tune of more than Rs 4 lakh crore from Karnataka but how much we are getting in return? We must question this. Since the 16th Finance Commission is going to start, if this is not rectified then the southern states will have to raise their voice, DK Suresh said.
Notably, JMM executive president Hemant Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land fraud after he resigned as Jharkhand chief minister.
Addressing a public rally in Purnea district as part of his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', Gandhi had on Tuesday claimed that Nitish Kumar was feeling trapped after getting a caste survey conducted under pressure from the 'Mahagathbandhan' partners and the BJP "provided him with a way out".
The first phase of Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in West Bengal concluded on Monday, as it stepped into Bihar from Islampur. However, it re-entered West Bengal through Debipur, Ratua in Malda district.
The Congress's Yatra in Bihar coincides with the return of former ally and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP. Prior to Nitish's realignment, the Congress had been in a coalition government with the JD(U) in Bihar.
Bihar: Nitish Kumar's alignment with the BJP, forged over the weekend, was reportedly triggered by his dissatisfaction with a comment made by Rahul Gandhi during an opposition meeting on January 13.
Rahul Gandhi will address a public meeting today at the Rangbhumi Maidan in Purnea as the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra entered Bihar yesterday.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is scheduled to travel 6,713 km over 67 days, traversing 110 districts across 15 states before concluding in Mumbai on March 20 or 21. It will enter Bihar today as I.N.D.I.A bloc suffered a blow after Nitish Kumar switched sides to rejoin the NDA.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrived in West Bengal on Sunday morning to participate in the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which resumed after a two-day break.
Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation to Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Sunday. He earlier sought time from him for the first half today.
Appearing in Aap Ki Adalat, Sachin Pilot spoke on I.N.D.I.A bloc future, Congress' relations with Mamata Banerjee, seat-sharing in the Opposition's alliance, rift with Ashok Gehlot amid other issues.
After being snubbed in West Bengal and Bihar, the Congress is now hopeful that it may get into alliance with the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh.
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Maharashtra: Prakash Ambedkar, the national president of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi (VBA), criticized Congress leader Nana Patole sharply in a written letter, accusing Congress of playing mind games or having a 'locha' (issue) in their decision-making.
Himanta Biswa Sarma said Rahul Gandhi will be arrested after the Lok Sabha elections. The Assam police filed a case against Gandhi and several other Congress leaders for allegedly provoking supporters to break barricades to enter Guwahati city, deviating from the approved route during the Yatra.
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