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.
Read MoreThe 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' is scheduled to traverse 6,713 km in buses and on foot. It will cover 110 districts, 100 Lok Sabha seats and 337 assembly segments in 66 days and culminate in Mumbai on March 20.
Earlier, the Congress party had forgot to book the domain to receive donation funds and before it could have done so, someone else booked it. This is the second such goof-up by the party.
I.N.D.I.A bloc will have no common manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, due to be held in April-May this year, sources said. Each party in the alliance will have their own manifesto, however, the bloc will work for a common agenda.
BJP-led state government is yet to permit Congress to hold the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in violence-hit Manipur. Rahul Gandhi is supposed to lead the Yatra that would traverse 6,713 km in buses and on foot.
The Congress has applied to launch the march from Hatta Kangjeibung in the Imphal East district.
I.N.D.I.A bloc is holding a key meeting at Mukul Wasnik's residence in Delhi to decide on seat-sharing ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Leaders including Jeetender Ahawad, Sanjay Raut, Mukul Wsnik, Vinayak Raut (UBT), Salman Khurshid, Ashok Gehlot, Balasahab Thorat, Ashok Chavan, Nana Patole are present.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will cover around 6,700 km - mostly on buses with stretches of walking - and culminate on March 20, comes nearly year after former Congress president Rahul Gandhi completed Bharat Jodo Yatra on foot from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, traversing over 4,000 km in 136 days.
The Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which will cover around 6,700 km - mostly on buses with stretches of walking - and culminate on March 20, comes nearly a year after former Congress president Gandhi completed Bharat Jodo Yatra on foot from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, traversing over 4,000 km in 136 days.
Congress has constituted a total of five clusters and divided all states, UTs among them. Earlier, the party held its first meeting for drafting the manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections.
Congress national alliance committee Chairman Mukul Wasnik said the committee presented detailed information about all those discussions (with state leaders) before Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge and now they would soon discuss this matter with all political parties.
Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' is an exercise seen as the party's attempt to rally support ahead of the crucial 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Rahul Gandhi will start his yatra from Manipur to Mumbai on January 14.
The ED is currently examining Kejriwal's five-page reply sent to the investigating officer of the case on Wednesday and may reject his charges of calling the summons illegal.
The National Alliance Committee will present its report to Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge first, and upon receiving approval, the party will engage in discussions with its alliance partners, sources said. Congress leaders are now tasked with negotiating seats with their alliance partners.
Lakshman Singh said Rahul Gandhi himself has said he is a party worker. "We all are party workers," Singh said without elaborating on his previous comment.
Rahul Gandhi, along with his mother Sonia Gandhi, on New Year's Ev made homemade orange marmalade using fresh fruits harvested from their own kitchen garden.
Siddaramaiah has said that only the Congress party has the strength to address the problems of the country and for that Rahul Gandhi should become the Prime Minister. In 2019 also, he pitched for Rahul Gandhi as PM's face of the party.
Rahul Gandhi had interacted with the wrestlers in Haryana's Jhajjar district, the video of which he shared on his X handle. He discussed with them the issue of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan and the returning of awards by Bajrang Poonia.
This comes after the Congress had announced a nationwide crowdfunding campaign 'Donate for Desh' on December 18 to generate resources for the party ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Speaking at the party's 'Hain Taiyyar Hum' rally in Nagpur, Rahul Gandhi said that there is a war going on between two ideologies in the country and that the upcoming general elections will be a battle of two ideologies.
Congress is marking its 139th foundation day today. Top Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge addressed a mega rally today in Nagpur. With its 'Hain Taiyyar Hum' rally, the party also launched its poll campaign for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections today.
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