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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Delhi BJP's Sikh cell convenor Charanjeet Singh Lovely said Rahul Gandhi's small-mindedness is evident from his statement, claiming that Sikh turbans are not safe in India and that Sikhs lack religious freedom. Congress has historically been the political party that caused the most harm to Sikhs.
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also slammed the Congress party for entering an alliance with the National Conference (NC) in Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming Assembly elections.
The members of Sikh Prakoshth of BJP Delhi held a protest against Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi outside his residence over his statement on the Sikh community.
Top Bharatiya Janata Party leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah, criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. In a strong-worded note on X, Shah said as long as the BJP is there, neither can anyone abolish reservations nor can anyone mess with the nation's security.
Rahul Gandhi in his controversial speech in Herndon, Virginia, said that the fight in India is about whether a person, as a Sikh, is going to be allowed to wear a turban in India and would be able to visit a Gurdwara.
Rahul Gandhi indicated that the Congress is aligned with the BJP on major policy issues like Pakistan and India-US relations, although he criticised PM Modi's approach to China. He asserted that Indian democracy was broken in the last 10 years and is now fighting back.
Rahul Gandhi ignited a political controversy in the United States, casting doubt on whether a Sikh person would be allowed to wear a turban. The unexpected endorsement by the Khalistani terrorist did not portray the Congress leader in a good light.
Amit Shah added Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's statement lays bare the Congress's politics of causing rifts on the lines of regionalism, religion, and linguistic differences.
Rahul Gandhi's meeting with Ilhan Omar sparked a fresh row as the BJP accused him of working with "radical and anti-India" elements and working against the country. Omar has previously drawn India's ire by visiting Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and passing anti-India resolutions.
At Georgetown University in Washington DC, Rahul gave the impression that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were not held in a free and fair manner.
Hitting out at the Congress, BSP chief Mayawati said the grand old party never implemented OBC reservation nor conducted caste census when it was in power. She also claimed that the Congress will never be able to conduct caste census in the future.
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.
Rahul Gandhi is on a visit to the USA. He has been giving controversial statements about India in the US. Earlier the Congress leader said that the fight in India was not political while addressing the Indian diaspora in Texas. He said, "the fight is about if Sikhs can wear a turban in India."
Puri accused Rahul Gandhi of spreading a "dangerous narrative" and also said that he is surrounded by people who harbour harmful views, and this is a part of a more sinister agenda.
The Union Minister claimed that Rahul Gandhi is frustrated by the Congress's Lok Sabha election defeat and is venting in this manner.
Speaking at an interaction with students at the prestigious Georgetown University, Rahul Gandhi accused the BJP of locking Congress' bank accounts ahead of the elections. He said the BJP could not have won 240 seats in a fair election, and claimed the RSS was capturing key institutions in India.
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