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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This development occurs months after Rahul Gandhi was asked to leave his official bungalow following his disqualification as an MP.
In a statement, Congress general secretary in-charge organization KC Venugopal said Gandhi has been the strongest and most vocal opponent of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.
Disqualifications & politics: Almost all Opposition parties, including AAP, supported Gandhi over his disqualification from membership of the Parliament. The Congress leader is facing a serious threat to his political career.
Rahul Gandhi had visited a bike mechanic workshop in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area in June this year, while interacting with the mechanics at the workshop he even tried to repair the motorcycles.
BJP leader and Assam CM Himanta Sarma often targets Gandhi after switching sides from Congress to the saffron party after having a bitter relationship with the Gandhis.
The present conviction is a serious matter affecting a large segment of society and needs to be viewed by this court with the gravity and significance it demands.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on his way to Shimla when he stopped by a paddy field.
After the Gujarat High Court rejected Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case, the BJP said that it has become the Congress leader's 'chronic habit' to defame others.
Post his conviction in the defamation case, Rahul Gandhi, elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala, was disqualified as MP under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act.
Congress and BJP are vying to wrest power from KCR-led BRS (earlier TRS) in Telangana. However, BJP's footprint in the state is not up to mark as of now.
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Modi surname case: One Pradeep Modi had filed a defamation case against former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for his alleged comment on 'Modi' surname.
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the result of the Karnataka Assembly elections will be repeated in Telangana.
Congress would sound its poll bugle in Telangana with Rahul Gandhi's rally in the state on July 2.
Addressing a gathering at Eidgah ground in Lucknow, Maulana Khalid Rashid Firangi Mahali described uniform civil code as an 'unessential issue' and said, in a pluralist country like India having diverse religions, customs, food habits and traditions, a single uniform civil code cannot be implemented
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that scams will become 'destiny' of India if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi becomes the prime minister of the country.
Manipur Violence: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday travelled to Manipur’s Moirang to visit relief camps in the town.
Rahul Gandhi Manipur visit: According to Assam CM Sarma, there is no need for any other political persons to go to Manipur because only the state government and the Centre can restore peace in the state.
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