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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Rahul Gandhi disqualification row: Since former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Parliament, the grand old party MPs, and MLAs across states have been protesting against the Centre.
Sena leader Sanjay Raut while speaking to India TV said that Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena will boycott Mallikarjun Kharge's dinner party today on the issue of Savarkar's insult. No leader of the party will attend the dinner.
"My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises," said Rahul Gandhi.
Congress and other opposition leaders will continue their protest against the government in black clothes on Tuesday against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as Lok Sabha MP.
Notably, his critical remarks came nearly two days after Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case
TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha has said that he is thanking PM Narendra Modi. What they (BJP) did is an example of 'Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi'... it will not only protect democracy but also help Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition get an advantage of 100 plus seats.
In his swipe, Malviya said he won't even get into the number of times she mentioned 'Pappu'.
Rahul Gandhi's Twitter bio now says "This is the official account of Rahul Gandhi... Member of the Indian National Congress... Dis’Qualified MP."
Rahul Gandhi Disqualification: Congress holds a day-long 'Satyagraha' across the country against the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha.
The party workers led by Haryana Youth Congress chief Divyanshu Budhiraja reached near Kherki Daula toll plaza at around 12:30 pm and raised slogans against the BJP government.
"Rahul Gandhi's family should be treated differently by the law. His grandmother and father have sacrificed their lives for the nation. The law must give minimum punishment. BJP is scared that their theft may be caught," he said.
"You have the right to criticise. You don’t have the right to abuse and insult. He (Rahul Gandhi) abused and insulted (a backward community) in a public meeting. The court gave him a chance to apologise. Gandhi said he won’t apologise," said the BJP leader.
"My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone," Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday responding to a query on repeated calls by the BJP seeking his apology over various issues.
Gandhi was replying to a question on why he didn't apologise in court over the 'Modi Surname' issue.
BJP alleged that Rahul defamed an OBC community (to which Modi belongs) and Congress alleged that Modi is scared because of Rahul's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'.
Automatic Disqualification of Legislators: A Kerala-based social activist has filed a plea in the Supreme Court against the "automatic disqualification" of lawmakers upon their conviction.
Renewing his attack on the BJP, Rahul Gandhi again cornered Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his nexus with industrialist Gautam Adani.
Rahul Gandhi disqualification: Congress has also announced a nationwide agitation against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification, alleging that the government acted with lightning speed to "gag" him.
Rahul Gandhi Disqualified: Congress accused the centre of coming out with new techniques to "gag" Rahul Gandhi and claimed to launch "Jan Andolan."
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