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 MoreRahul Gandhi Defamation Case: He was later granted bail by the court and also given a time period of 30 days to appeal against the punishment.
Responding to the government's charge that Rahul insulted the country over his remarks on Indian democracy, Sam Pitroda said that they are not going to be defensive over his (Rahul) remarks.
Sambit Patra said that Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal only make false and baseless allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government but keep mum when they are asked to provide evidence.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai called the Congress poll 'guarantee' card a 'bogus card' and said that it is not a guarantee card, but only a 'visiting card', and it doesn't have any value.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) compared Congress MP Rahul Gandhi with Mir Jafar, who betrayed Siraj ud-Daulah during the Battle of Plassey, paving the way for British rule in India, and said that he is the latter went overseas seeking help from foreign forces to become a 'nawab' in India.
India's number one and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat- Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
"But by attacking independent institutions of India, they’re attacking India. And I won’t stop saying this," said Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi sent a preliminary reply to the Delhi Police notice in a mail, hours after cops visited the former's residence.
Karnataka Assembly election: Congress is seeing Karnataka as an opportunity to wrest power from BJP as the Bommai government is facing several corruption charges, however, infighting in the party is the biggest roadblock for Congress in the poll.
According to Murshidabad MP, Mamata Banerjee said that there is an unholy nexus between the Congress and the BJP while referring to Sagardighi by-poll results where the Congress had snatched the seat from the TMC.
Rahul Gandhi has written a mail to the cops saying that he gave a statement on January 30 and the Delhi Police is seeking information from him after 45 days.
During the meeting, some BJP leaders raised the issue of Rahul Gandhi's remarks on the Indian democracy in London. Present in the meeting, Rahul Gandhi responded to them by saying that he did not make any such statement.
Addressing a presser, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, "One of the fundamental rules of parliamentary democracy is that the Opposition must have its say, the government will have its way. We are not even allowed to have our say."
While speaking to the public in Kashmir during Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi claimed that several women approached him to speak about the issue of sexual harassment in the union territory.
There is a strong buzz that Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee are likely to discuss a third front as both have so far maintianed a distance from Congress.
New Delhi: Turning down his alma mater's request, the Pilibhit MP said that he sees no merit or integrity in speaking about domestic challenges at an international forum and that such a step will be a "dishonourable act".
Parliament Budget Session: The BJP-Congress slugfest escalated on the fourth day of the second leg of the Budget Session as well, with the BJP MPs seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his London remarks and counter-slogans from the Opposition benches demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue.
Coincidently, the Delhi Police notice comes when Rahul Gandhi becomes an epicenter of a political slugfest as BJP is demanding his apology for his remarks on Indian democracy during his London trip.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen being corrected by Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh over one of his statements during the presser.
India's number one and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat- Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
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