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 on PM: The BJP has ruined the good work done by the UPA, the former Congress chief said. As terrorists carried out a number of targeted killings recently, 10 Kashmiri Pandit families left their village, Choudharygund, in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district.
Ashok Gehlot on Rahul Gandhi: Ahead of Mallikarjun Kharge's formal take over as Congress president, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot claimed that efforts were made to appoint Rahul Gandhi as the party chief.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: The 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' of the Congress led by its chief Rahul Gandhi will enter Telangana's Gudebellur village on October 23, after the completion of Karnataka chapter.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra is scheduled to spend more time in the south region aiming revival of lost ground in the region.
Congress president election: It would be interesting to see how Gandhi family works under new party chief Mallikarjun Kharge. It is also to be seen what reform Kharge brings to the table.
Congress president election: Kharge, who is known to be close to Gandhis, won the Congress presidential elections with 7897 votes, Shashi Tharoor got about 1000 votes; 416 votes were rejected.
Congress president election: Shashi Tharoor's team flagged "extremely serious irregularities" in the conduct of the election in Uttar Pradesh and demanded that all votes from the state be deemed invalid.
The counting of the votes cast on Monday will begin at 10 am on Wednesday at the AICC headquarters. All sealed ballot boxes from the 68 polling booths set up across the country have been brought here and kept in a "strong room" at the party office.
Nana Patole's remark came after Rajasthan Minister Parsadi Lal Meena's said that Rahul Gandhi is walking more than Lord Ram walked from Ayodhya to Sri Lanka.
Congress president election: Political analysts say it would not be easy for a non-Gandhi president to keep the party united as Congress supporters take Gandhi family as an axis of the party.
After Tharoor's team flagged this issue, Mistry is said to have conveyed to them that a tick would be accepted against the name of the preferred candidate instead of '1', they said.
Congress President Election: Tharoor on Sunday also took a veiled dig at the Kharge camp saying some colleagues were "indulging in 'netagiri' and telling party workers" that they know whom Sonia Gandhi wants elected.
Congress president election: Gandhi's participation in the Bharat Jodo Yatra led many people to believe that he will be unable to vote in the party election.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: The Congress presidential candidate Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday joined Rahul Gandhi and other leaders in the ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in the district.
Rahul Gandhi along with state party president DK Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramiah climbed a water tank to wave the national flag, in Chitradurga district during Bharat Joda Yatra.
Mallikarjun Kharge PM face remark: If elected, will he be the obvious choice as prime ministerial candidate too? Kharge, 80, doesn't want to think that far, however, he neither ruled out anything.
Congress President Election: Tharoor said whosoever wins the election will have to work with the Gandhi family and cannot ignore them. He said they are neutral and want that the party should become strong.
RSS leader Indresh Kumar's statement comes in the wake of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's statement that Savarkar used to get a stipend from the British and these are historical facts.
Rahul Gandhi is spearheading the yatra that began from Kanyakumari and will end in Jammu and Kashmir.
Be it Adani or Union Home Minister Amit Shah's son Jay Shah, Rajasthan will welcome all because it wants investment and employment, Gehlot said.
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