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, along with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, is on a two-day visit to Jammu & Kashmir to oversee the party’s preparations for the upcoming assembly elections.
Congress leader KC Venugopal said the party was open for an alliance in Jammu and Kashmir and its main objective was to keep the BJP out of government. Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge's Jammu and Kashmir visit is seen as part of their efforts to cobble up a pre-poll alliance.
Mallikarjun Kharge and Gandhi Gandhi held a meeting with general secretaries, in-charges and screening committee members of four poll-bound states on Monday. After the meeting, KC Venugopal said Central Election Committee meeting for Jammu and Kashmir would take place in the next three-four days.
Rahul Gandhi was on a visit to his parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli where he was asked by the reporters about his stance on the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case.
Rahul Gandhi landed at the airport in adjoining Amethi district around 1 pm and from there headed to Nasirabad village in Raebareli where the man was killed.
Recently, the UPSC issued an advertisement seeking 'talented and motivated Indian nationals' for lateral recruitment to various senior positions within the Union government. However, the move from UPSC triggered a debate on lateral entry into bureaucracy.
Rahul Gandhi and Kharge will first reach Jammu and interact with the party cadre, following which they will fly to Srinagar for a similar program. On the last day of the visit, both the leaders will hold a press conference.
Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, emphasised the need for concrete policies to address their struggles, promising that Congress-led states would take action, with the I.N.D.I.A bloc ensuring nationwide implementation.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Saturday advertised 45 posts -- 10 of joint secretaries and 35 of directors/deputy secretaries -- to be filled through the lateral entry mode on a contract basis, triggering a political stir.
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced 45 positions—10 for Joint Secretaries and 35 for Directors/Deputy Secretaries—to be filled through lateral entry on a contract basis. This represents the largest batch of lateral recruitment being conducted by the central government.
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Sisodia walked out of Tihar Jail after getting bail from Supreme Court. He said that talks regarding AAP-Congress alliance for the Delhi Assembly polls will be held after Kejriwal is out of jail.
Rahul Gandhi said that he met a group of Manipuri people living in Delhi who shared their heartbreaking struggles since ethnic clashes broke out in the northeastern state.
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was seen seated several rows behind the Union Cabinet Ministers and members of the Indian contingent that participated in the Paris Olympics thus kickstarting a political controversy.
Rahul Gandhi also advocated that justice should be given at all costs in the Kolkata rape and murder case and the culprits should be given such a punishment that it is presented as an example in the society.
The development comes as Rahul Gandhi alleged that there is a "significant risk in the Indian stock market because the institutions that govern the stock market are compromised".
BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said the Hindenburg report was released on Saturday, there is uproar on Sunday so the capital market is destabilized on Monday.
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