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 MoreTheir statement came after Modi had in a rally on Saturday targeted Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the Rafale issue and said "your father was termed 'Mr Clean' by his courtiers, but his life ended as 'Bhrashtachari No 1' (corrupt number 1)."
The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, Amit Shah will address election rallies in West Bengal and Bihar today, while Priyanka Gandhi will campaign in Haryana.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that despite Narendra Modi insulting his father Rajiv Gandhi, he only had love for the prime minister.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared its 2019 Class 10 results. Over 92 per cent of students have cleared the exams while 13 students scored 499 out of 500. And Phase 5 polling went by and large peaceful with Amethi being the focus. Here's our top news this hour.
Lok Sabha Election Latest News: Fifth phase of polling in 2019 general elections is underway across 51 constituencies in 7 states. Overall voter turnout till 1 PM was recorded at 31.29%. While West Bengal, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh recorded high polling, Jammu and Kashmir remained at the bottom with 6.54%.
Congress president has termed Anil Ambani as a crony capitalist and dishonest many a times recently
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday wondered why Congress President Rahul Gandhi gets disturbed when integrity issues of his late father Rajiv Gandhi-led government are raised and the 'Q' connection in the Bofors gun-deal is questioned.
Rahul Gandhi's tweet came after PM Narendra Modi called Rajiv Gandhi "bhrashtachari no 1"
Ridiculing Modi's claim on development, he said was the BJP responsible for the growth of cities like Gurugram? "It's the people of the country who are responsible for this development," he said.
The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, PM Modi will address three election rallies in UP and MP today, while BJP President Amit Shah is also slated to hold public meetings in Punjab and Haryana.
In the run up to May 23, the day of result of Lok Sabha polls, this is probably the most historic interview of PM Modi -- where he takes on all sorts of questions - from Balakot airstrike to his personal life.
Amethi is heading for a cliffhanger this Lok Sabha Election as Rahul Gandhi and Smriti Irani are not leaving a stone unturned for this prized seat. Will Rahul Gandhi manage to hold Congress fort in Amethi or is Smriti Irani headling for this election's biggest upset - we will know on May 23.
"I apologised to the Supreme Court as the matter is sub judice. Any comment on the matter was unwarranted. Neither have I apologised to the PM nor the BJP," Rahul Gandhi said in a press conference in New Delhi.
"The Army is not Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal property. He shouldn’t politicise the army, cannot insult army jawans. Insulting army is insulting the nation. While Congress doesn’t politicise the Army," Rahul Gandhi said.
The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, PM Narendra Modi will address election rallies in UP and Bihar today. Meanwhile, campaigning for the fifth phase of general elections ends today.
Penning an emotional letter to the people of his constituency, Congress President Rahul Gandhi asked them to vote for him and promised development of the region as soon as Congress forms government at the Centre.
It was not clear who got the posters printed and pasted across the constituency.
With the weather in India heating up due to the ongoing Lok Sabha polls, the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will address three election rallies Rajasthan. Stay tuned to this space as we bring to you live and latest updates leading upto May 23 -- the day of results.
Amit Shah had reacted strongly to Rahul Gandhi and had questioned his "legal knowledge"
Gandhi has been given 48 hours to respond to the notice, failing which it will take action without further reference to him. Two BJP workers had approached the EC with the complaint, following which a report was sought from MP poll authorities.
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