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 MoreSounding the bugle for the year-end elections in Chhattisgarh, Shah questioned Gandhi for seeking an account of the work done by the BJP-led government at the Centre in the last four years.
Rahul will appear in connection with the RSS defemation case, days after former President and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee attended a Sangh event in Nagpur
For Rahul Gandhi this will be the first occasion to host an Iftar since he took charge as the Congress chief
In an article, posted on his Facebook page titled 'How much does he know', Jaitley said; "Every time I listen to the view of Shri Rahul Gandhi, both inside and outside Parliament, I ask myself the same question – How much does he know? When will he know?
Rahul slammed the central and state government over the plight of the agriculturists and asserted that the decision to waive off farmers’ loan will not get stretched to even the 11th day.
PM Modi has betrayed the youth of the country. Forget Rs 15 lakh, PM Modi has not given even Rs 5 to anyone, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a rally in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.
After Modi answered a question in Hindi, the interpreter started reading from a piece of paper, prompting speculation that the script may be "pre-planned".
The Congress president took to twitter to announce that he would address the farmers’ rally to support their ongoing nationwide protest and highlight the agrarian issues in the country.
"Congratulations to all the winners in the by polls, across India. Valuable lessons to be learnt from the victories and defeats for all parties. I want to thank all the workers and leaders of the Congress party for their hard work and dedication in these elections. God bless you all," he said on Twitter.
The Congress president said the one paisa cut in petrol rates was not a "suitable response" to the fuel challenge he threw to the prime minister a few days ago.
This is not the first time Vij has targetted Rahul Gandhi. In an earlier statement, Vij had said that his election as Congress president would help Prime Minister Narendra Modi in making India “Congress Free.”
Kumaraswamy reportedly told Congress leaders that it has been the convention in coalition government in Karnataka to allow the junior partner to keep the finance portfolio.
According to Congress sources, Sonia Gandhi will be travelling abroad for her annual medical examination. She had undergone a surgery in the US in 2011.
In response to Rahul Gandhi's mock report card of NDA govt, BJP's official Twitter handle today shared an animated video, recounting Congress' failures in past four years.
Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, deputy chief minister G Parameshwara, state party in charge KC Venugopal, and senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and DK Shivakumar attended the meeting called by Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi, in a Twitter post, gave the BJP-led government ‘F’ in four parameters: agriculture, foreign policy, fuel prices and job creation.
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh on June 6. Ahead of his visit, his close confidante Meenakshi Nataran has quit from the Congress's manifesto committee.
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the Fitness Challenge thrown by cricketer Virat Kohli on Twitter, Rahul Gandhi posed another challenge before him to reduce the rising fuel prices in the country, else face a nationwide stir.
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