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 MoreReferring to Modi's speeches in Parliament yesterday, Rahul Gandhi told reporters that it was clear that the prime minister was not interested in answering "fundamental questions".
"We have elected a new Congress president and on your behalf and on my own, I wish him all the very best. He is now my boss too—let there be no doubt about that", she said.
PM Modi criticised the Congress for non-passage of a bill to provide constitutional status to OBC Commission and the legislation against triple talaq.
In an official statement issued shortly after Congress chief Rahul Gandhi reiterated his allegations of corruption in the deal, the ministry said demands of Rafel deal details were unrealistic.
Earlier today, PM Modi, while replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address, accused opposition of diving the country and said that his party is still paying for it.
On Monday, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had refused to give details on the multi-billion defence acquisition deal in Parliament arguing that being an Inter-Governmental Agreement, it was "classified information".
"Many many Hindus, certainly my generation, grew up as believing and practising Hindus but never showed it outside as they didn't feel like doing so," Tharoor said.
The Nagaland Peace Accord was signed in August 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) to end the insurgency in the region.
Rahul Gandhi hailed Congress' impressive show in the bypolls for two Lok Sabha and one Assembly seats in Rajasthan, calling the outcome a "rejection" of the BJP by the people.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops to at least 1.5 times of the production cost.
The twitter battles started when BJP's Meghalaya unit also tweeted an image of a Burberry jacket, similar to the one that Gandhi wore, having a price tag of USD 995 (little over Rs 63,000).
Addressing a public rally in poll-bound Meghalaya's capital Shillong, Rahul Gandhi claimed that RSS ideology was being imposed on the nation.
As per reports, the jacket worn by the Congress president is two-in-one down puffer jacket from Burberry, which is a British luxury fashion brand.
Gandhi’s appeal assumed significance as former cabinet minister A L Hek had joined the BJP while five others including veteran leader and former deputy chief minister Rowell Lyngdoh had switched over to the National People’s Party.
He said the Gujarat Assembly poll results was an indication that the party was making a comeback and observed that Rahul Gandhi is a "full-time politician" post-Gujarat.
Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, M Mallikarjun Kharge is also a member of the committee.
Congress President Gandhi on January 26 attended the annual event and took the designated seat in the sixth row, prompting an angry reaction from the Opposition party.
"The party president has asked leaders to come out with a manifesto that truly reflects the expectations of the people of Karnataka. The Congress will seek feedback from all stakeholders," AICC secretary in-charge for Karnataka said.
Rahul Gandhi today attended the 69th Republic Day Parade and was seen sitting in the sixth row next to Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Speaking on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literature Festival, Salman Khurshid said India values protocols, but beyond protocols "there is something called good manners".
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