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 MoreRamdev, who was holding a yoga camp in Haridwar, said that these days paid media is expensive, so by doing this, the Gandhi scion has become an important part of unpaid media for Congress.
Rahul Gandhi invoked destiny saying, “Jab hogi, hogi (It will happen when it happens). I believe in destiny.”
Responding to a question asked by Indian boxer Vijender Singh, Rahul revealed that he is a black belt in Aikido -- a modern Japanese martial art.
The Patidar leader on Thursday gave ample hints that the deal is almost done, adding that the official announcement of the same may be made on November 3
Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of "killing" the economy by firing the "double tap" of demonetisation and GST into its heart.
"Dear Jaitley, due to demonetisation and GST, economy is in ICU (Intensive Care Unit). You say that are no less from anyone but even your remedies are not effective," Gandhi said in a tweet.
While Patidar leader Hardik Patel has been denying meeting with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, a new CCTV footage from a five-star hotel of Ahmedabad contradicts his claim.
Rahul Gandhi once again used his movie analogy on Wednesday to take a jibe at Arun Jaitley, who unveiled a Rs 9-crore plan to boost the Indian economy on Tuesday.
Hardik, however, once again denied that he met with the Congress leader and wondered how CCTV footage of the hotel, where they were staying, got leaked.
Rahul Gandhi had, yesterday, termed GST as ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ while addressing a rally atv the 'Navsarjan Janadesh Mahasammelan' in Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
Gujarat's Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Monday said the Congress would not hesitate to join hands with terrorists like Hafiz Saeed to win the elections.
Congress sources said that the party's organisational election process to elect a new president will need a window of about 15 days.
The Congress today got a boost with Alpesh joining it in the presence of Rahul. The grand old party is out of power in the western state from last 22 years.
In a CCTC footage, accessed by India TV, Patel along with three others can be seen roaming in the corridor of the hotel and later entering a room of the hotel last night at 11:53pm.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi began his three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat on Monday as the grand old party prepares to take on the BJP which has ruled the state for 22 years.
Rahul Gandhi's comments come on a day the Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been rocked by allegations of bribery to lure Patidar leaders.
Rahul Gandhi will take part in `Navsarjan Gujarat Janadesh' rally organised by the party in Gandhinagar where OBC leader Alpesh Thakor will join the Congress.
Shashi Tharoor said the narrative had 'changed very, very clearly' in the past few months and people were now openly expressing doubts and misgivings about the performance of BJP govt.
The move by the state government has met with large-scale criticism, with politicians and rights bodies terming it as unconstitutional and a move to shield the corrupt.
A war of words on Saturday broke out between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter resurgence after news agency ANI suggested ‘bots’ or web robots that can produce automated mass retweets were behind it.
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