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 MoreAddressing a farmers' rally in his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Rahul said that the Congress will find a solution to the issues of farmers and youth within six months
“ The brightness of the sun is not diminished even if you don’t show a candle to it. For this kind of regime, Bhartendu wrote 'andher nagri, choupat raja' ( Town in darkness, useless ruler),” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Shah added that the people of Gujarat were smart and would not vote for a party that had inflicted injustice on Gujarat for three generations
Facing criticism from the Congress for asking Rahul Gandhi to postpone his visit to Amethi, the Amethi district administration today said it was ready for his three-day tour beginning Wednesday
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Amethi from October 4-6. Reacting sharply, senior UP Congress leader Akhilesh Singh accused BJP government of using tactics to stop Rahul from visiting his constituency.
Amit Shah paid tributes to Patel at his ancestral home in Karamsad along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel before launching the 'Gujarat Gaurav Yatra'.
In the Congress, Sachin Pilot said that the new generation comes in, with the old lending their support to it. He favoured a “balanced approach” and claimed the Congress had maintained this as part of its history and tradition.
Addressing a rally in Rajkot, Rahul mimicked Modi and accused him of providing a safe window to blackmoney hoarders to convert their illicit money into white.
Assembly elections in the state, where Congress has been out of power since 2003, will be held later this year. The tenure of the current assembly ends on January 7, 2019.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said Congress is relying heavily on Rahul Gandhi for campaigning for the assembly polls because it has no "credible" local leaders.
"It is the BJP's philosophy to beat up girls demanding their rights," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.
Rahul Gandhi today invoked Sardar Patel's legacy as he took his campaign through Patidar dominated areas of Saurashtra region in poll-bound Gujarat.
Taking a dig at BJP governments in the state and at the Centre, Rahul said that if the Congress was voted to power, his party's government would function from Gujarat and not on orders from Delhi.
Slamming Rahul Gandhi, Amit Shah said BJP believed in the politics of performance while the Congress banked on the "politics of appeasement and dynasty".
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today began his three-day Navsarjan Yatra, kick-starting the Gujarat Assembly election campaign from Dwarka
Congress hopes that Rahul Gandhi's staying put in the region for the first time for three days at a stretch will pep up the party cadres and energize them to work for victory sinking all their differences
Rahul Gandhi will kick-start a three-day campaign in Gujarat's Saurashtra region on Monday after offering prayers at a Krishna temple in Dwarka.
A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in the lathicharge by the police at BHU on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi on Sunday thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for “recognising his party’s great vision and legacy” in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly a day earlier
Ramos posted the picture on Twitter on September 14 and the tweet has received 1,623 likes and 1,233 retweets.
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