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 MoreSonia Gandhi was seen wearing a oxygen mask during a flight's emergency landing when they were returning to Delhi after attending Opposition's unity meeting in Bengaluru.
INDIA opposition alliance: “I.N.D.I.A.-Creative & Provocative! But what if d alliance fails/ breaks up? News will be ‘INDIA fails, INDIA breaks up’?" she posted on Twitter.
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NDA vs INDIA: Congress-led Opposition and rival BJP-led NDA held mega meetings with their allies in an attempt to flaunt strength ahead of the 2024 elections.
In Delhi, the National Democratic Alliance consisting of 38 parties met on Tuesday to chalk out its future plans. On Monday evening, the opposition leaders met informally at a dinner.
Making a statement after the Opposition's meeting in Bengaluru, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the fight for 2024 is between NDA and INDIA.
The alliance later held a joint presser where various announcements were made including that the next meet will be held in Mumbai and a war room would be set up in New Delhi.
Modi surname defamation case: The top court will be hearing Gandhi's appeal challenging the Gujarat High Court's July 7 verdict which dismissed his plea seeking a stay on his conviction in the defamation case.
Gandhi was disqualified as a Member of Parliament on March 24, 2023, after a Gujarat court convicted him and sentenced him to two-year imprisonment on charges of criminal defamation for comments he made about the Modi surname.
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PM Modi France Visit: Congress on Saturday launched a scathing attack on PM Modi for his France visit and said that Rafale gets him a ticket to the Bastille Day Parade.
KC Venugopal said that Goud has been made the chairman of the campaign committee with former MP Ponguletu Srinivasa Reddy as co-Chairman and Syed Azmathullah Husseini as its convenor.
This development occurs months after Rahul Gandhi was asked to leave his official bungalow following his disqualification as an MP.
In a statement, Congress general secretary in-charge organization KC Venugopal said Gandhi has been the strongest and most vocal opponent of the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.
Disqualifications & politics: Almost all Opposition parties, including AAP, supported Gandhi over his disqualification from membership of the Parliament. The Congress leader is facing a serious threat to his political career.
Rahul Gandhi had visited a bike mechanic workshop in Delhi’s Karol Bagh area in June this year, while interacting with the mechanics at the workshop he even tried to repair the motorcycles.
BJP leader and Assam CM Himanta Sarma often targets Gandhi after switching sides from Congress to the saffron party after having a bitter relationship with the Gandhis.
The present conviction is a serious matter affecting a large segment of society and needs to be viewed by this court with the gravity and significance it demands.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on his way to Shimla when he stopped by a paddy field.
After the Gujarat High Court rejected Rahul Gandhi's plea seeking a stay on his conviction in a defamation case, the BJP said that it has become the Congress leader's 'chronic habit' to defame others.
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