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.
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Leaders of almost all opposition parties rallied behind Rahul Gandhi, after he was disqualified from the Lok Sabha and accused the BJP of doing "vindictive politics.
Rahul Gandhi in Parliament: In the video, Rahul Gandhi can be seen bypassing Congress MP Karti Chidambaram who was standing in front of him. When Karti tried to shake hand with Rahul, the former MP zipped past his party MP without even looking at him.
Wayanad bypoll News: The parliamentary seat fell vacant following Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as a Member of the Parliament (MP).
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According to reports, Sharad Pawar made this clear to Congress chief Kharge that targeting Savarkar, a revered figure in Maharashtra, would not help MVA.
PM Modi said that some parties have started 'Bhrashtachari Bachao Abhiyan' as the government is fighting corruption. To stop India, constitutional institutions, and agencies are being attacked when they take action, he said.
Rahul Gandhi in his press conference after disqualification as MP had said "My name is not Savarkar, my name is Gandhi and Gandhi does not offer an apology to anyone", a remark which drew a lot of fire from the BJP and both factions of the Shiv Sena.
Rahul Gandhi row: Addressing the media, US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that Washington engages with New Delhi on a shared commitment to democratic values, including freedom of expression.
The Opposition parties have decided to continue their 'black' protest against the BJP-led government over the disqualification of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Notably, the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), which looks after water and electricity supplies in these Central Public Works Department bungalows, has marked a copy of the Lok Sabha Housing Committee's letter asking Gandhi to vacate his accommodation.
Sudhanshu Trivedi said that Rahul Gandhi is following the tradition of his family. Just like Indira Gandhi was disqualified by the High Court on charges of rigging the elections, similarly, the court has now punished Rahul and cancelled his Parliament membership.
India's number one and the most followed Super Prime Time News Show ‘Aaj Ki Baat- Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Rahul Gandhi disqualification row: Since former Congress president Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Parliament, the grand old party MPs, and MLAs across states have been protesting against the Centre.
Sena leader Sanjay Raut while speaking to India TV said that Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena will boycott Mallikarjun Kharge's dinner party today on the issue of Savarkar's insult. No leader of the party will attend the dinner.
"My name is not Savarkar, it is Gandhi and Gandhi never apologises," said Rahul Gandhi.
Congress and other opposition leaders will continue their protest against the government in black clothes on Tuesday against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification as Lok Sabha MP.
Notably, his critical remarks came nearly two days after Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat's Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case
TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha has said that he is thanking PM Narendra Modi. What they (BJP) did is an example of 'Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi'... it will not only protect democracy but also help Rahul Gandhi and the Opposition get an advantage of 100 plus seats.
In his swipe, Malviya said he won't even get into the number of times she mentioned 'Pappu'.
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