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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According to Murshidabad MP, Mamata Banerjee said that there is an unholy nexus between the Congress and the BJP while referring to Sagardighi by-poll results where the Congress had snatched the seat from the TMC.
Rahul Gandhi has written a mail to the cops saying that he gave a statement on January 30 and the Delhi Police is seeking information from him after 45 days.
During the meeting, some BJP leaders raised the issue of Rahul Gandhi's remarks on the Indian democracy in London. Present in the meeting, Rahul Gandhi responded to them by saying that he did not make any such statement.
Addressing a presser, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, "One of the fundamental rules of parliamentary democracy is that the Opposition must have its say, the government will have its way. We are not even allowed to have our say."
While speaking to the public in Kashmir during Bharat Jodo Yatra, Gandhi claimed that several women approached him to speak about the issue of sexual harassment in the union territory.
There is a strong buzz that Akhilesh Yadav and Mamata Banerjee are likely to discuss a third front as both have so far maintianed a distance from Congress.
New Delhi: Turning down his alma mater's request, the Pilibhit MP said that he sees no merit or integrity in speaking about domestic challenges at an international forum and that such a step will be a "dishonourable act".
Parliament Budget Session: The BJP-Congress slugfest escalated on the fourth day of the second leg of the Budget Session as well, with the BJP MPs seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his London remarks and counter-slogans from the Opposition benches demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue.
Coincidently, the Delhi Police notice comes when Rahul Gandhi becomes an epicenter of a political slugfest as BJP is demanding his apology for his remarks on Indian democracy during his London trip.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen being corrected by Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh over one of his statements during the presser.
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.
Several opposition leaders feel that Rahul’s remarks have taken the wind out of their sail, because they had been raising the Adani group issue for more than a month.
During an event in UK, Gandhi alleged that the structures of Indian democracy are under attack and there is a "full-scale assault" on the country's institutions.
Parliament Budget Session: The BJP-Congress slugfest escalated on the first three days of the second leg of the Budget Session with the BJP MPs seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his London remarks and counter-slogans from the Opposition benches demanding a JPC probe into the Adani issue.
The rift in Opposition is evident as TMC leaders did not participate in the United Opposition march against the Modi government on Wednesday.
Praising PM Narendra Modi for his efforts to make India a global power, Hema Malini said, "Modi ji is doing so much work to raise the name of our country, he is creating a new India and you are going abroad and talking bad."
Parliament Budget Session: The BJP-Congress slugfest escalated on first two days of the second leg of the Budget Session with the BJP MPs seeking an apology from Rahul Gandhi for his London remarks and counter-slogans from the Opposition benches demanding a JPC probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issue.
Rahul Gandhi row: RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale, while speaking at a press conference on the last day of RSS's 'Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha' put forward RSS' outlook on several issues.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that the country is lagging behind in the International Electoral Index and Rahul Gandhi talked about strengthening it.
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