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 MoreBharat Jodo Yatra: With an aim to showcase the Opposition's strength, the Congress on the last day of Rahul Gandhi's padayatra is trying to unite as many parties as it can.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring and other party leaders.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: The Gandhi siblings were seen bonding on the stage during the Congress's 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. Singh's barb comes after Rahul Gandhi equated the RSS to "21st century Kauravas".
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Earlier in the morning, Gandhi resumed the foot march from Shahpur in Ambala Cantt during which he was also joined by party leader Raj Babbar.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi walking in T-shirt in the shivering winter has been a subject of curiosity. Finally, he told the media why he remains in a T-shirt during the ongoing cold wave.
After India is a country of "tapasvis" not "pujaris" remark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi once again attacked BJP-RSS by saying they never chant 'Har Har Mahadev' because Lord Shiva was a 'Tapasavi'.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the Bharat Jodo Yatra's purpose is to let people hear the true voice of the country.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Rahul Gandhi said that the Bharat Jodo Yatra was against hatred and fear being spread in society and he sees the foot march as "tapasya", suggesting the Yatra was about austerity and self-meditation.
Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre: The Congress leader slammed the Centre over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation and termed them "weapons" to destroy small and medium businesses.
Gharwaapasi: 17 former leaders who parted ways from Congress and joined the Democratic Azad Party (DAP) returned to the Congress fold.
Welcoming Rahul Gandhi and the Bharat Jodo Yatra at the Loni border as it entered Uttar Pradesh from Delhi, she said big industrialists like Adani and Ambani may have bought many a politician, PSUs and the media, but "they have not been, and will never be, able to buy my brother."
India cannot be understood only by travelling across the country, one needs to understand Indianess, Trivedi added.
Surprisingly, all major Opposition leaders supported Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra but decided not to participate leaving political analysts decoding their move.
Rahul Gandhi said security has become a holistic thing in the 21st century as one has to have a global view of it, adding, "I think our government has completely miscalculated it."
Bharat Jodo Yatra: In a letter to Gandhi, the chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das extended his support to the former Congress chief over his move to unite the country.
The Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra, led by Rahul Gandhi, is currently on winter break and will resume on January 3.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Delhi on Tuesday is expected to face heavy traffic due to Rahul Gandhi leading Bharat Jodo Yatra. Check here which area in the city to get affected the most.
The Bharat Jodo Yatra will resume from Delhi's Kashmere Gate on Tuesday (January 3) and enter Loni in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh the same afternoon.
Rahul Gandhi vs BJP: Responding to the media on whether he breached security protocols during the foot march, Gandhi said it seems the government wants to make out a case against him that he keeps flouting security norms.
Rahul Gandhi as PM face: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath also heaped praises on Gandhi for leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying "he is not doing politics for power but for the betterment of the common people of the country."
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