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 MoreThe foot march which started from Polayathodu covered a distance of almost 13 km. Senior Congress leaders V D Satheesan and K C Venugopal were seen helping Gandhi understand the traditional art form of Kerala.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: The action came in the wake of a video in which the activists are seen purportedly threatening the vendor and creating a ruckus at the shop went viral on social media platforms.
Rahul Gandhi emphasized the need for creating a safe environment in the country for women, criticizing the BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, saying that women's security cannot be expected from those facilitating the release of rapists.
At Sivagiri Mutt, Gandhi met the swamis there and offered prayers to the saint reformer before commencing the fourth day of the Kerala leg of the Congress party's 3,570 kilometers and 150-day long foot march which started off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and will conclude at Jammu and Kashmir.
India-China disengagement in Ladakh: Government sources on Tuesday (September 13) said that there has been complete disengagement at key flashpoints in the Ladakh sector between India and China.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Me and Digvijaya Singh will visit Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha from September 16 onwards. Our effort would be to mobilise the state units to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra."
The Congress has launched the Bharat Jodo Yatra with an aim to strengthen the party's grassroots level connection.
The Sena and Congress were partners, along with the NCP, in the previous Maharashtra government headed by Uddhav Thackeray.
Gujarat Election 2022: Kejriwal was asked to respond to Congress' charge that the party was not paying salaries in Punjab and rather using money for election campaigns in Gujarat.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: The 150-day foot march was launched from Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu on September 7 and will cover 12 states and two Union territories.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: "The Congress wants to connect people through hatred and political gimmickry that would not serve the purposes of uniting masses. Congress harboured hatred for RSS and tried to prevent it but the outfit expanded with the support of society," Dr Manmohan Vaidya said.
Rahul Gandhi owes an explanation to the people of the nation, whether he subscribed to the view of George Ponnaiah on Hindus and Bharat Mata.
During Sunday's yatra, Rahul Gandhi walked with environmentalist Sridhar Radhakrishnan to discuss a host of issues including climate change, a statement issued by the party said.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Communications Jairam Ramesh said the yatra is a "listening yatra" where concerns of people from all walks of life would be heard by Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi as he walks 3,570 km from Kanyakumari to Jammu and Kashmir.
Bharat Jodo Yatra: After entering Kerala from Parasala close to the Tamil Nadu border, Gandhi would travel 450 km to Nilambur in Malappuram over a 19-day period.
Rahul Gandhi began the five-month long yatra from the Gandhi Mandapam in Kanyakumari on September 7.
Smriti on Bharat Jodo Yatra: Making an indirect reference to Congress leader Kanhaiya Kumar, Irani took a dig at Gandhi for being in the company of people, who allegedly chanted "anti-India" slogans.
A video clip of Rahul Gandhi's interaction with the Tamil Nadu pastor went viral, in which Rahul Gandhi can be heard asking, "Jesus Christ is a form of God? Is that right?" to which the Tamil Nadu priest George Ponniah replied, "He is the real God."
Rahul Gandhi T-shirt row: Responding to BJP, the Congress hit back saying the ruling party should also talk about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Rs 10-lakh suit and Rs 1.5 lakh glasses.
The party's state unit president Jagdish Thakor appealed to the people to join the bandh call to register their protest against inflation, unemployment and to get regular jobs for the contractual workers.
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