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 focus of Chintan Shivir is to formulate an action plan for the party, and steps to be taken to strengthen the organisation.
Gandhi was greeted with flowers and slogans by party workers as he reached the railway station in the evening. The former Congress chief was also welcomed by coolies at the Sarai Rohilla station and their delegation shared its concerns with him.
Rijiju's remarks came after Rahul Gandhi had welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to put on hold the sedition law.
Rahul Gandhi, while addressing the party's tribal leaders in Dahod, spelt out the party strategy for the tribal leaders.
Addressing a tribal rally, the Congress leader also said that the BJP-led government in the state had deprived tribals of their rights.
Modi ji, you used to criticise Manmohan ji when ₹ fell. Now ₹ is at its lowest ever value. But I won't criticise you blindly, Rahul Gandhi wrote on Twitter.
Rahul Gandhi gave a clear message to party workers and leaders in Telangana to remain united and said indiscipline will not be tolerated. He said party tickets will be given only to those who work in the field.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has been keeping track of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips and clubbing for some time now.
Congress's Rahul Gandhi also assured the farmers that they do not need to worry as the loans that are already pending will be waived off once the party came to power in the state.
Rahul Gandhi had earlier attacked the government over a WHO report which claimed there were 4.7 million Covid deaths in India, saying "science does not lie, Prime Minister Narendra Modi does".
Rahul Gandhi is likely to meet NSUI members in the Chanchalguda jail in Telangana who were detained for staging a protest outside the administration building of Osmania University in Hyderabad.
Gandhi, who arrived in Kathmandu on Monday evening to participate in a marriage function of his Nepali friend, Sumnima Udas, was earlier staying at a five-star hotel in Kathmandu.
Hou Yanqi was appointed as the Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the People's Republic Of China to Nepal in 2018.
Rahul Gandhi could be seen with a woman in the viral video which was shot at Kathmandu's nightclub Lords of Drinks. BJP leaders have claimed that the woman in the video is the Chinese ambassador to Nepal.
Tension re-escalated after the Namaz on Tuesday morning when some people pelted stones near the Jalori Gate. A few vehicles were also damaged near BJP leader's house.
The viral video shows Rahul Gandhi partying along with friends at a nightclub in Kathmandu.
The festival of Eid-ul-Fitr will be celebrated in the country on Tuesday following the Islamic holy month of Ramzan. Ahead of the festival PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi and other politicians extend greetings.
The University, in its defense, said that the permission has been denied due to the varsity's resolution last year not to allow any political activity on the campus.
With large parts of the country facing long power cuts, the opposition Congress had said on Friday the central government's misgovernance and mismanagement led to this "artificial" crisis in the scorching summer.
The Congress on Tuesday officially announced that election strategist will not be working for the party as he declined to be part of the Empowered Action Group for the 2024 general elections.
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