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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As Congress leader Rahul Gandhi walked to the Vaishno Devi shrine on Thursday, it was his 11th pilgrimage in 10 years, from Vindhyachal to Vaishno Devi. But the Congress' political fortunes are not reviving since the election debacle of 2014.
Ahead of polls in Jammu-Kashmir, Rahul Gandhi is on a two-day tour to Jammu. He will be visiting the famous Vaishno Devi temple and taking the blessings of Mata Vaishno Devi.
BJP in its press conference slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for sharing a wrong image of farmers' protest on Twitter. Speaking in the press conference, Sambit Patra accused Rahul of propagating delusional politics.
After a series of tweets, Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account was locked for violating the policies. His account was soon restored. This has, however, angered the Congress scion as he recently alleged that in the era of social media, the people's voices were suppressed.
Taking on the Modi government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday once again hit out at the Centre over inflation saying increase in GDP means hike in gas, diesel, petrol prices. addressing a presser, Rahul Gandhi said, "In the last 7 years, we have seen a new economic paradigm. Demonetisation on one side, and monetisation on the other side."
Where on one hand, Afghanistan's future seems uncertain as the countdown for the American Army's depature begins and Taliban takes over the country, on the other, the opposition seems united against PM Modi.
Soon after his account was unlocked on Twitter, Rahul Gandhi shared a tweet on the Loni incident. BJP IT cell incharge Amit Malviya accused him of maligning the image of Hindus.
Amid the apparent turmoil in Chhattisgarh Congress, State Health Minister TS Singh Deo while briefing the media on August 28 informed that he is willing to accept the decision that will be taken by the high command.
While India vaccinated around 1 crore people on Friday and over 65 lakh people on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi recently took a dig at the Centre over the rise in coronavirus cases in the country.
Amid a power tussle in the ruling Congress in Chhattisgarh, the party's central leadership has called Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel to Delhi on Friday, just days after he had met Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders in the national capital.
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday launched a no holds barred attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he charged that the Modi government was trying to sell India's assets built over the last 70 years with its just-launched National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP). Irani referred to a 2008 project and questioned the former Congress president whether the government-controlled by her mother Sonia Gandhi had the 'power' to 'sell' the country.
Congress recently claimed that Twitter blocked accounts of several of its top leaders, including Rahul Gandhi. Rahul too, on Friday, slammed the microblogging giant as he accused it of not being neutral and interfering in political process. What is the real reason behind Congress, Rahul Gandhi slamming Twitter? Watch 'Muqabla' with Ajay Kumar.
In a strong attack, Rahul said that Twitter was denying his millions of followers the right to an opinion and termed it as an attack on the democratic structure of the country.
After Twitter suspended 23 handles including those of seven Congress leaders, Rahul Gandhi slammed the microblogging giant in a video message, calling it an attack on democracy.
Opposition leaders from various parties on Thursday, 12 August, held a march from Parliament House to Vijay Chowk in New Delhi, demanding a repeal of the Centre's contentious farm laws. They were also protesting against other issues.
As the monsoon session of Parliament continues to be marred by frequent disruptions over the Pegasus issue, Gandhi, who was here to inaugurate the new building of Jammu and Kashmir Congress office, alleged that the policies of the Narendra Modi government were dividing India.
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, offered prayers at the famous Ragnya Devi temple popularly known as Kheer Bhawani temple in Ganderbal district today morning.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to Srinagar from today during which he will inaugurate the party's Jammu and Kashmir headquarters and meet Congress workers.
Opposition parties leaders led by former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday protested at Jantar Mantar near Parliament to express solidarity with protesting farmers against the Centre's new farm laws. Farmers are currently holding 'Kisan Sansad' at the Jantar Mantar near Parliament to press for their demand to repeal the new farm laws.
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