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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Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is set to enter Amethi on Monday. Gandhi had represented Amethi in the Lok Sabha for 15 years before he was defeated by Union minister Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Kamal Nath is likely to join the BJP on Monday, sources earlier claimed. Sajjan Singh met Kamal Nath at his Delhi residence on Sunday and said that the latter has spoken to Rahul Gandhi and will not quit the party.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, during a video conferencing with Maharashtra party leaders, remarked on Friday that he was wondering why senior leaders whom the party had given so much, are now deserting the party.
Amid Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Uttar Pradesh's Congress in-charge Avinash Pandey exuberated confidence that the yatra will have a potential impact on the political scenario in the country.
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
The ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, which started in Manipur on January 14, is scheduled to cover 6,713 km in 67 days, passing through 110 districts in 15 states, before culminating in Mumbai on March 20.
The Congress welcomed the Supreme Court verdict striking down the electoral bonds scheme, and said that it will reinforce the power of votes over notes. In a post on X, Mallikarjun Kharge said he hoped the government will stop resorting to "such mischievous ideas" in the future.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has opted to curtail his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh by excluding the western region of the state, thereby saving five days of travel, in consideration of ongoing board exams.
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: The 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', which started in Manipur on January 14 (Sunday), is scheduled to cover 6,713 km in 67 days, passing through 110 districts in 15 states, before culminating in Mumbai on March 20 (Wednesday).
If the I.N.D.I.A alliance comes to power, it will provide legal guarantees to MSP to farmers, said Rahul Gandhi, who is currently busy with his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'. He also hinted at incorporating recommendations from the Swaminathan Committee into their election manifesto.
In Uttar Pradesh RLD also exited the alliance and decided to join hands with NDA.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha lead the "Delhi Chalo" agitation, pressing for demands such as a law on minimum support price for crops and loan waivers. The ongoing protests intensify amid heavy security measures.
Farmers, who had gathered at the Shambhu border crossing between Punjab and Haryana as part of their 'Delhi Chalo' call, faced tear gas and water cannons from security forces. In response, some farmers threw stones during the confrontation.
The statement from Congress comes as the farmers have put forth 12 demands before the central government for which have staged a protest in Delhi. The protest this time has been called by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee led by farmer union leaders.
The circulating altered video purportedly showing Rahul Gandhi miscalculating a simple math equation has been debunked by India TV's fact check. The original footage reveals Gandhi accurately discussing the representation of marginalised communities during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.
Ram Mandir was inaugurated on January 22 in a historic event in Ayodhya. Rahul Gandhi said that he saw Amitabh, Aishwarya, Ambani, Adani at the event but labourers and poor people were nowhere to be seen at the inauguration ceremony.
The yatra will cover 536 km in Chhattisgarh while passing through Raigarh, Sakti, Korba, Surajpur, Surguja and Balrampur districts before entering Jharkhand on February 14 and UP on February 16.
He slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting violence-hit Manipur where over 100 people lost their life and several houses were torched since May last year and alleged that there is a civil war underway in the northeastern state.
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