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 MoreRahul Gandhi, while addressing a rally in Odisha, alleged that the BJP and BJD are fighting against each other in the elections but are working together.
The Samajwadi Party has fielded Akhilesh Yadav's wife Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri. Amit Shah slammed Samajwadi Party and Congress at an election rally in the high-profile constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and the party of insulting Hindu kings while avoiding speaking even a word against "Nawabs, Nizams, Sultans, and Badhshahs".
The sources said the decision on whether Rahul Gandhi will contest from Amethi or not will be taken in a day or two. Th development comes amid a buzz that Rahul Gandhi could be fielded from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The election campaign has intensified ahead of the third phase of the elections, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyeing a third term in office.
Incumbent MP and BJP leader Smriti Irani has recently challenged Rahul Gandhi to contest solo from the Uttar Pradesh's Amethi seat in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. She had earlier defeated the Congress leader from Amethi by a margin of 55,120 votes in 2019.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in two phases in Karnataka on April 26 and May 7. The counting of votes will take place on June 4. The 14 Lok Sabha segments in the southern parts of the state will vote on April 26 in the second phase.
Defamation case: Congress leader Gandhi has been facing the heat in a criminal prosecution filed by one Pratap Kumar of Chaibasa for having made defamatory comments against Amit Shah during a poll campaign in 2019.
Voting for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls will be held on April 26 for 88 seats in 13 states with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking a second-straight term from Wayanad in Kerala.
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.
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Uttar Pradesh, which sends the maximum number of MPs, 80, to Parliament, will vote in all seven phases.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voters in 88 constituencies will use their franchise on April 26 in the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. 13 states and Union Territories including UP, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam and Bihar will go to polls in the second phase.
Sam Pitroda's remark created a political uproar in India, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a dig by rephrasing a popular ad tagline, “Loot Ka Khel, Zindagi Ke Saath Bhi, Zindagi Ke Baad Bhi”, meaning the Congress wants to loot people when they are alive and also after they die.
The video, circulated by Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) on the X platform, falsely suggests that Gandhi specifically addressed minorities in his speech. In his speech, Rahul Gandhi highlighted the Congress party’s commitment to conducting a comprehensive socio-economic and caste census.
On several occasions, the BJP and Congress urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take action against leaders from rival parties for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
BJP's Smriti Irani is the incumbent MP from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi while Sonia Gandhi from Raebareli. However, the Congress patriarch has already moved to Rajya Sabha. In such a scenario, the 'Grand Old Party' will definitely put its best bet forward to maintain dominance in Raebareli.
Lok Sabha election 2024: Ahead of voting for the second phase, Congress and BJP are locked in a bitter war of words. PM Modi, who is leading BJP's campaign, attacked Congress on Sam Pitroda's comment on inheritance tax, while Rahul Gandhi hit back at PM on unemployment and inflation.
Addressing an election rally in Tonk, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reminded that the Congress government in 2004 had reduced SC/ST reservation in Andhra Pradesh and had given reservation to Muslims.
Amid the debate on the Congress manifesto over wealth re-distribution, Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waiving off the loans worth Rs. 16 lakh crores of his billionaire friends.
Acharya Pramod Krishnam was ousted from the Congress for indiscipline in February. The former Congress leader, who is the Peethadheeshwar of Kalki Dham, has since his expulsion been seen to be warming up to the BJP.
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