Rahul Gandhi is a fifth-generation politician from the Nehru-Gandhi family, a senior Congress leader and party MP from Wayanad in Kerala.
His entry into politics happened in 2004 when he decided to contest the Lok Sabha elections from the family seat of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. He subsequently won three times from there but lost to the BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019. However, Rahul Gandhi, remained an MP because he won the election from Wayanad. He became the Congress party chief in 2017 but quit from that post after the Congress’ disastrous show in the 2019 General Elections. Cutting across months of 2022, 2023 and 2024, Rahul Gandhi has taken out two yatras — the 3,750-km Bharat Jodo Yatra (from Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and the 6,700-km Bharat Jodi Nyay Yatra (from Thoubal in Manipur to Mumbai).
Soon people will realise that Congress getting 77 seats in Gujarat had very little to do with Rahul Gandhi or his campaign. Remember, six seats were won by Congress with a margin of less than 1,000 votes, as The Print pointed out in an article. But for some disaffection for the BJP, these six could have made the numbers 105/71. Rahul Gandhi has not changed one bit in the core. The RG who went to huts and drank porridge with people (before flying off to a foreign holiday) is the same RG who wears sacred beaded necklace and goes to temples. It is the RG who tore off the Ordinance and insulted his own Prime Minister and his party colleague, is the same RG who sacked his most loyal supporter, Mani Shankar Aiyar, instead of standing by him. By attributing non-existent success to RG, the Congress is doing themselves a great disservice, for the delusion will cost them 2019.
yes Congress fought hard in Gujurat, but it has lost its top leadership in the state also. Even With the help of Jignesh , Alpesh, Hardik, congress unable to narrowed down the Percentage of vote share. BJP grow from 47% in 2012 to 49% in 2017. The figure shows itself how strong BJP is in the state. It will be great if Rahul able to win atleast one state as a president of congress party.