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TopicRahul Gandhi

Topic: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi is a fifth-generation politician from the Nehru-Gandhi family and a senior Congress leader. He currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

Entering politics in 2004, he contested from the family stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, winning three consecutive terms before losing to the BJP’s Smriti Irani in 2019. However, he remained an MP by securing a win from Wayanad, a seat he held until 2024. He briefly served as Congress president from 2017 but resigned after the party’s poor performance in the 2019 General Elections.

Between 2022 and 2024, Rahul Gandhi led two major political marches—the 3,750-km Bharat Jodo Yatra (Kanniyakumari to Srinagar) and the 6,700-km Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (Thoubal to Mumbai). In the 2024 elections, he made a strong comeback, reclaiming Amethi and assuming the role of Leader of the Opposition.

Urdu press worries about low voter turnout in LS polls — ‘weakens democratic processes’

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The new Gandhi in Rae Bareli: Rahul files nomination papers from Congress bastion

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Congress bigwigs flocked to Rae Bareli as party leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from the seat Friday where he is contesting against BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh.

Rahul Gandhi choosing Rae Bareli is bereft of political logic. Abandoning Amethi betrays escapism

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Amethi Chhodo Yatra & candidate takes out off-roadshow

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2 MPs, 2 villages: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘adarsh gram’ burnt his effigy. Smriti Irani’s got CSR-funded roads

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Congress MP adopted village in 2014, while Union minister did in 2019. Roads have come up & so have other amenities, but much remains to be done, especially in interior areas.

‘Daro mat, bhaago mat’ — Modi taunts Rahul after he decides to leave Amethi & contest from Raebareli

Neelam Pandey -
After Congress announces Kishori Lal Sharma as its candidate for Amethi, BJP also hints that Rahul Gandhi ‘camp’ kept sister out of electoral politics because she may ‘outshine him’.

After much suspense, Congress names Rahul Gandhi as its candidate from Raebareli

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Rahul is also contesting from Wayanad in Lok Sabha. Congress names KL Sharma as its candidate from Amethi, the seat Rahul lost in 2019 general elections to BJP's Smriti Irani.

‘Control centre, apply pressure from sides’ — Rahul draws chess & politics parallel in campaign video

Sourav Roy Barman -
Video clip released by Congress on social media. Rahul is once again contesting from Wayanad, though no word yet on whether he will also fight from Gandhi bastions Amethi or Rae Bareli.

It took a Rahul Gandhi to put price on women’s labour at home. Enough of ‘maa ke hath ka khana’

Karanjeet Kaur -
In a period defined by mangalsutra politics, I truly admire Gandhi’s progressiveness. But he is far from the first political leader to highlight women’s unpaid labour.

Why Congress can’t afford Rahul Gandhi to sit out Amethi contest

+TFP D.K. Singh -
For Congress to send out the message that it is fighting to win in 2024, Rahul Gandhi must show that he has it in him to take on the challenge in Amethi.
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