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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.

Rahul Gandhi writes to Kerala CM, asks for ‘decisive action’ in Wayanad elephant attack case

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A man Saturday succumbed to injuries after being attacked by an elephant in Wayanad. In his letter, Congress leader highlights spate of such attacks that cause damage to lives, livelihoods.

‘This was our heaven, now turning into hell’ — residents of Mumbai’s Air India Colony resist eviction

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‘Your followers unleash nafrat on your critics’ — Pranab Mukherjee’s daughter to Rahul Gandhi

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In stinging letter to the Congress MP, former party leader Sharmistha Mukherjee says she and her late father are being subjected to 'vicious online trolling' by his supporters.

Only Modi speech on TV news channels. Opposition is reduced to Rahul Gandhi’s ‘dog biscuit’

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Indian news channels aren’t just declaring a victory for Modi in 2024 Lok Sabha election; they are also hoping for it.

Modi tears into Congress in RS — ‘strangled democracy, now creating narrative of North-South divide’

Shanker Arnimesh -
Days after he lashed out at the opposition party in Lok Sabha, PM continues tirade. In dig at Rahul Gandhi, he says 'Yuvraj was given a startup, now it's a non-starter'.

Rahul Gandhi is conquering the margins like Shivaji did. Is this marginal politics?

+TFP Yogendra Yadav -
The so-called ‘middle class’ is not the fat middle but a thin crust in Indian society. Politics of the margins is mainstream politics as the mainstream flows through the margins.

Seven things Rahul Gandhi can do for Congress’ revival but he won’t

+TFP D.K. Singh -
INDIA coalition breaking up is good for Congress, it must stop looking for survival by tying up with regional parties. They ate into the Congress vote bank to become what they have.

Haven’t received invitation to Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, says Akhilesh Yadav

ANI -
Samajwadi party chief and leader of Oppn in UP has expressed displeasure for not being invited to the yatra. The Yatra will enter Uttar Pradesh on 14 February.

‘Rahul Gandhi’s body double cheered crowd most of Nyay Yatra, will reveal his identity soon,’ says Himanta

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The Assam CM further said that a media house had uploaded a photo of the alleged doppelganger, who then quietly left Guwahati.

‘A little bit of pressure & Nitishji does a U-turn. We don’t need him,’ says Rahul Gandhi

ThePrint Team -
Speaking during his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, the Congress leader says there was pressure on CM regarding caste census, adding that to achieve social justice, such ‘X-Rays’ are needed.
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