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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 protests after bid to visit Assam shrine on ‘pran pratishtha’ day fails. Ram bhajans sung at sit-in

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Rahul’s visit to shrine of Assam saint-scholar Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankardev triggered a controversy over his plans to pay obeisance during Ram Lalla’s consecration in Ayodhya.

Rahul Gandhi stopped from visiting Assam temple, asks if PM Modi decides who can visit temple

PTI -
Gandhi, along with other Congress leaders, was stopped by authorities at Haiboragaon and not allowed to visit the Sri Sri Sankar Dev Satra temple in Assam's Nagaon district.

‘We call you Adivasi, they call you Vanvasi’ — Congress, BJP clash over tribal identity in Assam

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'Adivasi means the first citizens, those who have come to the earth first. Vanvasi means those who stay in the forest,' Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said during a public meeting in Assam's Majuli.

‘BJP wants to confine tribal people to forests, deprive them of education,’ says Rahul Gandhi

PTI -
Addressing his first public meeting in Assam as part of Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi claimed the Congress recognises the rights of ‘adivasis’ over resources as first dwellers.

Assam govt ‘most corrupt’ in India, says Rahul Gandhi

PTI -
Soon after 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' entered Assam, Gandhi slammed the ruling BJP and its ideologue RSS for 'spreading hate & looting public money'.

When channels aren’t chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, they are following Modi—ignoring Rahul Gandhi

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The media story of the week is there for everyone to see: Lord Ram is omnipresent, PM Modi is ever present, and Rahul Gandhi is mostly absent

‘Ram Mandir consecration captured by PM & RSS, turned into election function’, says Rahul Gandhi

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Gandhi also said while he followed the principles of Hindu religion, he did not believe in attempts to make use of matters of faith for personal or political gains.

Rahul embarks on Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur, says state reduced to ‘symbol of RSS-BJP hate’

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While communal harmony was the primary theme of the Yatra, the Congress has said the east-west event will also advance ideas of social, economic and political justice.

‘Arrived after much soul searching’ — Suspended BSP MP Danish Ali joins Rahul’s Nyay Yatra in Manipur

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Gandhi was the first leader to express solidarity and stand by him and his family after he became the target of 'anti-Muslim remarks' in Parliament, Amroha MP adds.

Congress will restore peace & harmony in Manipur, says Rahul Gandhi as he kicks off yatra from Imphal

PTI -
Addressing a meeting in Thoubal, located south of Manipur's capital Imphal, Gandhi slammed PM Modi, suggesting that for BJP & RSS, Manipur might not be considered a part of India.
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