Rahul Gandhipronunciation (help·info)[ˈraːɦʊl ˈɡaːnd̪ʱiː] is an Indian politician. He hails from a long line of politicians, known as the Nehru-Gandhi family, which has occupied a prominent place in the politics of India ever since the country gained independence in 1947. The son of Sonia and Rajiv Gandhi, he is the President of the Indian National Congress and serves such additional offices as the Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students Union of India. A member of the Indian Parliament, Gandhi represents the constituency of Amethi, Uttar Pradesh in the 16th Lok Sabha.
The Wayanad seat has a strong presence of Muslim and Christian voters and the decision to field Rahul comes after party units in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka also sought his candidature. The move, said.. IndiaTimes - Published
The party also fielded its former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal Lok Sabha seat and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat from Nainital constituency. Former BJP.. IndiaTimes - Published
BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the media that Gandhi's income had risen from over Rs 55 lakh in 2004 to Rs 9 crore in 2014 as per his election affidavits, and asked how can a.. DNA - Published
Launching his party's Lok Sabha poll campaign in West Bengal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday trained his guns on both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Mamata Banerjee,.. IndiaTimes - Published
With each passing day, political parties are releasing candidates list, launching a political attack at each other to make in-grounds for their election campaign. Take a look at what all political.. DNA - Published
Congress is facing another challenge of exodus as dissatisfied leaders and those fearing punitive action for their past decision are joining BJP. Party leaders are not enthused by Congress president.. DNA - Published
AICC General Secretary Oommen Chandy Saturday said the KPCC has requested Gandhi to contest from Wayanad but he has not yet commented on the proposal.Reacting to the proposal by the Kerala unit, ruling.. DNA - Published
Top Congress leaders in Kerala have urged Rahul to contest from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, which is being seen as a safe seat for the Congress. The move is aimed at boosting the Congress in south.. IndiaTimes - Published
AICC president Rahul Gandhi will officially kick off the party's Lok Sabha poll campaign in West Bengal on Saturday with a rally at Chachal in Malda district. IndiaTimes - Published
In a Facebook post, Rahul Gandhi tagged a media report about 10,000 watchmen protesting against poor wages. "At least, think about those behind whom you are hiding," Gandhi said in the post, attacking.. IndiaTimes - Published
When asked on his views on the airstrike against the Jaish-e-Mohammad camp in Pakistan, Sam Pitroda said that international news outlets had an alternate view of the impact of the air strike and that.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday PM Modi has reduced the prime minister’s office to being the ‘publicity minister’s office.’ IndiaTimes - Published
In a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over reports of shrinking workforce, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said his policies have "destroyed" one crore jobs last year and.. IndiaTimes - Published
Congress president Rahul Gandhi may make a special announcement on the election promise of “minimum income guarantee” for the poor as the party mulls ways of making its flagship welfare plank the.. IndiaTimes - Published
"We have added #chowkidar to our names and you have a problem with that. You should also prefix #Pappu to your names and we will have no objection," Vij tweeted. 'Pappu' is used by BJP to mock Congress.. IndiaTimes - Published
New Congress entrant Hardik Patel on Monday prefixed his twitter handle with the word "Berojgar" (jobless), apparently to mock the BJP's "Main Bhi Chowkidar" campaign on the social media.The twitter.. IndiaTimes - Published
Gandhi has been repeatedly taking a jibe at PM Modi's declaration that he is the chowkidar of the country by instead using the phrase 'chowkidar chor hai' (the watchman himself is the thief) at his.. DNA - Published
Digvijaya Sigh also said that accepting challenges was his habit. Rumours are around in political circles that Singh might be fielded from either Bhopal or Indore Lok Sabha constituency, which are the.. DNA - Published
A large number of people raised pro-Modi slogans outside the venue of a function here at which Congress president Rahul was addressing entrepreneurs on Monday. IndiaTimes - Published
Taking to twitter on Monday morning, Digvijaya Singh said, “Thanks to Kamal Nath ji who invited me to contest from seats where the Congress is weak in Madhya Pradesh. I am grateful to him that he.. IndiaTimes - Published
Welcoming him into the party fold, Rahul Gandhi said: "I am happy that he is sitting here on the stage and I will tell you why he is sitting here. IndiaTimes - Published
At a rally here, Gandhi also said his party would introduce a scheme of guaranteed minimum income for the poor if elected to power. IndiaTimes - Published
Accusing the opposition of manufacturing 'fake issues' concerning Rafale, Nirav Modi and Balakot air strike, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said if these were removed from Congress president.. DNA - Published
Interestingly, both contested two decades apart and it would be 20 years after Sonia if Rahul were to indeed contest in Karnataka. IndiaTimes - Published
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