Rahul Gandhi is a Congress leader. He was the president of the party from 2013 to 2019. Rahul Gandhi took the responsibility for the party's miserable performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and resigned from the post. Rahul Gandhi lost family bastion Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani in 2019 which he had won in 2004. Born on June 19, 1970, Rahul Gandhi made entry into electoral politics in 2004 - 13 years after the assassination of his father, Rajiv Gandhi. In 2022, Rahul Gandhi embarked on a 3,500 km yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
Local Congress leaders said party leader Rahul Gandhi is mediating between Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti-led parties in a bid to save the alliance
Political slugfest over power (shakti) between Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. Gandhi's comments on shakti led to backlash, Modi embracing challenge to protect "Bharat Mata."