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  * [ 1 Early life and background ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Early_life_and_background>)
  * [ 2 Political career ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Political_career>) Toggle Political career subsection
    * [ 2.1 Formative years ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Formative_years>)
      * [ 2.1.1 Youth politics ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Youth_politics>)
    * [ 2.2 Congress leadership ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Congress_leadership>)
      * [ 2.2.1 National Herald case ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#National_Herald_case>)
    * [ 2.3 Bharat Jodo Yatra ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Bharat_Jodo_Yatra>)
      * [ 2.3.1 Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra>)
    * [ 2.4 Disqualification ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Disqualification>)
    * [ 2.5 Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (2024–present) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha_\(2024–present\)>)
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# Rahul Gandhi
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  * [العربية](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A> "راهول غاندي – Arabic")
  * [অসমীয়া](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80> "ৰাহুল গান্ধী – Assamese")
  * [Azərbaycanca](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Qandi> "Rahul Qandi – Azerbaijani")
  * [বাংলা](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%80> "রাহুল গান্ধী – Bangla")
  * [भोजपुरी](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गांधी – Bhojpuri")
  * [Български](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8> "Рахул Ганди – Bulgarian")
  * [Čeština](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A1hul_G%C3%A1ndh%C3%AD> "Ráhul Gándhí – Czech")
  * [Deutsch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – German")
  * [डोटेली](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/dty.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गान्धी – Doteli")
  * [Ελληνικά](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A1%CE%B1%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB_%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9> "Ραχούλ Γκάντι – Greek")
  * [Español](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Spanish")
  * [Esperanto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Esperanto")
  * [فارسی](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DB%8C> "راهول گاندی – Persian")
  * [Français](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – French")
  * [ગુજરાતી](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B9%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%B2_%E0%AA%97%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A7%E0%AB%80> "રાહુલ ગાંધી – Gujarati")
  * [한국어](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9D%BC%ED%9B%8C_%EA%B0%84%EB%94%94> "라훌 간디 – Korean")
  * [Հայերեն](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%A1%D5%B0%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC_%D4%B3%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AB> "Ռահուլ Գանդի – Armenian")
  * [हिन्दी](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गांधी – Hindi")
  * [Bahasa Indonesia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Indonesian")
  * [Italiano](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Italian")
  * [עברית](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%94%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%92%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%99> "רהול גנדי – Hebrew")
  * [Jawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Javanese")
  * [ಕನ್ನಡ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%81%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%BF> "ರಾಹುಲ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ – Kannada")
  * [کٲشُر](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%8F%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C> "راہُل گاندھی – Kashmiri")
  * [मैथिली](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गान्धी – Maithili")
  * [മലയാളം](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B9%E0%B5%81%E0%B5%BD_%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BF> "രാഹുൽ ഗാന്ധി – Malayalam")
  * [मराठी](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गांधी – Marathi")
  * [مصرى](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89> "راهول جاندى – Egyptian Arabic")
  * [Bahasa Melayu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Malay")
  * [Монгол](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8> "Рахул Ганди – Mongolian")
  * [Nederlands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Dutch")
  * [नेपाली](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गान्धी – Nepali")
  * [日本語](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC> "ラーフル・ガンディー – Japanese")
  * [Norsk bokmål](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Norwegian Bokmål")
  * [Norsk nynorsk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Norwegian Nynorsk")
  * [ਪੰਜਾਬੀ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B2_%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A7%E0%A9%80> "ਰਾਹੁਲ ਗਾਂਧੀ – Punjabi")
  * [پنجابی](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%8F%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C> "راہُل گاندھی – Western Punjabi")
  * [پښتو](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88%D9%84_%DA%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A> "راهول ګاندي – Pashto")
  * [Polski](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Polish")
  * [Português](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Portuguese")
  * [Русский](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8,_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BB> "Ганди, Рахул – Russian")
  * [संस्कृतम्](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80> "राहुल गान्धी – Sanskrit")
  * [ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%A6%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%9E_%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%AB%E1%B1%B7%E1%B1%A4> "ᱨᱟᱦᱩᱞ ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ – Santali")
  * [Simple English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Simple English")
  * [Suomi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Finnish")
  * [Svenska](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Swedish")
  * [தமிழ்](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF> "இராகுல் காந்தி – Tamil")
  * [తెలుగు](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B9%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%97%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A7%E0%B1%80> "రాహుల్ గాంధీ – Telugu")
  * [ไทย](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B5> "ราหุล คานธี – Thai")
  * [Türkçe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Turkish")
  * [Українська](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%83%D0%BB_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96> "Рахул Ганді – Ukrainian")
  * [اردو](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%BE%DB%8C> "راہل گاندھی – Urdu")
  * [Tiếng Việt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahul_Gandhi> "Rahul Gandhi – Vietnamese")
  * [中文](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%8B%89%E8%83%A1%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E7%94%98%E5%9C%B0> "拉胡爾·甘地 – Chinese")


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Indian politician (born 1970)
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Rahul Gandhi  
---  
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Rahul_Gandhi.png/250px-Rahul_Gandhi.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Rahul_Gandhi.png>)Gandhi in 2024  
12th [Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha")  
**[Incumbent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Incumbent> "Incumbent")**  
**Assumed office** 9 June 2024  
Prime Minister| [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narendra_Modi> "Narendra Modi")  
Deputy| [Gaurav Gogoi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Gaurav_Gogoi> "Gaurav Gogoi")  
Preceded by| [Sushma Swaraj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sushma_Swaraj> "Sushma Swaraj") (2014)[[a]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-1>)[[b]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2>)  
[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha> "Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha")  
**[Incumbent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Incumbent> "Incumbent")**  
**Assumed office** 4 June 2024  
Preceded by| [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")  
Constituency| [Rae Bareli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Raebareli_\(Lok_Sabha_constituency\)> "Raebareli \(Lok Sabha constituency\)"), [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh")  
**In office** 7 August 2023[[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-3>) – 17 June 202423 May 2019 – 23 March 2023[[9]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-11>)  
Preceded by| [M. I. Shanavas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/M._I._Shanavas> "M. I. Shanavas")  
Succeeded by| [Priyanka Gandhi Vadra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priyanka_Gandhi_Vadra> "Priyanka Gandhi Vadra")  
Constituency| [Wayanad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Wayanad_\(Lok_Sabha_constituency\)> "Wayanad \(Lok Sabha constituency\)"), [Kerala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kerala> "Kerala")  
**In office** 17 May 2004 – 23 May 2019  
Preceded by| [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")  
Succeeded by| [Smriti Irani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Smriti_Irani> "Smriti Irani")  
Constituency| [Amethi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Amethi_\(Lok_Sabha_constituency\)> "Amethi \(Lok Sabha constituency\)"), [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh")  
| showParty political offices   
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[President of the Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Indian_National_Congress> "List of Presidents of the Indian National Congress")  
**In office** 16 December 2017 – 10 August 2019  
Preceded by| [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")  
Succeeded by| [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi") _(interim)_[Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")  
Vice-President of the [Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress")  
**In office** 19 January 2013 – 16 December 2017  
President| [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")  
Preceded by| [Jitendra Prasada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jitendra_Prasada> "Jitendra Prasada")  
General Secretary of [Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress")  
**In office** 25 September 2007 – 19 January 2013  
President| Sonia Gandhi  
General Secretary of [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress")  
**[Incumbent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Incumbent> "Incumbent")**  
**Assumed office** 25 September 2007  
Preceded by|  _position established_  
General Secretary of [National Students' Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students%27_Union_of_India> "National Students' Union of India")  
**In office** 25 September 2007 – 26 October 2022  
Preceded by|  _position established_  
Succeeded by| [Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")  
Personal details  
Born| Rahul Rajiv Gandhi (1970-06-19) 19 June 1970 (age 55)[New Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/New_Delhi> "New Delhi"), [Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Delhi> "Delhi"), India  
[Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Political_party> "Political party")| [Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress")  
Parent(s)| [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi") (father)[Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi") (mother)  
Relatives| [Priyanka Gandhi Vadra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priyanka_Gandhi_Vadra> "Priyanka Gandhi Vadra") (sister)_[Nehru–Gandhi family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family> "Nehru–Gandhi family")_  
Residence| 
  * [5, Sunehri Bagh Road, New Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Central_Delhi_district> "Central Delhi district")

  
[Alma mater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Alma_mater> "Alma mater")| [The Doon School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/The_Doon_School> "The Doon School")[Rollins College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rollins_College> "Rollins College") ([B.A.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts> "Bachelor of Arts"))[Trinity College, Cambridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge> "Trinity College, Cambridge") ([M. Phil.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Master_of_Philosophy> "Master of Philosophy") [Development Studies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Development_Studies> "Development Studies"))  
Signature| [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Signature_of_Rahul_Gandhi.svg/250px-Signature_of_Rahul_Gandhi.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Signature_of_Rahul_Gandhi.svg> "Rahul Gandhi's signature")  
Website| [Official website](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<http:/rahulgandhi.in>)  
**Rahul Rajiv Gandhi** (Hindi pronunciation: [[ˈraːɦʊlraːdʒiːʋˈɡaːndʱiː]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Help:IPA/Hindi_and_Urdu> "Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu") [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/ff/Rahul_Rajiv_Gandhi.ogg/Rahul_Rajiv_Gandhi.ogg.mp3> "Play audio")[ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Rahul_Rajiv_Gandhi.ogg> "File:Rahul Rajiv Gandhi.ogg"); born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician. A member of the [Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress") (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th [leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha") and as the member of the [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") for [Rae Bareli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rae_Bareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency"), [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh"), since June 2024.[[c]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-12>)[[d]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-15>) He previously represented the constituency of [Wayanad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Wayanad_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency"), [Kerala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kerala> "Kerala"), from 2019 to 2024, and [Amethi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Amethi_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Amethi Lok Sabha constituency"), [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh"), from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the [party president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Indian_National_Congress> "List of presidents of the Indian National Congress") of the [Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress") from December 2017 to July 2019. 
A member of the [Nehru–Gandhi political family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family> "Nehru–Gandhi family"), he spent his early years between [Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Delhi> "Delhi") and [Dehradun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dehradun> "Dehradun"), remaining largely outside the [public sphere](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Public_sphere> "Public sphere") during his childhood and early youth. He received primary education in New Delhi and then attended [The Doon School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/The_Doon_School> "The Doon School"). However, due to security concerns, he was later home-schooled. Gandhi commenced his undergraduate degree at [St. Stephen's College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/St._Stephen%27s_College,_Delhi> "St. Stephen's College, Delhi") before moving to [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harvard_University> "Harvard University"). Following his father's [assassination](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi> "Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi") and subsequent security concerns, he moved to [Rollins College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rollins_College> "Rollins College") in Florida, completing his degree in 1994. After earning a [M.Phil.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Master_of_Philosophy> "Master of Philosophy") from [Cambridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge> "Trinity College, Cambridge"), Gandhi initiated his professional career with the [Monitor Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Monitor_Group> "Monitor Group"), a management consulting firm in [London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/London> "London"). Soon thereafter, he returned to India and founded a technology outsourcing firm based in [Mumbai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mumbai> "Mumbai"). He ventured into politics in the 2000s, leading the [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress") and [National Students Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students_Union_of_India> "National Students Union of India"), while also being a trustee of the [Rajiv Gandhi Foundation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Foundation> "Rajiv Gandhi Foundation") and [Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Charitable_Trust> "Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust"). 
Gandhi led the Congress party during the 2014 and 2019 general elections, where the party experienced significant defeats, securing 44 and 52 seats, respectively. Ahead of the [2024 Indian general elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2024_Indian_general_elections> "2024 Indian general elections"), Gandhi spearheaded the [Bharat Jodo Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Yatra") and the [Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra"), contributing to the INC winning 99 seats and regaining the status of Official Opposition for the first time in a decade. Gandhi won the [Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rae_Bareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency") in the 2024 elections and was nominated to serve as [Leader of the Opposition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha"). 
## Early life and background
Further information: [Nehru–Gandhi family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family> "Nehru–Gandhi family")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil%2C_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh%2C_the_Speaker%2C_Lok_Sabha%2C_Smt._Meira_Kumar%2C_the_Chairperson%2C_National_Advisory_Council%2C_Smt._Sonia_Gandhi%2C_the_Member_of_Parliament%2C_Shri_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg/250px-thumbnail.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Pratibha_Devisingh_Patil,_the_Prime_Minister,_Dr._Manmohan_Singh,_the_Speaker,_Lok_Sabha,_Smt._Meira_Kumar,_the_Chairperson,_National_Advisory_Council,_Smt._Sonia_Gandhi,_the_Member_of_Parliament,_Shri_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg>)Gandhi along with [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi"), then [POI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/President_of_India> "President of India") [Pratibha Patil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pratibha_Patil> "Pratibha Patil"), then [VPOI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vice_President_of_India> "Vice President of India") [Hamid Ansari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hamid_Ansari> "Hamid Ansari"), then [PM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India> "Prime Minister of India") [Manmohan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Manmohan_Singh> "Manmohan Singh") at the memorial of his grandmother [Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indira_Gandhi> "Indira Gandhi")
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi was born on 19 June 1970 at Holy Family Hospital in [Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Delhi> "Delhi").[[12]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Desk_2019-16>) He was the first of two children born to [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi"), who later served as the 6th prime minister of India, and [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi"), who went on to become the [president of the Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/President_of_the_Indian_National_Congress> "President of the Indian National Congress"). As the grandson of former prime minister [Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indira_Gandhi> "Indira Gandhi"), his lineage is deeply rooted in Indian political history. His paternal grandfather, [Feroze Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Feroze_Gandhi> "Feroze Gandhi"), hailed from [Gujarat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Gujarat> "Gujarat") and was of [Parsi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Parsi> "Parsi") descent.[[13]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Bhatt_2012-17>) Furthermore, he is the great-grandson of India's inaugural prime minister, [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru> "Jawaharlal Nehru"). 
Gandhi completed his elementary education at [St. Columba's School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/St._Columba%27s_School,_Delhi> "St. Columba's School, Delhi") in New Delhi.[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-The_Times_of_India_2009_s173-18>) He then attended [The Doon School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/The_Doon_School> "The Doon School") in Dehradun (an elite all-boys' boarding school, also the alma mater of his father, [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi")) from 1981 to 1983.[[15]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-19>) At Doon, Gandhi studied alongside notable contemporaries, including former Congress members [Jyotiraditya Scindia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia> "Jyotiraditya Scindia") and [Jitin Prasada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jitin_Prasada> "Jitin Prasada").[[16]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-News18_2020-20>)[[17]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-21>) Following the [assassination of Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Assassination_of_Indira_Gandhi> "Assassination of Indira Gandhi") by Sikhs in her personal guard on 31 October 1984, his father entered politics and became the 6th prime minister of India. Due to security threats from [Sikh extremists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sikh_extremists> "Sikh extremists"), Gandhi and his sister Priyanka were [home-schooled](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Homeschooling> "Homeschooling"), taking examinations under the supervision of teachers.[[18]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Saxena_2017_s908-22>) Spending their childhood away from media attention, Gandhi and [his sister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priyanka_Gandhi> "Priyanka Gandhi") kept low profiles, appearing with their parents at a handful of public occasions.[[19]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-The_New_York_Times_1989_z882-23>)
Gandhi joined [St. Stephen's College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/St._Stephen%27s_College,_Delhi> "St. Stephen's College, Delhi"), Delhi, an affiliated college of the [University of Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/University_of_Delhi> "University of Delhi"), in 1989 for his undergraduate education.[[20]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-The_Indian_Express_2023-24>) Gandhi's academic performance in Class XII, with a score of 61 per cent in the [CBSE school certificate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education> "Central Board of Secondary Education"), was perceived as not particularly strong.[[21]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Kidwai_2023-25>) He gained admission to St. Stephen's College for [BA (Honors)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts> "Bachelor of Arts") History through the sports quota, which granted a 10 per cent advantage in exam scores to promising athletes; per [National Rifle Association of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Rifle_Association_of_India> "National Rifle Association of India") testimonials, Gandhi stood 4th in the 32nd [National Shooting Competition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Shooting_sports_in_India> "Shooting sports in India") held in New Delhi from 26 December 1988 to 5 January 1989.[[21]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Kidwai_2023-25>) Gandhi had finished fourth in the Centre Fire Pistol 25 M (Indian Rule) Men's civilian event with a score of 371 out of 400 points.[[21]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Kidwai_2023-25>) By July 1989, Gandhi had won eight national awards. In 1991, following the [assassination of Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Assassination_of_Rajiv_Gandhi> "Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi") by the [LTTE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/LTTE> "LTTE") during an election rally, Gandhi left St. Stephen's and moved to [Harvard University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harvard_University> "Harvard University"). Due to security concerns, he subsequently relocated to [Rollins College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rollins_College> "Rollins College") in [Florida](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Florida> "Florida"). He further went on to obtain an [Master of Philosophy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Master_of_Philosophy> "Master of Philosophy") (MPhil) in [Development Studies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Development_studies> "Development studies"), from [Trinity College](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge> "Trinity College, Cambridge"), Cambridge in 1995.[[22]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Sonwalkar_2014-26>)[[23]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-The_Economic_Times_2009-27>) Following his father and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991, there was a heightened threat perception to the family, those closest to Gandhi were paranoid about his safety and might have forced him to take cover under the misleading surname "Vinci".[[24]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-u157-28>)
After completing higher education, Gandhi worked at the [Monitor Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Monitor_Group> "Monitor Group"), a [management consulting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Management_consulting> "Management consulting") firm set up by [Michael Porter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Michael_Porter> "Michael Porter") of [Harvard Business School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harvard_Business_School> "Harvard Business School"), in [London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/London> "London") for three years.[[25]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Rediff.com_2004-29>) In 2002, he returned to India and established his [technology consultancy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Outsourcing> "Outsourcing"), Backops Services Private Ltd, in [Mumbai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mumbai> "Mumbai"), where he served as one of the directors of the firm.[[26]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Rediff2002-30>) Subsequently, he founded BackOps UK, a company that secured defence contracts from foreign suppliers.[[27]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Kumar_2019-31>)
## Political career
### Formative years
[![Rfer caption](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Hillary_Clinton_with_Sonia_and_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg/330px-Hillary_Clinton_with_Sonia_and_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Hillary_Clinton_with_Sonia_and_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg>)Rahul Gandhi (right) with [Hillary Clinton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hillary_Clinton> "Hillary Clinton"), [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi"), and [Karan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Karan_Singh> "Karan Singh") in New Delhi, 2009
In March 2004, Gandhi announced his entry into politics by declaring that he would contest the [14th general elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2004_Indian_general_election> "2004 Indian general election") from his father's former constituency of [Amethi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Amethi_\(Lok_Sabha_constituency\)> "Amethi \(Lok Sabha constituency\)") in [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh") for the [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha"), India's lower house of parliament.[[28]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-BBC_Amethi-32>) His mother had held the seat until she transferred to the neighbouring constituency of [Raebareli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Raebareli_\(Lok_Sabha_constituency\)> "Raebareli \(Lok Sabha constituency\)"). When Gandhi made this announcement, it came as a surprise to political commentators, who had perceived his sister [Priyanka Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priyanka_Gandhi> "Priyanka Gandhi") as the more charismatic and probable successor. It generated speculation that the presence of a young member of India's most famous [political family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family> "Nehru–Gandhi family") would reinvigorate the Congress party's political fortunes among India's youthful population.[[29]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Biswas_BBC_2004-33>) In his first interview with foreign media, Gandhi portrayed himself as a uniter of the country and condemned "divisive" politics in India, saying that he would try to reduce [caste](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_caste_system> "Indian caste system") and [religious](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Religion_in_India> "Religion in India") tensions.[[30]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-amethi-34>)
After being out of power for a record eight years, the Congress party returned to power, winning a total of 145 seats in the 2004 Indian general election. A [coalition government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry> "First Manmohan Singh ministry") was formed at the center by Congress with the backing of regional parties. Gandhi secured a victory by a substantial margin of over 100,000 votes, thereby maintaining the stronghold of his family in Uttar Pradesh.[[31]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-35>) The party performed poorly in Uttar Pradesh, as it held 10 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with a vote share of 12.53 per cent.[[32]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-amethihistory-36>) Gandhi did not hold any official role or position within the government.[[33]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Telegraph_India-37>) From 2004 to 2006, Gandhi served as a member for the [Standing Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Standing_Committee> "Standing Committee") on [Home Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_\(India\)> "Ministry of Home Affairs \(India\)"). Between 2006 and 2009, he served as the member of the Standing Committee on [Human Resource Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Education_\(India\)> "Ministry of Education \(India\)").[[34]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Post2004-38>)
Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka, managed their mother's campaign for re-election to [Raebareilly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Raebareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency") in 2006, which was won with a margin of over 400,000 votes.[[35]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-39>) He was a prominent figure in the Congress campaign for the [2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2007_Uttar_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election> "2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election"); Congress did not perform well in those elections, winning 22 seats of the 403 seats with 8.53 per cent of the vote.[[36]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-40>) On 24 September 2007, Gandhi was appointed as the general secretary of the [All India Congress Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/All_India_Congress_Committee> "All India Congress Committee"), the governing body of the Congress party, as part of a reshuffle of the party secretariat.[[37]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-41>) In the same reshuffle, he was also given charge of the [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress") and the [National Students Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students_Union_of_India> "National Students Union of India").[[38]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-42>)
For the [2009 Indian general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2009_Indian_general_election> "2009 Indian general election"), Gandhi campaigned across India covering 22 states and 107 [constituencies](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Lok_Sabha> "List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha").[[39]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Campaigning09-43>)[[40]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-44>) His campaigning included addressing public rallies and meetings, interacting with voters, and highlighting the party's vision and agenda for the country.[[41]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Issues09-45>) He specifically focused on issues such as rural development, education, employment, and women's empowerment. Gandhi, also emphasised the importance of youth participation in politics and urged them to be more involved in shaping the country's future.[[42]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Express09-46>) The nationwide elections defied the predictions made by pre-poll predictions and exit polls and gave a clear mandate to the incumbent, Congress-led [United Progressive Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance> "United Progressive Alliance") (UPA) government.[[43]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-47>) The 2009 general elections were a success for the INC, which won 206 seats. While the Congress did not win a majority in the election, they emerged as the largest party and formed a coalition government with the support of other parties.[[44]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2009_Election-48>) Gandhi retained his Amethi seat by defeating his nearest rival by a margin of over 370,000 votes.[[45]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-rahul3-49>) Gandhi was credited with the Congress revival in Uttar Pradesh where they won 21 out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats.[[46]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-50>)[[47]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2009election-51>)
#### Youth politics
In September 2007, Gandhi was appointed as general secretary of the [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress") (IYC), segment of the Congress party that represents the younger generation, and the [National Students Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students_Union_of_India> "National Students Union of India") (NSUI), the faction that caters to the student community.[[48]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-52>) As the general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) and the National Students Union of India (NSUI), Gandhi played a notable role in shaping the policies and strategies of these organisations. After his appointment, both groups saw a significant increase in membership, from 200,000 to 2.5 million.[[49]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-53>) The IYC underwent a restructuring process to make it more democratic and inclusive.[[50]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Org_Revamp-54>)[[51]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-IYC_Reform-55>) In November 2008, Gandhi held interviews at his 12 Tughlak Lane residence in [New Delhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/New_Delhi> "New Delhi") to handpick at least 40 people to make up the IYC's [think tank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Think_tank> "Think tank").[[52]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-56>) In 2009, during Gandhi's visit to [West Bengal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/West_Bengal> "West Bengal"), the state unit of the Youth Congress registered 1 million members.[[53]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-IYC_Members-57>) Similarly, the IYC acquired around 10 to 15 new members per day in each assembly segment of Uttar Pradesh. After his visit, the number surged to 150 to 200 new members per day in the same regions.[[54]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-UP_IYC-58>)
While serving as the general secretary of the NSUI, Gandhi played an active role in strengthening the organisation and increasing [student participation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Public_participation_\(decision_making\)> "Public participation \(decision making\)") in politics.[[50]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Org_Revamp-54>) Under his leadership, the NSUI initiated programs and campaigns to address issues affecting the student community, such as the quality of education, employment opportunities, and social justice.[[55]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NSUI_2018-59>)[[56]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NSUI_Protest-60>)[[57]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NSUI_Issues-61>) Gandhi also advocated for greater student representation in decision-making processes and supported [student leaders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Students%27_union> "Students' union") in their endeavours.[[58]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Student_Leader-62>)
### Congress leadership
Ahead of the [2014 Indian general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2014_Indian_general_election> "2014 Indian general election"), Gandhi was named the vice-president of the Indian National Congress, effectively making him the party's second-in-command. Gandhi contested the 2014 Indian general election from his constituency, Amethi,[[59]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-63>) and led the election campaign of the Indian National Congress.[[60]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-R1-64>) Gandhi retained the Amethi seat by defeating his nearest rival, BJP's [Smriti Irani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Smriti_Irani> "Smriti Irani"), by a margin of 107,000 votes.[[47]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2009election-51>)[[61]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-65>) The Congress party suffered a massive defeat, winning 44 seats—its worst performance ever in the Lok Sabha elections.[[62]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-dna_May_2014-66>)[[63]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2009results-67>) The UPA also had its worst-ever performance in elections and won 59 seats, compared to the 262 seats won in 2009.[[63]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2009results-67>)[[64]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-68>)[[65]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-69>) Following the defeat, Gandhi offered to resign from his positions which was rejected by the Congress Working Committee.[[66]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-70>)
Gandhi led the [2019 election campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress_campaign_for_the_2019_Indian_general_election> "Indian National Congress campaign for the 2019 Indian general election") of the Congress party. During campaign, Gandhi announced "Nyay" (Nyuntam Aay Yojana— Minimum Income Guarantee) Scheme promising Rs 6,000 each to 20 per cent poorest households to his election speeches.[[67]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-2019_INC-71>) Gandhi also promised to fill 22 lakhs government jobs within one year coming to power at the [Centre](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Government_of_India> "Government of India"). Gandhi used the slogan "_[Chowkidar Chor Hai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chowkidar_Chor_Hai> "Chowkidar Chor Hai")_ " as a jibe against Narendra Modi, BJP's prime ministerial candidate during his election rallies.[[68]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-HuffPost25Dec-72>)[[69]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-73>) The slogan was aimed at Modi about the alleged irregularities and favouritism in awarding the contracts for the [Rafale fighter jet deal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rafale_deal_controversy> "Rafale deal controversy").[[70]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-telegraphindia16March-74>)[[71]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-HuffPost_Profile-75>) Post election results the INC won 52 seats, eight more than the previous election. Its vote percentage once again fell below 20 per cent. Gandhi won the Wayanad seat with over 60 per cent vote share.[[72]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-76>) He lost his existing seat of Amethi to [Smriti Irani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Smriti_Irani> "Smriti Irani") of the BJP by a margin of 55,120 votes.[[73]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-77>)
Ahead of the [2024 Indian general elections](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2024_Indian_general_elections> "2024 Indian general elections"), Gandhi spearheaded political initiatives, including the [Bharat Jodo Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Yatra") and the [Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra"), which were designed to address pressing social and economic issues facing the country. These campaigns aimed to foster unity and counter divisive politics, while also enhancing the visibility of the Indian National Congress (INC) among voters. The INC secured 99 seats in the elections, representing an improvement from previous electoral performances and allowing the party to reclaim the status of [Official Opposition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha") for the first time in ten years. In the elections, Gandhi successfully won the [Rae Bareli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rae_Bareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency") constituency, succeeding his mother, [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi"). 
As a member of Parliament of India since 2004, Gandhi has served as a member of several [parliamentary committees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_committees_of_the_Parliament_of_India> "List of committees of the Parliament of India") including [Home Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Standing_Committee_on_Home_Affairs> "Standing Committee on Home Affairs"), [Human Resource Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Education_\(India\)> "Ministry of Education \(India\)"), [External Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Committee_on_External_Affairs> "Committee on External Affairs"), [Ministry of Finance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_\(India\)> "Ministry of Finance \(India\)") and [Corporate Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs> "Ministry of Corporate Affairs") and [Defence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Standing_Committee_on_Defence_\(India\)> "Standing Committee on Defence \(India\)"). 
#### National Herald case
The [National Herald case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Herald_corruption_case> "National Herald corruption case") revolves around allegations of financial irregularities and misuse of funds related to the [National Herald](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Herald> "National Herald") newspaper. The case garnered attention when former [BJP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/BJP> "BJP") leader Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint accusing Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and five other Congress party leaders—[Motilal Vora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Motilal_Vora> "Motilal Vora"), [Oscar Fernandes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Oscar_Fernandes> "Oscar Fernandes"), Suman Dubey, and [Satyan Pitroda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sam_Pitroda> "Sam Pitroda")—of cheating and misappropriating funds associated with the National Herald. The allegations by then-BJP leader Subramanian Swamy centered on a loan given by the Congress party to "Associated Journals Limited" (AJL), the company that owned the National Herald newspaper.[[74]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NH_Standard-78>) Subramanian Swamy alleged that the loan, amounting to around ₹90 crore (equivalent to ₹202 crore or US$24 million in 2023), was not repaid. Instead, it was converted into equity, effectively transferring the ownership of AJL to a new company called "Young India Ltd" (YIL), in which Sonia Gandhi hold 76 per cent of the company's shares, and the remaining 24 per cent are held by Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes.[[74]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NH_Standard-78>) As per Swamy, YIL paid ₹54 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.2 crore or US$140,000 in 2023) to get back ₹90 crore that Associated AJL owed to the Congress party. He also alleged that the loan given to AJL was illegal, as it had been taken from party funds.[[74]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NH_Standard-78>)
The case went through various legal proceedings, including hearings in lower courts and the Delhi High Court. In December 2015, the [Delhi High Court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Delhi_High_Court> "Delhi High Court") dismissed the appeals of Sonia Gandhi and five others, ordering them to appear in person before the trial court.[[75]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Singh_2015-79>) In 2015, the [Supreme Court of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Supreme_Court_of_India> "Supreme Court of India") instructed Swamy to present arguments for expediting the trial in the high court. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were granted bail by the trial court on 19 December 2015. Subsequently, in 2016, the Supreme Court exempted all five accused individuals (including the Gandhis, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, and Suman Dubey) from personally attending court hearings, declining to dismiss the ongoing legal proceedings against them.[[74]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NH_Standard-78>) In December 2020, the Delhi court dismissed a petition filed by then-BJP leader [Subramanian Swamy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Subramanian_Swamy> "Subramanian Swamy") seeking to summon Rahul and Sonia Gandhi and others as accused in the case. The court held that there was no _prima facie_ evidence to suggest their involvement in any corruption conspiracy.[[76]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Benjamin_2022-80>) In 2014, the [Enforcement Directorate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Enforcement_Directorate> "Enforcement Directorate") (ED) initiated an investigation into Swamy's complaint to determine if there were any indications of [money laundering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Money_laundering> "Money laundering"). The investigation was closed due to technical reasons. Nonetheless, Swamy wrote to prime minister [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narendra_Modi> "Narendra Modi") expressing his suspicions about ED Director Ranjan Katoch. Subsequently, in 2015, Katoch was replaced, and the case was reopened. In December 2015, the [Patiala court](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Patiala_House_Courts_Complex> "Patiala House Courts Complex") granted bail to the five individuals accused in the case.[[77]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-NHC_Bail-81>) The Congress party objected to Swamy's complaint, calling it “[vindictive politics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Political_dissent> "Political dissent")”.[[78]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Herald-82>)
### Bharat Jodo Yatra
Main article: [Bharat Jodo Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Yatra")
[![Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Bharat_Jodo_Yatra.webp/250px-Bharat_Jodo_Yatra.webp.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Bharat_Jodo_Yatra.webp>)Gandhi during [Bharat Jodo Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Yatra")
The Bharat Jodo [Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Yatra> "Yatra"), which translates to "Unify India March," was a campaign organised by the Congress party spanning from 2022 to 2023 with the stated primary objective of promoting national unity and solidarity across the various regions of India. It aimed to mobilise support for the INC and its ideology, emphasising themes of patriotism, cultural heritage, and development.[[79]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Yatra_Aim2023-83>) Gandhi started the initiative on 7 September 2022 at [Kanyakumari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kanyakumari> "Kanyakumari") after paying tributes to his late father [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi"), [Swami Vivekananda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Swami_Vivekananda> "Swami Vivekananda"), and the Tamil poet [Thiruvalluvar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Thiruvalluvar> "Thiruvalluvar").[[80]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-BusinessLine_2022-84>) The yatra saw Gandhi along with INC leaders, including members of Parliament and notable personalities, travelling across the country, addressing rallies, conducting public meetings, and interacting with citizens. Throughout the yatra, Gandhi focused on issues such as [economic development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Economic_development> "Economic development"), [social justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Social_justice> "Social justice"), and inclusive governance, aiming to strengthen the party's grassroots presence and reinvigorate its political relevance on the national stage.[[81]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Phukan_2023-85>)
The yatra concluded on 29 January 2023 with the unfurling of the [tricolour flag](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Flag_of_India> "Flag of India") at [Lal Chowk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lal_Chowk> "Lal Chowk"), [Srinagar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Srinagar> "Srinagar");[[82]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Shekhar_2023-86>) it lasted 137 days, covering 4,080 kilometres (2,540 miles) over nearly five months across 12 states and two union territories. During the yatra, the INC elected a new [party president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2022_Indian_National_Congress_presidential_election> "2022 Indian National Congress presidential election") and also won a majority in the [2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2022_Himachal_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election> "2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election"), the first majority the party had won by itself since 2018. In the subsequent elections in Karnataka and Telangana in 2023, the Congress party achieved a landslide victory, marked by an increase in both the party's vote share and the number of seats compared to the previous elections in the constituencies through which the march had passed.[[83]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-mint_2023-87>)
#### Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra
Main article: [Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra")
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg/250px-%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE.jpg>)Attendees displaying banners at the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra gathering
From 14 January to 20 March 2024, Gandhi led a second yatra across India from east to west, the [Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Jodo_Nyay_Yatra> "Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra"); unlike the previous version, the Yatra was conducted in a hybrid mode.[[84]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-88>)
### Disqualification
Main article: [Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Disqualification_of_Rahul_Gandhi> "Disqualification of Rahul Gandhi")
On 13 April 2019, during a political rally in [Kolar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kolar,_Karnataka> "Kolar, Karnataka"), [Karnataka, India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Karnataka> "Karnataka") before the [17th general election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2019_Indian_general_election> "2019 Indian general election"), Gandhi made a remark in Hindi, questioning, "Why is it that all thieves, whether it be [Nirav Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nirav_Modi> "Nirav Modi"), [Lalit Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lalit_Modi> "Lalit Modi"), or [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narendra_Modi> "Narendra Modi"), have Modi in their names?".[[85]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-BBC_2023-89>) A speech comparing Narendra Modi with [Fugitive Economic Offenders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Fugitive_Economic_Offender> "Fugitive Economic Offender") such as [Nirav Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nirav_Modi> "Nirav Modi") and [Lalit Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lalit_Modi> "Lalit Modi"). A criminal defamation case was filed by [Purnesh Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Purnesh_Modi> "Purnesh Modi"), a [Bharatiya Janata Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party> "Bharatiya Janata Party") (BJP) MLA from [Surat West](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Surat_West_Assembly_constituency> "Surat West Assembly constituency"). He alleged that Gandhi had defamed all individuals with the surname Modi. On 16 July 2019, the Surat court excused Gandhi from appearing personally in court due to short notice. On 10 October, he pleaded not guilty in the Surat Court, recording his statements and responding to questions here on 24 June 2021, and again on 29 October. During these appearances, he clarified to the court that he did not intend to defame any community.[[86]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Scroll.in_2021_z827-90>)
On 23 March 2023, Gandhi was convicted and sentenced to two years' imprisonment under charges of defamation. The day following the conviction, [Utpal Kumar Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Utpal_Kumar_Singh> "Utpal Kumar Singh"), the Lok Sabha [secretary general](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Lok_Sabha> "Secretary General of the Lok Sabha"), announced that Rahul Gandhi would be disqualified as a member of parliament representing the [Wayanad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Wayanad_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency") constituency, effective from 23 March, the date of his conviction. The secretary general further said that this action was taken under Section 8 of the [Representation of the People Act, 1951](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Representation_of_the_People_Act,_1951> "Representation of the People Act, 1951") (RPA), which deals with the disqualification of convicted representatives in India.[[87]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-BusinessLine_disqualification-91>) Gandhi's lawyer [Abhishek Manu Singhvi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Abhishek_Manu_Singhvi> "Abhishek Manu Singhvi") appealed at the higher court and secured a one-month stay on the sentence.[[88]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-92>) On 5 August, the Supreme Court of India issued a stay on Gandhi's conviction and sentence, handed down by Chief Judicial Magistrate in Surat on 23 March 2023.[[89]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Supreme_Court_News_2023-93>)
The disqualification of Gandhi prompted widespread reactions and responses, from the Congress party as well as other opposition leaders and lawmakers abroad.[[90]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-BBC_2023-94>) Legal experts questioned the basis of the charge, as defamation is only actionable against individuals and not a generic class of people.[[3]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-:0-5>) The [US House of Representatives](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/US_House_of_Representatives> "US House of Representatives"), [Ro Khanna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ro_Khanna> "Ro Khanna"), [Democrat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Democratic_Party_\(United_States\)> "Democratic Party \(United States\)") co-chair of the India Caucus, described the removal of Gandhi from parliament as a "deep betrayal" of India's "deepest values".[[91]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-World_reaction-95>)[[92]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Khanna-96>) A spokesperson for [Germany's foreign ministry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Federal_Foreign_Office> "Federal Foreign Office") stated that [Berlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Berlin> "Berlin") had "acknowledged" the verdict and was monitoring the subsequent steps, including the possibility of an appeal and whether the "suspension of his mandate" was deemed justified.[[93]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-German_FM-97>) [US Senator](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/United_States_Senate> "United States Senate") [Chris Van Hollen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chris_Van_Hollen> "Chris Van Hollen") made a separate comment, stating that the news of the disqualification was "alarming".[[94]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-The_Tribune_India_2023_p349-98>)
### Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha (2024–present)
Following the 2024 general election, he was nominated as the leader of the opposition in [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha"), reinforcing his role as a prominent figure within the party and the opposition landscape. In his first year in the role, he made 16 speeches in the [18th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha> "18th Lok Sabha"), and pressured the government to conduct a nationwide [caste census](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Caste_census> "Caste census"); this was adopted by the government in April 2025, as announced by the [Union Railway Minister](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_\(India\)> "Ministry of Railways \(India\)") [Ashwini Vaishnaw](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw> "Ashwini Vaishnaw").[[95]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-99>) Gandhi welcomed the decision, calling it "the first step towards deep social reform".[[96]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-100>)
#### 2025 vote theft allegations
Main article: [2025 Mahadevapura Electoral Controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2025_Mahadevapura_Electoral_Controversy> "2025 Mahadevapura Electoral Controversy")
In August 2025, Gandhi alleged irregularities in voter rolls and polling processes, referring to the issue as “vote chori” (“vote theft”), during a press conference on 7 August.[[97]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-101>) He cited examples from constituencies including [Mahadevapura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mahadevapura_Assembly_constituency> "Mahadevapura Assembly constituency") in Karnataka and presented documents which he said showed duplicate and fraudulent voter entries. The Election Commission of India subsequently asked him to provide formal evidence supporting the claims or to withdraw them. Later in the month, Gandhi expanded the allegations to cover multiple parliamentary constituencies and took part in public demonstrations organised by the Indian National Congress on the issue.[[98]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-102>)
## Political positions
### National security
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Opposition_Leader_Rahul_Gandhi_in_New_Delhi_%2829071564020%29.jpg/250px-Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Opposition_Leader_Rahul_Gandhi_in_New_Delhi_%2829071564020%29.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Meets_With_Opposition_Leader_Rahul_Gandhi_in_New_Delhi_\(29071564020\).jpg>)[68th](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_secretaries_of_state_of_the_United_States> "List of secretaries of state of the United States") [United States Secretary of State](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_State> "United States Secretary of State") [John Kerry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/John_Kerry> "John Kerry") with Gandhi at the Roosevelt House in New Delhi.
In December 2010, during the [United States diplomatic cables leak](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak> "United States diplomatic cables leak"), [WikiLeaks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/WikiLeaks> "WikiLeaks") leaked a cable dated 3 August 2009 after Prime Minister [Manmohan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Manmohan_Singh> "Manmohan Singh") had hosted a lunch on 20 July 2009 for Gandhi, then the general secretary of the AICC. One of the guests who was invited for the lunch was the [United States ambassador to India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_India> "United States Ambassador to India"), [Timothy J. Roemer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Timothy_J._Roemer> "Timothy J. Roemer"). In a "candid conversation" with Roemer, he said that he believes [Hindu extremists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hindu_terrorism> "Hindu terrorism") pose a greater threat to his country than [Muslim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Muslim> "Muslim") militants. Gandhi referred specifically to more-polarising figures in the [Bharatiya Janata Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party> "Bharatiya Janata Party") (BJP). Also responding to the ambassador's query about the activities in the region by the [Islamist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Islam> "Islam") militant organisation [Lashkar-e-Taiba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lashkar-e-Taiba> "Lashkar-e-Taiba") (LeT), Gandhi said there was evidence of some support for the group among certain elements in India's indigenous [Muslim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Islam_in_India> "Islam in India") population.[[99]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-103>) In a response to this, the BJP heavily criticised Gandhi for his statements. BJP spokesperson [Ravi Shankar Prasad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad> "Ravi Shankar Prasad") slammed Gandhi, saying that his language was a bigger threat to India, dividing the people of the country on communal grounds. Speaking to reporters, Prasad said, "In one stroke Mr. Rahul Gandhi has sought to give a big leverage to the propaganda to all the extremist and terrorist groups in [Pakistan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pakistan> "Pakistan") and also some segments of the Pakistani establishment. It would also seriously compromise India's fight against terror as also our strategic security." Adding that terrorism has no religion, he claimed that Rahul Gandhi had shown his lack of understanding India.[[100]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-104>) Gandhi has also been critical of groups like the [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh> "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh") and has compared them to terrorist organisations like [SIMI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Students_Islamic_Movement_of_India> "Students Islamic Movement of India").[[101]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Isfanatical-105>)[[102]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-106>)
[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_Indian_National_Congress_Party%2C_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg/250px-%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_Indian_National_Congress_Party%2C_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%BC%CE%B5_%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%93%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C_%CE%93%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_Indian_National_Congress_Party,_Rahul_Gandhi.jpg>)Gandhi with Greek prime minister [George Papandreou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/George_Papandreou> "George Papandreou") in [Chanakyapuri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chanakyapuri> "Chanakyapuri"), New Delhi
After the [2013 Muzaffarnagar riots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2013_Muzaffarnagar_riots> "2013 Muzaffarnagar riots") at a [Madhya Pradesh election rally](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2013_Madhya_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly_election> "2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election") in Indore, Gandhi claimed that a police officer told him that Pakistan's military intelligence service, [ISI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Inter-Services_Intelligence> "Inter-Services Intelligence"), was trying to recruit disgruntled riot-affected youngsters.[[103]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-107>)[[104]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-108>) The district administration, Uttar Pradesh state government, Union Home Ministry, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Intelligence Bureau (IB) denied any such development.[[105]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-109>)[[106]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-110>) This remark drew heavy criticism from various political outfits such as BJP, SP, CPI and JD(U).[[107]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-111>) Congress's [Jairam Ramesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jairam_Ramesh> "Jairam Ramesh") said Gandhi needed to apologise to the Muslim community for this remark.[[108]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-112>) In reply to the [ECI's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Election_Commission_of_India> "Election Commission of India") show-cause notice to explain why action should not be initiated against him for violating the Model Code of Conduct, Gandhi said that he didn't intend to exploit communal sentiments but was referring to divisive politics.[[109]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-113>)
### Lokpal
Gandhi opines that the [Lokpal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lokpal> "Lokpal") should be made a [constitutional body](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Constitutional_body_\(India\)> "Constitutional body \(India\)") and it should be made accountable to the Parliament, just like the Election Commission of India. He opined that Lokpal alone cannot root out corruption, rather a strong political will is needed to remove corruption. This statement came out on 25 August 2011, on the 10th day of [Anna Hazare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anna_Hazare> "Anna Hazare")'s fast. Gandhi's statement was considered a delaying tactic by the opposition and [Team Anna](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Team_Anna> "Team Anna")'s members. It was consequently slammed by opposition leaders [Sushma Swaraj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sushma_Swaraj> "Sushma Swaraj") and [Arun Jaitley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Arun_Jaitley> "Arun Jaitley").[[110]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-114>) The Parliamentary Standing Committee led by Abhishek Manu Singhvi tabled the [Jan Lokpal Bill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jan_Lokpal_Bill> "Jan Lokpal Bill") report in the Rajya Sabha on 9 December 2011. The report recommended the Lokpal be made into a constitutional body. 
### Farmers and land agitation
[![Rahul Gandhi with Senior Congress leaders](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/A_delegation_of_leaders_from_Bundelkhand_region_led_by_Shri_Rahul_Gandhi_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28%2C_2009.jpg/250px-A_delegation_of_leaders_from_Bundelkhand_region_led_by_Shri_Rahul_Gandhi_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Dr._Manmohan_Singh%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28%2C_2009.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:A_delegation_of_leaders_from_Bundelkhand_region_led_by_Shri_Rahul_Gandhi_calling_on_the_Prime_Minister,_Dr._Manmohan_Singh,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28,_2009.jpg>) Former Prime Minister [Manmohan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Manmohan_Singh> "Manmohan Singh") sits next to Gandhi who leads a delegation of leaders from [Bundelkhand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bundelkhand> "Bundelkhand") region in New Delhi. 2009
On 19 April 2015, Gandhi addressed the farmer and worker's rally, named as _Kisan Khet Mazdoor_ Rally in [Ramlila Maidan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ramlila_Maidan> "Ramlila Maidan"). Here he made "references to his agitations in [Niyamgiri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Niyamgiri> "Niyamgiri") in [Orissa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Orissa,_India> "Orissa, India") and Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida in [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh")".[[111]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-KKM-115>) The rally was attended by 100,000 people. In the speech he gave, he criticised the Indian prime minister [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narendra_Modi> "Narendra Modi") about his comment in [Toronto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Toronto> "Toronto") where he said that he was "cleaning the mess created by previous governments".[[112]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-116>) He also said, "Do you know how Modi won the election?... He borrowed thousands of [crores](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Crore> "Crore") from industrialists for his several campaigns and advertisements. How will he pay them back? He will pay them back with your land. He will give your land to his industrialist friends."[[111]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-KKM-115>)
He razzed the government as a "suit-boot government", a reference to Modi's monogrammed suit which he wore in the [Republic Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Republic_Day_\(India\)> "Republic Day \(India\)") meeting with [Barack Obama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Barack_Obama> "Barack Obama"). Moreover, he used the "acche din government" jibe (which was Modi's election campaign slogan meaning "good days government") and mentioned that it had "failed the country".[[113]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-117>)
A land bill was introduced by the BJP government in the parliament in May which was criticised by the opposition parties.[[114]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-LB-118>) Accusing the government of "murdering" [UPA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance> "United Progressive Alliance")'s land bill,[[115]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-119>) Gandhi promised to prevent the bill from being passed, if not in the parliament then would "stop you [ [BJP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/BJP> "BJP") government] on streets". He further accused the government of diluting the bill and called it "anti-farmer".[[114]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-LB-118>) Gandhi also drew a parallel between "daylight robbery" and the bill.[[116]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-120>) On 26 May, the day of the Modi government's first anniversary, Gandhi commented at a rally in [Kozhikode](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kozhikode> "Kozhikode") "Unfortunately, birthday celebrations is only for a few powerful friends of the government. Kisan, farmers and mazdoor have nothing to celebrate."[[117]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-121>)
### Women's empowerment and LGBTQ rights
> "India will be truly successful only when women occupy equal space in our society. They must take their rightful place in politics and shape India's destiny." 
Gandhi's remarks on Women empowerment.[[118]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Quote-122>)
Gandhi has spoken publicly about the importance of [women's empowerment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Women%27s_rights> "Women's rights") and gender equality in India.[[119]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Gandhi2021-123>)[[120]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-124>) While inaugurating 'Utsaah', a Kerala [Mahila Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/All_India_Mahila_Congress> "All India Mahila Congress") convention in Kochi, Gandhi stated that the Congress party would actively promote women within its organizational structure and set a target to have 50 per cent of women as chief ministers within the next 10 years. Gandhi initiated the [Self-Help Groups](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Self-help_group_\(finance\)> "Self-help group \(finance\)") among the women in the villages of [Amethi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Amethi> "Amethi").[[121]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-SHG-125>) The primary focus of this scheme was to bring women together and empower them with information and decision making capabilities.[[122]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Sharda_2018-126>) He has called for increased representation of women in politics and for the eradication of gender-based violence.[[123]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Gender2021-127>)[[124]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-128>)[[125]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-129>) Under the [second Manmohan Singh ministry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry> "Second Manmohan Singh ministry"), a [Women's Reservation Bill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Women%27s_Reservation_Bill> "Women's Reservation Bill") to require that a third of Lok Sabha and state legislative assembly seats be reserved for women was introduced in the [Rajya Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajya_Sabha> "Rajya Sabha"). Gandhi backed the bill, stating, "Women do not need any protection. If you give them their rights, they can protect themselves".[[126]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Women2014-130>) This bill passed the Rajya Sabha on 9 March 2010, it never received a vote in the Lok Sabha and eventually lapsed due to its pending status.[[127]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Al_Jazeera_Bill-131>)[[128]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-132>)[[129]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-133>)[[130]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-134>) In 2019, while addressing students in [Chennai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chennai> "Chennai"), Gandhi again called for 33 per cent reservation of all parliamentary [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") and state legislative assembly seats for women, as well as government jobs.[[131]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-135>)
On 6 September 2018, the Supreme Court of India revoked [Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Section_377_of_the_Indian_Penal_Code> "Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code"), an act which criminalised homosexual sex between adults. Gandhi supported this move, stating that he believed that issues related to personal freedom should be left to the individual.[[132]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-136>) He opined that it's essential to uphold the constitutional guarantee of life and liberty to all citizens of India.[[133]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-The_Indian_Express_377-137>) Under Gandhi's leadership, the Congress appointed a transgender woman as national general secretary in the [women’s wing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/All_India_Mahila_Congress> "All India Mahila Congress")—seen as a step toward mainstreaming transgender individuals.[[134]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Apsara_Reddy-138>)
### Climate and energy
Gandhi advocates the transition to renewable energy sources and has called for increased investment in solar, wind, and other sustainable energy technologies.[[135]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Energy-139>) He has been very concerned about the [environmental degradation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Environmental_degradation> "Environmental degradation") of the world and has said that unless environmental problems are made a political issue, they will not get the attention they deserve.[[136]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-140>)[[137]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-141>)
Gandhi criticised the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) 2020 draft by calling it "dangerous" and said that its long term consequences will be harmful. Calling it a disaster, he said that it will silence the communities who will be directly impacted by environmental degradation.[[138]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-142>)[[139]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-143>)
### Economy
[![Gandhi at Stanford University](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Rahul_Gandhi_at_Stanford_University.jpg/250px-Rahul_Gandhi_at_Stanford_University.jpg)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/File:Rahul_Gandhi_at_Stanford_University.jpg>)Gandhi at [Stanford University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Stanford_University> "Stanford University") in May 2023, delivers address on India's democracy, United States relationship
Gandhi while addressing All India Congress Committee (AICC) in [Jaipur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jaipur> "Jaipur"), called for an end to [red tape](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Red_tape> "Red tape") and outdated laws that slow job creation.[[140]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Reuters2013-144>) Gandhi views the economic policies of [Modi Government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Premiership_of_Narendra_Modi> "Premiership of Narendra Modi") as fundamentally to benefit the 2-3 billionaires and has described them as [crony capitalists](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Crony_capitalism> "Crony capitalism").[[141]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Ghildiyal_2023-145>) Calling the "crony capitalists" as best friends of Modi, he has been critical of the privatisation of government assets.[[142]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Standard_2020-146>)[[143]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-147>) He is of the view that [RSS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh> "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh") and crony capitalists are colluding to control India.[[144]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Sagar_Kulkarni_2021-148>) He has been specifically harsh on Indian billionaire [Gautam Adani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Gautam_Adani> "Gautam Adani"), to whom he said the Modi Government has been very favourable.[[145]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Scroll_2023-149>)[[146]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-150>)[[147]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-151>) He sees the rise of Adani as a direct consequence of crony capitalism.[[148]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-152>)[[149]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-153>) He said that he is not anti-business and supports fairness.[[150]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-154>) Disagreeing with privatisation of [PSUs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Public_sector_undertakings_in_India> "Public sector undertakings in India"), he said that Congress will not allow the privatisation if it comes to power.[[151]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-155>)[[152]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-156>)[[153]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-157>) Citing the report on inequality by [Oxfam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Oxfam> "Oxfam"), he said that rising economic inequality is the result of Modi Government's economic policies.[[154]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-158>)[[155]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-159>)[[156]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-160>)
#### Demonetisation
Gandhi has been very critical of the [Modi government](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Premiership_of_Narendra_Modi> "Premiership of Narendra Modi")'s [demonetisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2016_Indian_banknote_demonetisation> "2016 Indian banknote demonetisation") of [₹500](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_500-rupee_note> "Indian 500-rupee note") and [₹1,000](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_1000-rupee_note> "Indian 1000-rupee note") banknotes of the [Mahatma Gandhi Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi_Series> "Mahatma Gandhi Series").[[157]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-161>) He has called it a "tragedy" and a "disaster" that has negatively impacted the Indian economy and the lives of ordinary citizens. Gandhi has also accused the government of carrying out the policy without adequate planning and causing immense hardship to the poor and vulnerable sections of society. He said that demonetisation is a fundamental failure of policy design[[158]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-162>) and has alleged that it was a deliberate move by "PayPM" to help 2-3 billionaires to monopolise the economy. Terming demonetisation as the country's “biggest scam”,[[159]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-163>)
During his public speeches and political rallies, Gandhi has consistently criticised the demonetisation move, claiming that it failed to achieve its intended objectives of combating black money and curbing corruption.[[160]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Standard_2022-164>) He has also argued that the policy was implemented without proper consultation with experts or the [opposition parties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_\(India\)> "Leader of the Opposition \(India\)"). Gandhi further asserted that, demonetisation caused significant disruption to farmers, and rendered millions jobless in small and medium-sized businesses, and workers in the informal sector.[[161]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-165>)[[162]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-166>)
## Electoral history
Main article: [Electoral history of Rahul Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Electoral_history_of_Rahul_Gandhi> "Electoral history of Rahul Gandhi")
Year  | Constituency  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Opponent  | Result  | Margin   
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---  
[2004](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2004_Indian_general_election> "2004 Indian general election") | [Amethi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Amethi_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Amethi Lok Sabha constituency") | [INC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress") | 390,179  | 66.18%  | [BSP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party> "Bahujan Samaj Party") | Chandra Parkash Mishra  | Won  | 290,853   
[2009](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2009_Indian_general_election> "2009 Indian general election") | 464,195  | 71.78%  | [BSP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party> "Bahujan Samaj Party") | Asheesh Shukla  | Won  | 370,198   
[2014](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2014_Indian_general_election> "2014 Indian general election") | 408,651  | 46.71%  | [BJP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party> "Bharatiya Janata Party") | [Smriti Irani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Smriti_Irani> "Smriti Irani") | Won  | 107,903   
[2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2019_Indian_general_election> "2019 Indian general election") | 413,394  | 43.86%  | [BJP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party> "Bharatiya Janata Party") | [Smriti Irani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Smriti_Irani> "Smriti Irani") | Lost  | 55,120   
[Wayanad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Wayanad_\(Lok_Sabha_constituency\)> "Wayanad \(Lok Sabha constituency\)") | 706,367  | 64.67%  | [CPI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Communist_Party_of_India> "Communist Party of India") | [P. P. Suneer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._P._Suneer> "P. P. Suneer") | Won  | 431,770   
[2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2024_Indian_general_election> "2024 Indian general election") | 647,445  | 59.69%  | [CPI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Communist_Party_of_India> "Communist Party of India") | [Annie Raja](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Annie_Raja> "Annie Raja") | Won  | 364,422   
[Rae Bareli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rae_Bareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency") | 687,649  | 66.17%  | [BJP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party> "Bharatiya Janata Party") | [Dinesh Pratap Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dinesh_Pratap_Singh> "Dinesh Pratap Singh") | Won  | 390,030   
## Positions held
### Public offices
In 2004, the Gandhi was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha and served as a member of the [Standing Committee on Home Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Standing_Committee_on_Home_Affairs> "Standing Committee on Home Affairs") from 2004 to 2006, as well as a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development from 2006 to 2009.[[163]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Positions-167>) In 2009, they were re-elected to the 15th Lok Sabha for a second term and served as a member of the Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, along with being a member of the Consultative Committee on Rural Development.[[164]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Telegraph_India_HRD-168>)[[165]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-FSI_2023-169>)
In 2014, Gandhi was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha for a third term and served as a member of the [Standing Committee on External Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Committee_on_External_Affairs> "Committee on External Affairs"), as well as a member of the Consultative Committee on Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs.[[163]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Positions-167>) In 2019, he was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha for a fourth term and served as a member of the [Standing Committee on Defence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Standing_Committee_on_Defence_\(India\)> "Standing Committee on Defence \(India\)"), as well as a member of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs.[[166]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-Consultative-170>)
In 2024, Gandhi was elected to the 18th Lok Sabha for a fifth term and serves as the 12th [Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha"), as well as a member of the Standing Committee on [Defence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_\(India\)> "Ministry of Defence \(India\)"). 
Year  | Description   
---|---  
2004  | Elected to [14th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha> "14th Lok Sabha")
  * Member, Standing Committee on [Home Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_\(India\)> "Ministry of Home Affairs \(India\)") (2004–06)
  * Member, Standing Committee on [Human Resource Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development> "Ministry of Human Resource Development") (2006–09)

  
2009  | Elected to [15th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha> "15th Lok Sabha") (2nd term) 
  * Member, Standing Committee on [Human Resource Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development> "Ministry of Human Resource Development")
  * Member, Consultative Committee on [Rural Development](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_\(India\)> "Ministry of Rural Development \(India\)")

  
2014  | Elected to [16th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha> "16th Lok Sabha") (3rd term) 
  * Member, Standing Committee on [External Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_\(India\)> "Ministry of External Affairs \(India\)")
  * Member, Consultative Committee on [Ministry of Finance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_\(India\)> "Ministry of Finance \(India\)") and [Corporate Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs> "Ministry of Corporate Affairs")

  
2019  | Elected to [17th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha> "17th Lok Sabha") (4th term) 
  * Member, Standing Committee on [Defence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_\(India\)> "Ministry of Defence \(India\)")
  * Member, Consultative Committee, [Ministry of External Affairs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_\(India\)> "Ministry of External Affairs \(India\)")

  
2024  | Elected to [18th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha> "18th Lok Sabha") (5th term) 
  * 12th [Leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha")
  * Member, Standing Committee on [Defence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_\(India\)> "Ministry of Defence \(India\)")

  
### Within party
Between 2008 and 2013, Gandhi assumed the role of general secretary within the Indian National Congress (INC).[[167]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-General_Secretary-171>) Since 2007, Gandhi has served as the General Secretary of both the Indian Youth Congress and the [National Students' Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students%27_Union_of_India> "National Students' Union of India") (NSUI), positions he established and of which he currently holds of Indian Youth Congress.[[168]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-IYC_Chairperson-172>) His tenure as vice-president of the INC, established in 2013, lasted until 2016, after which the position was abolished.[[169]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-VP_INC-173>) Subsequently, from 2017 to 2019, Gandhi served as the [president of the INC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Indian_National_Congress> "List of presidents of the Indian National Congress"), succeeding [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi").[[170]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-President_INC-174>)
Year  | Position  | Preceded by  | Succeeded by   
---|---|---|---  
2008–2013  | General secretary of [INC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress") | N/A[[e]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-175>) | N/A[[f]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-176>)  
2007–Incumbent  | General Secretary of [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress") | Position established  | Incumbent   
2007–2022  | General Secretary of [NSUI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students%E2%80%99_Union_of_India> "National Students’ Union of India") | Position established  | [Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")  
2013–2016  | Vice president of INC  | [Jitendra Prasada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jitendra_Prasada> "Jitendra Prasada") | Position abolished   
2017–2019  | President of INC  | [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi") | [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi") (_interim_)[Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")  
## See also
  * [Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance> "Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance") – Indian big tent political coalition led by the INC
  * [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress") – Youth wing of the Indian National Congress
  * [List of presidents of the Indian National Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Indian_National_Congress> "List of presidents of the Indian National Congress") – Chief executives of the INC
  * [National Students' Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students%27_Union_of_India> "National Students' Union of India") – Indian National Congress student wing


## Notes
  1. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_ref-1> "Jump up")** This position was vacant from 26 May 2014 to 9 June 2024.
  2. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_ref-2> "Jump up")** Succeeded [Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury> "Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury") as Leader of INC in LS.
  3. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_ref-12> "Jump up")** Top leadership of [Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Congress> "Indian National Congress") decided that Gandhi will retain [Rae Bareli](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rae_Bareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency") in the [18th Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha> "18th Lok Sabha") and [Priyanka Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priyanka_Gandhi> "Priyanka Gandhi") was announced as the Congress candidate for [Wayanad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Wayanad_Lok_Sabha_constituency> "Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency") bypoll.
  4. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_ref-15> "Jump up")** Rahul Gandhi was selected as [Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_in_Lok_Sabha> "Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha") by [Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance> "Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance") on 25 June.[[10]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-13>) But Lok Sabha Speaker recognised him as Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha effective since 9 June.[[11]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_note-14>)
  5. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_ref-175> "Jump up")** Multi-members position typically appointed by the party president
  6. **[^](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<#cite_ref-176> "Jump up")** Multi-members position typically appointed by the party president


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## Further reading
  * [Sardesai, Rajdeep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajdeep_Sardesai> "Rajdeep Sardesai") (2014). [_2014: The Election that Changed India_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2014:_The_Election_that_Changed_India> "2014: The Election that Changed India"). Penguin Books India. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\)> "ISBN \(identifier\)") [9780143424987](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Special:BookSources/9780143424987> "Special:BookSources/9780143424987"). [OCLC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/OCLC_\(identifier\)> "OCLC \(identifier\)") [921981462](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/search.worldcat.org/oclc/921981462>).


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  * Andaman and Nicobar TCC
  * [Chandigarh TCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chandigarh_Territorial_Congress_Committee> "Chandigarh Territorial Congress Committee")
  * Dadra and Nagar Haveli Diu and Daman and Diu TCC
  * [Delhi PCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Delhi_Pradesh_Congress_Committee> "Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee")
  * [Jammu and Kashmir PCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Pradesh_Congress_Committee> "Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee")
  * Ladakh TCC
  * Lakshadweep TCC
  * [Puducherry PCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Puducherry_Pradesh_Congress_Committee> "Puducherry Pradesh Congress Committee")

  
Regions| 
  * [Mumbai RCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mumbai_Regional_Congress_Committee> "Mumbai Regional Congress Committee")

  
[Presidents](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_Indian_National_Congress> "List of presidents of the Indian National Congress")| 
  * [Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Womesh_Chunder_Bonnerjee> "Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee")
  * [Dadabhai Naoroji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dadabhai_Naoroji> "Dadabhai Naoroji")
  * [Badruddin Tyabji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Badruddin_Tyabji> "Badruddin Tyabji")
  * [George Yule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/George_Yule_\(businessman\)> "George Yule \(businessman\)")
  * [William Wedderburn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/William_Wedderburn> "William Wedderburn")
  * [Pherozeshah Mehta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pherozeshah_Mehta> "Pherozeshah Mehta")
  * [Anandacharlu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anandacharlu> "Anandacharlu")
  * [Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Womesh_Chunder_Bonnerjee> "Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee")
  * [Dadabhai Naoroji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dadabhai_Naoroji> "Dadabhai Naoroji")
  * [Alfred Webb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Alfred_Webb> "Alfred Webb")
  * [Surendranath Banerjee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Surendranath_Banerjee> "Surendranath Banerjee")
  * [Rahimtulla M. Sayani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rahimtulla_M._Sayani> "Rahimtulla M. Sayani")
  * [C. Sankaran Nair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/C._Sankaran_Nair> "C. Sankaran Nair")
  * [Anandamohan Bose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anandamohan_Bose> "Anandamohan Bose")
  * [Romesh Chunder Dutt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Romesh_Chunder_Dutt> "Romesh Chunder Dutt")
  * [N. G. Chandavarkar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/N._G._Chandavarkar> "N. G. Chandavarkar")
  * [Dinshaw Edulji Wacha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dinshaw_Edulji_Wacha> "Dinshaw Edulji Wacha")
  * [Surendranath Banerjee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Surendranath_Banerjee> "Surendranath Banerjee")
  * [Lalmohan Ghosh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lalmohan_Ghosh> "Lalmohan Ghosh")
  * [Henry Cotton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Henry_Cotton_\(civil_servant\)> "Henry Cotton \(civil servant\)")
  * [Gopal Krishna Gokhale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Gopal_Krishna_Gokhale> "Gopal Krishna Gokhale")
  * [Dadabhai Naoroji](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dadabhai_Naoroji> "Dadabhai Naoroji")
  * [Rash Behari Ghosh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rash_Behari_Ghosh> "Rash Behari Ghosh")
  * [Madan Mohan Malaviya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Madan_Mohan_Malaviya> "Madan Mohan Malaviya")
  * [William Wedderburn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/William_Wedderburn> "William Wedderburn")
  * [Bishan Narayan Dar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bishan_Narayan_Dar> "Bishan Narayan Dar")
  * [Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Raghunath_Narasinha_Mudholkar> "Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar")
  * [Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nawab_Syed_Muhammad_Bahadur> "Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur")
  * [Bhupendra Nath Bose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhupendra_Nath_Bose> "Bhupendra Nath Bose")
  * [Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Satyendra_Prasanna_Sinha,_1st_Baron_Sinha> "Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha")
  * [Ambica Charan Mazumdar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ambica_Charan_Mazumdar> "Ambica Charan Mazumdar")
  * [Annie Besant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Annie_Besant> "Annie Besant")
  * [Madan Mohan Malaviya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Madan_Mohan_Malaviya> "Madan Mohan Malaviya")
  * [Syed Hasan Imam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Syed_Hasan_Imam> "Syed Hasan Imam")
  * [Motilal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Motilal_Nehru> "Motilal Nehru")
  * [Lala Lajpat Rai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lala_Lajpat_Rai> "Lala Lajpat Rai")
  * [C. Vijayaraghavachariar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/C._Vijayaraghavachariar> "C. Vijayaraghavachariar")
  * [Hakim Ajmal Khan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hakim_Ajmal_Khan> "Hakim Ajmal Khan")
  * [Chittaranjan Das](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chittaranjan_Das> "Chittaranjan Das")
  * [Mohammad Ali Jauhar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Jauhar> "Mohammad Ali Jauhar")
  * [Abul Kalam Azad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Abul_Kalam_Azad> "Abul Kalam Azad")
  * [Mahatma Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi> "Mahatma Gandhi")
  * [Sarojini Naidu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sarojini_Naidu> "Sarojini Naidu")
  * [S. Srinivasa Iyengar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/S._Srinivasa_Iyengar> "S. Srinivasa Iyengar")
  * [Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mukhtar_Ahmed_Ansari> "Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari")
  * [Motilal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Motilal_Nehru> "Motilal Nehru")
  * [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru> "Jawaharlal Nehru")
  * [Vallabhbhai Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel> "Vallabhbhai Patel")
  * [Madan Mohan Malaviya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Madan_Mohan_Malaviya> "Madan Mohan Malaviya")
  * [Nellie Sengupta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Nellie_Sengupta> "Nellie Sengupta")
  * [Rajendra Prasad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajendra_Prasad> "Rajendra Prasad")
  * [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru> "Jawaharlal Nehru")
  * [Subhas Chandra Bose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Subhas_Chandra_Bose> "Subhas Chandra Bose")
  * [Abul Kalam Azad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Abul_Kalam_Azad> "Abul Kalam Azad")
  * [J. B. Kripalani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/J._B._Kripalani> "J. B. Kripalani")
  * [Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhogaraju_Pattabhi_Sitaramayya> "Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya")
  * [Purushottam Das Tandon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Purushottam_Das_Tandon> "Purushottam Das Tandon")
  * [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru> "Jawaharlal Nehru")
  * [U. N. Dhebar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/U._N._Dhebar> "U. N. Dhebar")
  * [Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indira_Gandhi> "Indira Gandhi")
  * [Neelam Sanjiva Reddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy> "Neelam Sanjiva Reddy")
  * [K. Kamaraj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/K._Kamaraj> "K. Kamaraj")
  * [S. Nijalingappa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/S._Nijalingappa> "S. Nijalingappa")
  * [Jagjivan Ram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jagjivan_Ram> "Jagjivan Ram")
  * [Shankar Dayal Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma> "Shankar Dayal Sharma")
  * [D. K. Barooah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/D._K._Barooah> "D. K. Barooah")
  * [Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indira_Gandhi> "Indira Gandhi")
  * [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi")
  * [P. V. Narasimha Rao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao> "P. V. Narasimha Rao")
  * [Sitaram Kesri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sitaram_Kesri> "Sitaram Kesri")
  * [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")
  * Rahul Gandhi
  * [Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")

  
Presidential elections| 
  * [2022](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2022_Indian_National_Congress_leadership_election> "2022 Indian National Congress leadership election")

  
National vice presidents| 
  * [Kamalapati Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kamalapati_Tripathi> "Kamalapati Tripathi")
  * [Arjun Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Arjun_Singh_\(Congress_politician\)> "Arjun Singh \(Congress politician\)")
  * [Jitendra Prasada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jitendra_Prasada> "Jitendra Prasada")
  * Rahul Gandhi

  
[Prime ministers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India> "List of prime ministers of India")| 
  * [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru> "Jawaharlal Nehru")
  * [Lal Bahadur Shastri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri> "Lal Bahadur Shastri")
  * [Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indira_Gandhi> "Indira Gandhi")
  * [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi")
  * [P. V. Narasimha Rao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao> "P. V. Narasimha Rao")
  * [Manmohan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Manmohan_Singh> "Manmohan Singh")

  
[Deputy prime ministers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India> "Deputy Prime Minister of India")| 
  * [Vallabhbhai Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vallabhbhai_Patel> "Vallabhbhai Patel")
  * [Morarji Desai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Morarji_Desai> "Morarji Desai")

  
Leaders| | Lok Sabha| 
  * [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru> "Jawaharlal Nehru")
  * [Gulzarilal Nanda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda> "Gulzarilal Nanda")
  * [Lal Bahadur Shastri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri> "Lal Bahadur Shastri")
  * [Satya Narayan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Satya_Narayan_Sinha> "Satya Narayan Sinha")
  * [Indira Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indira_Gandhi> "Indira Gandhi")
  * [Yashwantrao Chavan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan> "Yashwantrao Chavan")
  * [Chembakassery Mathai Stephen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/C._M._Stephen> "C. M. Stephen")
  * [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi")
  * [Arjun Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Arjun_Singh_\(Madhya_Pradesh_politician\)> "Arjun Singh \(Madhya Pradesh politician\)")
  * [P. V. Narasimha Rao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao> "P. V. Narasimha Rao")
  * [Sharad Pawar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sharad_Pawar> "Sharad Pawar")
  * [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")
  * [Pranab Mukherjee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee> "Pranab Mukherjee")
  * [Sushilkumar Shinde](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sushilkumar_Shinde> "Sushilkumar Shinde")
  * [Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")
  * [Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury> "Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury")
  * [Ravneet Singh Bittu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu> "Ravneet Singh Bittu")
  * Rahul Gandhi

  
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Rajya Sabha| 
  * [N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/N._Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar> "N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar")
  * [Charu Chandra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Charu_Chandra_Biswas> "Charu Chandra Biswas")
  * [Lal Bahadur Shastri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri> "Lal Bahadur Shastri")
  * [Govind Ballabh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Govind_Ballabh_Pant> "Govind Ballabh Pant")
  * [Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim> "Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim")
  * [Yashwantrao Chavan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan> "Yashwantrao Chavan")
  * [Jaisukhlal Hathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jaisukhlal_Hathi> "Jaisukhlal Hathi")
  * [M. C. Chagla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/M._C._Chagla> "M. C. Chagla")
  * [Jaisukhlal Hathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jaisukhlal_Hathi> "Jaisukhlal Hathi")
  * [Kodardas Kalidas Shah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah> "Kodardas Kalidas Shah")
  * [Uma Shankar Dikshit](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uma_Shankar_Dikshit> "Uma Shankar Dikshit")
  * [Kamalapati Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kamalapati_Tripathi> "Kamalapati Tripathi")
  * [Pranab Mukherjee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee> "Pranab Mukherjee")
  * [V.P. Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vishwanath_Pratap_Singh> "Vishwanath Pratap Singh")
  * [Narayan Dutt Tiwari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narayan_Dutt_Tiwari> "Narayan Dutt Tiwari")
  * [P. Shiv Shankar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._Shiv_Shankar> "P. Shiv Shankar")
  * [Shankarrao Chavan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Shankarrao_Chavan> "Shankarrao Chavan")
  * [Motilal Vora](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Motilal_Vora> "Motilal Vora")
  * [Ahmed Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ahmed_Patel> "Ahmed Patel")
  * [Anand Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anand_Sharma> "Anand Sharma")
  * [Jairam Ramesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jairam_Ramesh> "Jairam Ramesh")
  * [A. K. Antony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/A._K._Antony> "A. K. Antony")
  * [Digvijaya Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Digvijaya_Singh> "Digvijaya Singh")
  * [P. Chidambaram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._Chidambaram> "P. Chidambaram")
  * [Abhishek Singhvi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Abhishek_Singhvi> "Abhishek Singhvi")
  * [Rajeev Shukla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajeev_Shukla> "Rajeev Shukla")
  * [Manmohan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Manmohan_Singh> "Manmohan Singh")
  * [Ghulam Nabi Azad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad> "Ghulam Nabi Azad")
  * [Mallikarjun Kharge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge> "Mallikarjun Kharge")

  
Frontal wings| 
  * [All India Mahila Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/All_India_Mahila_Congress> "All India Mahila Congress")
  * [All India Professionals Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/All_India_Professionals_Congress> "All India Professionals Congress")
  * [Indian National Trade Union Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_National_Trade_Union_Congress> "Indian National Trade Union Congress")
  * [Indian Youth Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Indian_Youth_Congress> "Indian Youth Congress")
  * [Kisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kisan_and_Khet_Mazdoor_Congress> "Kisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress")
  * [National Students' Union of India](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/National_Students%27_Union_of_India> "National Students' Union of India")
  * [Seva Dal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Seva_Dal> "Seva Dal")

  
[Chief ministers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Indian_National_Congress> "List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress")| | [Current](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_current_Indian_chief_ministers> "List of current Indian chief ministers")| 
  * [Siddaramaiah](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Siddaramaiah> "Siddaramaiah")
  * [Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sukhvinder_Singh_Sukhu> "Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu")
  * [Revanth Reddy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Revanth_Reddy> "Revanth Reddy")

  
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Deputy chief ministers| | [Current](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_current_Indian_deputy_chief_ministers> "List of current Indian deputy chief ministers")| 
  * [Mukesh Agnihotri](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mukesh_Agnihotri> "Mukesh Agnihotri")
  * [D. K. Shivakumar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/D._K._Shivakumar> "D. K. Shivakumar")
  * [Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mallu_Bhatti_Vikramarka> "Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka")

  
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  * [Ram Subhag Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh> "Ram Subhag Singh")
  * [Yashwantrao Chavan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Yashwantrao_Chavan> "Yashwantrao Chavan")
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  * [Rajiv Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi> "Rajiv Gandhi")
  * [Lal Krishna Advani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lal_Krishna_Advani> "Lal Krishna Advani")
  * [Atal Bihari Vajpayee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee> "Atal Bihari Vajpayee")
  * [P. V. Narasimha Rao](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao> "P. V. Narasimha Rao")
  * [Sharadchandra Pawar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sharadchandra_Pawar> "Sharadchandra Pawar")
  * [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")
  * [Sushma Swaraj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sushma_Swaraj> "Sushma Swaraj")
  * Rahul Gandhi

  
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[GE 2024](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2024_Indian_general_election> "2024 Indian general election")| 
  1. [Imran Masood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Imran_Masood> "Imran Masood")
  2. [Iqra Choudhary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Iqra_Choudhary> "Iqra Choudhary")
  3. [Harendra Singh Malik](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harendra_Singh_Malik> "Harendra Singh Malik")
  4. [Chandan Chauhan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chandan_Chauhan> "Chandan Chauhan")
  5. [Chandrashekhar Azad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chandrashekhar_Azad_\(politician\)> "Chandrashekhar Azad \(politician\)")
  6. [Ruchi Veera](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ruchi_Veera> "Ruchi Veera")
  7. [Mohibbullah Nadvi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mohibbullah_Nadvi> "Mohibbullah Nadvi")
  8. [Zia ur Rahman Barq](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Zia_ur_Rahman_Barq> "Zia ur Rahman Barq")
  9. [Kanwar Singh Tanwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kanwar_Singh_Tanwar> "Kanwar Singh Tanwar")
  10. [Arun Govil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Arun_Govil> "Arun Govil")
  11. [Rajkumar Sangwan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajkumar_Sangwan> "Rajkumar Sangwan")
  12. [Atul Garg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Atul_Garg> "Atul Garg")
  13. [Mahesh Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mahesh_Sharma> "Mahesh Sharma")
  14. [Bhola Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhola_Singh> "Bhola Singh")
  15. [Satish Kumar Gautam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Satish_Kumar_Gautam> "Satish Kumar Gautam")
  16. [Anoop Pradhan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anoop_Pradhan> "Anoop Pradhan")
  17. [Hema Malini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hema_Malini> "Hema Malini")
  18. [S. P. Singh Baghel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/S._P._Singh_Baghel> "S. P. Singh Baghel")
  19. [Rajkumar Chahar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajkumar_Chahar> "Rajkumar Chahar")
  20. [Akshay Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Akshay_Yadav> "Akshay Yadav")
  21. [Dimple Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dimple_Yadav> "Dimple Yadav")
  22. [Devesh Shakya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Devesh_Shakya> "Devesh Shakya")
  23. [Aditya Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Aditya_Yadav> "Aditya Yadav")
  24. [Neeraj Kushwaha Maurya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Neeraj_Kushwaha_Maurya> "Neeraj Kushwaha Maurya")
  25. [Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chhatrapal_Singh_Gangwar> "Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar")
  26. [Jitin Prasada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jitin_Prasada> "Jitin Prasada")
  27. [Arun Kumar Sagar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Arun_Kumar_Sagar> "Arun Kumar Sagar")
  28. [Utkarsh Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Utkarsh_Verma> "Utkarsh Verma")
  29. [Anand Bhadauriya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anand_Bhadauriya> "Anand Bhadauriya")
  30. [Rakesh Rathore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rakesh_Rathore> "Rakesh Rathore")
  31. [Jai Prakash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jai_Prakash> "Jai Prakash")
  32. [Ashok Kumar Rawat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Rawat> "Ashok Kumar Rawat")
  33. [Sakshi Maharaj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sakshi_Maharaj> "Sakshi Maharaj")
  34. [R. K. Chaudhary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/R._K._Chaudhary> "R. K. Chaudhary")
  35. [Rajnath Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajnath_Singh> "Rajnath Singh")
  36. Rahul Gandhi
  37. [Kishori Lal Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kishori_Lal_Sharma> "Kishori Lal Sharma")
  38. [Rambhual Nishad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rambhual_Nishad> "Rambhual Nishad")
  39. [S. P. Singh Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/S._P._Singh_Patel> "S. P. Singh Patel")
  40. [Mukesh Rajput](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mukesh_Rajput> "Mukesh Rajput")
  41. [Jitendra Kumar Dohare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jitendra_Kumar_Dohare> "Jitendra Kumar Dohare")
  42. [Akhilesh Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Akhilesh_Yadav> "Akhilesh Yadav")
  43. [Ramesh Awasthi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ramesh_Awasthi> "Ramesh Awasthi")
  44. [Devendra Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Devendra_Singh_\(politician\)> "Devendra Singh \(politician\)")
  45. [Narayan Das Ahirwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narayan_Das_Ahirwar> "Narayan Das Ahirwar")
  46. [Anurag Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anurag_Sharma_\(politician\)> "Anurag Sharma \(politician\)")
  47. [Ajendra Singh Lodhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ajendra_Singh_Lodhi> "Ajendra Singh Lodhi")
  48. [Krishna Devi Shivshanker Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Krishna_Devi_Shivshanker_Patel> "Krishna Devi Shivshanker Patel")
  49. [Naresh Uttam Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Naresh_Uttam_Patel> "Naresh Uttam Patel")
  50. [Pushpendra Saroj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pushpendra_Saroj> "Pushpendra Saroj")
  51. [Praveen Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Praveen_Patel> "Praveen Patel")
  52. [Ujjwal Raman Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ujjwal_Raman_Singh> "Ujjwal Raman Singh")
  53. [Tanuj Punia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Tanuj_Punia> "Tanuj Punia")
  54. [Awadhesh Prasad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Awadhesh_Prasad> "Awadhesh Prasad")
  55. [Lalji Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lalji_Verma> "Lalji Verma")
  56. [Anand Kumar Gond](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anand_Kumar_Gond> "Anand Kumar Gond")
  57. [Karan Bhushan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Karan_Bhushan_Singh> "Karan Bhushan Singh")
  58. [Ram Shiromani Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ram_Shiromani_Verma> "Ram Shiromani Verma")
  59. [Kirti Vardhan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kirti_Vardhan_Singh> "Kirti Vardhan Singh")
  60. [Jagdambika Pal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jagdambika_Pal> "Jagdambika Pal")
  61. [Ram Prasad Chaudhary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ram_Prasad_Chaudhary> "Ram Prasad Chaudhary")
  62. [Laxmikant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Laxmikant> "Laxmikant")
  63. [Pankaj Chaudhary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pankaj_Chaudhary> "Pankaj Chaudhary")
  64. [Ravi Kishan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ravi_Kishan> "Ravi Kishan")
  65. [Vijay Kumar Dubey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vijay_Kumar_Dubey> "Vijay Kumar Dubey")
  66. [Shashank Mani](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Shashank_Mani> "Shashank Mani")
  67. [Kamlesh Paswan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kamlesh_Paswan> "Kamlesh Paswan")
  68. [Daroga Saroj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Daroga_Saroj> "Daroga Saroj")
  69. [Dharmendra Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dharmendra_Yadav> "Dharmendra Yadav")
  70. [Rajiv Rai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajiv_Rai> "Rajiv Rai")
  71. [Ramashankar Rajbhar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ramashankar_Rajbhar> "Ramashankar Rajbhar")
  72. [Sanatan Pandey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sanatan_Pandey> "Sanatan Pandey")
  73. [Babu Singh Kushwaha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Babu_Singh_Kushwaha> "Babu Singh Kushwaha")
  74. [Priya Saroj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priya_Saroj> "Priya Saroj")
  75. [Afzal Ansari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Afzal_Ansari> "Afzal Ansari")
  76. [Bijendra Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bijendra_Singh> "Bijendra Singh")
  77. [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narendra_Modi> "Narendra Modi")
  78. [Vinod Kumar Bind](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vinod_Kumar_Bind> "Vinod Kumar Bind")
  79. [Anupriya Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anupriya_Patel> "Anupriya Patel")
  80. [Chhotelal Kharwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chhotelal_Kharwar> "Chhotelal Kharwar")

  
[17th LS members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh") [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh")[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:19th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:19th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh") 19th LS members[Members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_members_of_the_18th_Lok_Sabha> "List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha") of the [18th](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha> "18th Lok Sabha") [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") from 
_States_
    [AP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Andhra_Pradesh> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh")
    [AR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [AS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [BR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Bihar> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Bihar")
    [CT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Chhattisgarh> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh")
    [GA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Goa> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Goa")
    [GJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Gujarat")
    [HR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Haryana> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Haryana")
    [HP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Himachal_Pradesh> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh")
    [JH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Jharkhand> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand")
    [KA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Karnataka")
    [KL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Kerala")
    [MP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Madhya_Pradesh> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh")
    [MH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Maharashtra> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra")
    [ML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [MN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [MZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [NL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [OR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Odisha> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Odisha")
    [PB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Punjab> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Punjab")
    [RJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Rajasthan> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan")
    [SK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [TG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Telangana> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Telangana")
    [TN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Tamil_Nadu> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu")
    [TR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [UP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh")
    [UT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttarakhand> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand")
    [WB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_West_Bengal> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from West Bengal")
_Union territories_
    [AN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [CH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [DH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [DL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [JK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Jammu_and_Kashmir> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir")
    [LA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [PY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")  
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[Members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_members_of_the_17th_Lok_Sabha> "List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha") of the [17th](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha> "17th Lok Sabha") [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") from [Kerala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kerala> "Kerala") State  
---  
[GE 2019](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2019_Indian_general_election> "2019 Indian general election")| 
  1. [A. M. Ariff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/A._M._Ariff> "A. M. Ariff")
  2. [Adoor Prakash](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Adoor_Prakash> "Adoor Prakash")
  3. [Anto Antony](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anto_Antony> "Anto Antony")
  4. [Benny Behanan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Benny_Behanan> "Benny Behanan")
  5. [Dean Kuriakose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dean_Kuriakose> "Dean Kuriakose")
  6. [E. T. Muhammed Basheer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/E._T._Muhammed_Basheer> "E. T. Muhammed Basheer")
  7. [Hibi Eden](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hibi_Eden> "Hibi Eden")
  8. [K. Muraleedharan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/K._Muraleedharan> "K. Muraleedharan")
  9. [K. Sudhakaran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/K._Sudhakaran> "K. Sudhakaran")
  10. [Kodikkunnil Suresh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kodikkunnil_Suresh> "Kodikkunnil Suresh")
  11. [M. K. Raghavan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/M._K._Raghavan> "M. K. Raghavan")
  12. [N. K. Premachandran](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/N._K._Premachandran> "N. K. Premachandran")
  13. [P. K. Kunhalikutty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/P._K._Kunhalikutty> "P. K. Kunhalikutty")
  14. Rahul Gandhi
  15. [Rajmohan Unnithan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajmohan_Unnithan> "Rajmohan Unnithan")
  16. [Ramya Haridas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ramya_Haridas> "Ramya Haridas")
  17. [Shashi Tharoor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Shashi_Tharoor> "Shashi Tharoor")
  18. [T. N. Prathapan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/T._N._Prathapan> "T. N. Prathapan")
  19. [Thomas Chazhikadan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Thomas_Chazhikadan> "Thomas Chazhikadan")
  20. [V. K. Sreekandan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/V._K._Sreekandan> "V. K. Sreekandan")

  
[16th LS members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Kerala") [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Kerala")[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Kerala") [18th LS members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:18th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:18th Lok Sabha members from Kerala")[Members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_members_of_the_17th_Lok_Sabha> "List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha") of the [17th](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha> "17th Lok Sabha") [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") from 
_States_
    [AP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Andhra_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh")
    [AR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [AS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [BR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Bihar> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Bihar")
    [CT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Chhattisgarh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh")
    [GA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Goa> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Goa")
    [GJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Gujarat")
    [HR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Haryana> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Haryana")
    [HP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Himachal_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh")
    [JH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Jharkhand> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand")
    [KA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Karnataka")
    [KL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Kerala")
    [MP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Madhya_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh")
    [MH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Maharashtra> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra")
    [ML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [MN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [MZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [NL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [OR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Odisha> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Odisha")
    [PB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Punjab> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Punjab")
    [RJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Rajasthan> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan")
    [SK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [TG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Telangana> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Telangana")
    [TN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Tamil_Nadu> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu")
    [TR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [UP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh")
    [UT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttarakhand> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand")
    [WB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_West_Bengal> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from West Bengal")
_Union territories_
    [AN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [CH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [DH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [DL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [JK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Jammu_and_Kashmir> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir")
    [LA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [PY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")  
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[Members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_members_of_the_16th_Lok_Sabha> "List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha") of the [16th](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha> "16th Lok Sabha") [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") from [Uttar Pradesh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uttar_Pradesh> "Uttar Pradesh") State  
---  
[GE 2014](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/2014_Indian_general_election> "2014 Indian general election")| 
  1. [Ajay Kumar Mishra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ajay_Kumar_Mishra> "Ajay Kumar Mishra")
  2. [Akshay Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Akshay_Yadav> "Akshay Yadav")
  3. [Anju Bala](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anju_Bala> "Anju Bala")
  4. [Anupriya Patel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anupriya_Patel> "Anupriya Patel")
  5. [Anshul Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Anshul_Verma> "Anshul Verma")
  6. [Ashok Kumar Doharey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Doharey> "Ashok Kumar Doharey")
  7. [Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhanu_Pratap_Singh_Verma> "Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma")
  8. [Bharat Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharat_Singh> "Bharat Singh")
  9. [Bhairon Prasad Mishra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhairon_Prasad_Mishra> "Bhairon Prasad Mishra")
  10. [Bhartendu Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhartendu_Singh> "Bhartendu Singh")
  11. [Bhola Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bhola_Singh_\(Uttar_Pradesh_politician\)> "Bhola Singh \(Uttar Pradesh politician\)")
  12. [Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Brij_Bhushan_Sharan_Singh> "Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh")
  13. [Chhotelal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Chhotelal> "Chhotelal")
  14. [Choudhary Babulal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Choudhary_Babulal> "Choudhary Babulal")
  15. [Daddan Mishra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Daddan_Mishra> "Daddan Mishra")
  16. [Devendra Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Devendra_Singh_\(politician\)> "Devendra Singh \(politician\)")
  17. [Dharmendra Kashyap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dharmendra_Kashyap> "Dharmendra Kashyap")
  18. [Dharmendra Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dharmendra_Yadav> "Dharmendra Yadav")
  19. [Dimple Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Dimple_Yadav> "Dimple Yadav")
  20. [Harivansh Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harivansh_Singh> "Harivansh Singh")
  21. [Hari Om Pandey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hari_Om_Pandey> "Hari Om Pandey")
  22. [Harish Dwivedi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harish_Dwivedi> "Harish Dwivedi")
  23. [Harinarayan Rajbhar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Harinarayan_Rajbhar> "Harinarayan Rajbhar")
  24. [Hema Malini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hema_Malini> "Hema Malini")
  25. [Hukum Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Hukum_Singh> "Hukum Singh")
  26. [Jagdambika Pal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Jagdambika_Pal> "Jagdambika Pal")
  27. [Kalraj Mishra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kalraj_Mishra> "Kalraj Mishra")
  28. [Kamlesh Paswan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kamlesh_Paswan> "Kamlesh Paswan")
  29. [Kanwar Singh Tanwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kanwar_Singh_Tanwar> "Kanwar Singh Tanwar")
  30. [Kaushal Kishore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kaushal_Kishore_\(politician\)> "Kaushal Kishore \(politician\)")
  31. [Keshav Prasad Maurya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Keshav_Prasad_Maurya> "Keshav Prasad Maurya")
  32. [Kirti Vardhan Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kirti_Vardhan_Singh> "Kirti Vardhan Singh")
  33. [Krishna Pratap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Krishna_Pratap> "Krishna Pratap")
  34. [Krishna Raj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Krishna_Raj> "Krishna Raj")
  35. [Kunwar Bharatendra Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Bharatendra_Singh> "Bharatendra Singh")
  36. [Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kunwar_Pushpendra_Singh_Chandel> "Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel")
  37. [Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Kunwar_Sarvesh_Kumar_Singh> "Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh")
  38. [Lallu Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lallu_Singh> "Lallu Singh")
  39. [Mahendra Nath Pandey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey> "Mahendra Nath Pandey")
  40. [Mukesh Rajput](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mukesh_Rajput> "Mukesh Rajput")
  41. [Mahesh Sharma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mahesh_Sharma> "Mahesh Sharma")
  42. [Maneka Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Maneka_Gandhi> "Maneka Gandhi")
  43. [Manoj Sinha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Manoj_Sinha> "Manoj Sinha")
  44. [Mulayam Singh Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav> "Mulayam Singh Yadav")
  45. [Murali Manohar Joshi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Murali_Manohar_Joshi> "Murali Manohar Joshi")
  46. [Naipal Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Naipal_Singh> "Naipal Singh")
  47. [Narendra Modi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Narendra_Modi> "Narendra Modi")
  48. [Neelam Sonkar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Neelam_Sonkar> "Neelam Sonkar")
  49. [Niranjan Jyoti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Niranjan_Jyoti> "Niranjan Jyoti")
  50. [Pankaj Choudhary](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Pankaj_Choudhary> "Pankaj Choudhary")
  51. [Priyanka Singh Rawat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Priyanka_Singh_Rawat> "Priyanka Singh Rawat")
  52. [Raghav Lakhanpal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Raghav_Lakhanpal> "Raghav Lakhanpal")
  53. Rahul Gandhi
  54. [Rajendra Agrawal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajendra_Agrawal> "Rajendra Agrawal")
  55. [Rajesh Diwakar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajesh_Diwakar> "Rajesh Diwakar")
  56. [Rajesh Pandey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajesh_Pandey> "Rajesh Pandey")
  57. [Rajesh Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajesh_Verma_\(Sitapur_politician\)> "Rajesh Verma \(Sitapur politician\)")
  58. [Rajnath Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajnath_Singh> "Rajnath Singh")
  59. [Rajveer Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rajveer_Singh> "Rajveer Singh")
  60. [Ram Shankar Katheria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ram_Shankar_Katheria> "Ram Shankar Katheria")
  61. [Ram Charitra Nishad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ram_Charitra_Nishad> "Ram Charitra Nishad")
  62. [Ravindra Kushawaha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Ravindra_Kushawaha> "Ravindra Kushawaha")
  63. [Rekha Verma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Rekha_Verma_\(born_1973\)> "Rekha Verma \(born 1973\)")
  64. [Sakshi Maharaj](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sakshi_Maharaj> "Sakshi Maharaj")
  65. [Sanjeev Balyan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sanjeev_Balyan> "Sanjeev Balyan")
  66. [Santosh Kumar Gangwar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar> "Santosh Kumar Gangwar")
  67. [Satya Pal Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Satya_Pal_Singh_\(Uttar_Pradesh_politician\)> "Satya Pal Singh \(Uttar Pradesh politician\)")
  68. [Satyapal Singh Saini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Satyapal_Singh_Saini> "Satyapal Singh Saini")
  69. [Satish Kumar Gautam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Satish_Kumar_Gautam> "Satish Kumar Gautam")
  70. [Savitri Bai Phule](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Savitri_Bai_Phule> "Savitri Bai Phule")
  71. [Sharad Tripathi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sharad_Tripathi> "Sharad Tripathi")
  72. [Shyama Charan Gupta](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Shyama_Charan_Gupta> "Shyama Charan Gupta")
  73. [Sonia Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Sonia_Gandhi> "Sonia Gandhi")
  74. [Uma Bharti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Uma_Bharti> "Uma Bharti")
  75. [Varun Gandhi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Varun_Gandhi> "Varun Gandhi")
  76. [Vinod Kumar Sonkar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Vinod_Kumar_Sonkar> "Vinod Kumar Sonkar")
  77. [Virendra Singh Mast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Virendra_Singh_Mast> "Virendra Singh Mast")
  78. [V. K. Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/V._K._Singh> "V. K. Singh")
  79. [Yashwant Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Yashwant_Singh_\(Lok_Sabha_member\)> "Yashwant Singh \(Lok Sabha member\)")
  80. [Yogi Adityanath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Yogi_Adityanath> "Yogi Adityanath")

  
By-election 2014| 
  * [Tej Pratap Singh Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Tej_Pratap_Singh_Yadav> "Tej Pratap Singh Yadav")
    * Pre-by poll: [Mulayam Singh Yadav](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Mulayam_Singh_Yadav> "Mulayam Singh Yadav") – resigned

  
15th LS members [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Left_001.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:15th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:15th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh")[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg/20px-Arrow_Blue_Right_001.svg.png)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh") [17th LS members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:17th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:17th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh")[Members](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/List_of_members_of_the_16th_Lok_Sabha> "List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha") of the [16th](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha> "16th Lok Sabha") [Lok Sabha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Lok_Sabha> "Lok Sabha") from 
_States_
    [AP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Andhra_Pradesh> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh")
    [AR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [AS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [BR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Bihar> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Bihar")
    [CT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Chhattisgarh> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Chhattisgarh")
    [GA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Goa> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Goa")
    [GJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Gujarat")
    [HR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Haryana> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Haryana")
    [HP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Himachal_Pradesh> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh")
    [JH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Jharkhand> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand")
    [KA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Karnataka")
    [KL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Kerala> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Kerala")
    [MP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Madhya_Pradesh> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh")
    [MH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Maharashtra> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra")
    [ML](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [MN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [MZ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [NL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [OR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Odisha> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Odisha")
    [PB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Punjab> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Punjab")
    [RJ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Rajasthan> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan")
    [SK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [TG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Telangana> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Telangana")
    [TN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Tamil_Nadu> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu")
    [TR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Northeast_states> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Northeast states")
    [UP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh")
    [UT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Uttarakhand> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Uttarakhand")
    [WB](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_West_Bengal> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from West Bengal")
_Union territories_
    [AN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [CH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [DH](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [DL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [JK](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Jammu_and_Kashmir> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir")
    [LA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [LD](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")
    [PY](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/</wiki/Template:16th_Lok_Sabha_members_from_Union_territories> "Template:16th Lok Sabha members from Union territories")  
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International| 
  * [ISNI](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/isni.org/isni/0000000114620874>)
  * [VIAF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/viaf.org/viaf/84246298>)
  * [GND](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/d-nb.info/gnd/133737314>)
  * [FAST](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/id.worldcat.org/fast/1674869>)
  * [WorldCat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJhGYR9R68ytt7bfM67bVC>)

  
National| 
  * [United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/id.loc.gov/authorities/n2006172695>)
  * [Czech Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=js20060217005&CON_LNG=ENG>)
  * [Poland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/dbn.bn.org.pl/descriptor-details/9810586294505606>)

  
Other| 
  * [Yale LUX](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<https:/lux.collections.yale.edu/view/person/feea7679-e49b-46ff-894b-d662f03542ea>)

  
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