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Congress chairman Sonia Gandhi on Saturday was unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, PTI reported citing sources.

Sonia Gandhi is poised to retain her position as Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), with an expected re-election at a meeting gathering party MPs from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Saturday evening.As reported by ANI, citing party sources, “With Congress to decide the name of its leader in Lok Sabha, there would be a clamour for party leader Rahul Gandhi to assume the key role."Rahul Gandhi won Lok Sabha polls from both Wayanad and Raebareli.The sources told ANI that party MPs including KC Venugopal, Manickam Tagore and Gaurav Gogoi are expected to make the demand by raising their hands.Also Read: Kapil Sibal’s jibe at Narendra Modi: ‘Bhagwan ke sath koi coalition kar sakta hai?’Additionally, it's noted that the leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha will assume the role of Leader of the Opposition in the House, given that the party has secured the necessary number of seats in the general elections.According to the Congress Constitution, the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Party is empowered to name the party's leaders in the two Houses of Parliament.Party sources told ANI that it would depend on Sonia Gandhi if she decided to name Rahul Gandhi as the party's leader in Lok Sabha or if she opted for another leader.

Rahul Gandhi and his purported derogatory comments directed at Union Home Minister Amit Shah.According to the Congress leader's attorney, Kashi Prasad Shukla, the postponement until June 18 was necessitated by the demise of a lawyer, leading to a condolence meeting on Friday, PTI reported.Rahul Gandhi, who had previously attended court proceedings regarding the defamation case in February, was granted bail. The case, initiated by BJP leader Vijay Mishra, saw a warrant issued against Gandhi last December.In response, Gandhi interrupted his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Amethi on February 20, appearing in court to secure bail.Also Read: ‘Rahul Gandhi is hatching conspiracy’, says BJP after Congress leader seeks probe into June 4 market crashThe complaint dates back to August 4, 2018, following alleged objectionable comments made by Gandhi against Shah during a press conference in Bengaluru amidst the Karnataka elections.The complainant cited Gandhi's remarks targeting the BJP, where he alleged the party's commitment to honest politics contradicted the fact that its president was an "accused" in a murder case.

MP-MLA court here on Friday postponed the hearing in the 2018 defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his alleged objectionable remarks targeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Gandhi's lawyer Kashi Prasad Shukla said due to the death of a lawyer, a condolence meeting was held in the court on Friday and the hearing was postponed to June 18.

Narendra Modi on Friday praised the education sector and students for the improved performance of Indian universities in the QS World University ranking.Reposting a post by CEO and Managing Director of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd, Nunzio Quacquarelli, PM Modi wrote, “Over the last decade, we have focused on qualitative changes in the education sector. This is reflected in the QS World University Rankings.

defamation case filed by the Karnataka BJP for issuing alleged defamatory advertisements in mainstream newspapers before the assembly elections last year.The ad had accused the then-BJP government in the state of engaging in large-scale corruption during its 2019-2023 rule. On Thursday, the state Congress said, “Congress national leader Rahul Gandhi will attend the (hearing at) City Civil Court at 10.30 am tomorrow (Friday)."“Later, he will hold a discussion with the Congress' newly-elected MPs and defeated candidates from the state at Bharat Jodo Bhavan on Queens Road at 11.30 am.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into major stock market boom on the eve of election results and the massive crash on day of election results on June 4, leading to lakhs of people losing their money.

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Rahul Gandhi won the Rae Bareli constituency from Uttar Pradesh and the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency from Kerala. Earlier in the day, Congress MP-elect Manickam Tagore, in a post on microblogging site X, urged former Congress party president Rahul Gandhi to lead the Congress in the lower house."I sought votes on the name of my leader, Rahul Gandhi. I think he should be the Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha.

BJP's Rae Bareli candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh, who lost to Rahul Gandhi, said on Wednesday that he will be on a partial leave only on Saturdays and Sundays for a year and hoped the Congress leader will solve the problems of the locals. According to the Election Commission (EC), Rahul Gandhi secured a total of 6,87,649 votes against Dinesh Pratap Singh who got 2,97,619 votes.

Kishori Lal Sharma, the newly elected Member of Parliament from Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, met with top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, and Rahul Gandhi in Delhi today. Sharma, who recently defeated BJP's Smriti Irani in a high-profile contest, visited the Gandhis to submit Rahul Gandhi's winning certificate and seek their blessings.

ALSO READ: 'PM Modi defeated because...': How 1% drop in vote share put BJP below majorityThe INDIA bloc leaders will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence on Wednesday evening to deliberate on the Lok Sabha poll results, decide on the strategy to form the government, and consider reaching out to former allies Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu.ALSO READ: Lok Sabha election 2024 results: Did Narendra Modi's Muslim pitch backfire?The TDP and JD(U) have already dismissed suggestions of defecting to the opposition alliance.Opposition leaders, including NCP-SP’s Sharad Pawar, DMK’s MK Stalin, JMM’s Champai Soren, TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee, Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav, RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, and CPI’s D Raja are likely to attend the meeting, along with Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to secure a third straight term in power at the centre, albeit with the help of allies as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) couldn't achieve the landslide victory that most exit polls had predicted. The results and trends of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 announced on June 4 indicated that the NDA has won 293 seats, while the opposition INDIA bloc has bagged 232 seats.The BJP alone could win 240 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024, at least four leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have clinched significant victories, boasting the largest victory margins. Shankar Lalwani, the MP from Indore, secured a resounding win with a staggering margin of over 11.72 lakh votes.

Lok Sabha elections, surpassing the majority mark of 272 seats. However, the saffron party did not reach its goal of securing 370 seats independently and over 400 seats with its allies.According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeking a third consecutive term and its third straight single-party majority, secured 240 seats.

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live Updates: The final count for the Lok Sabha 2024 elections has concluded, and the Election Commission of India has announced the outcome for all Lok Sabha constituencies. The BJP emerged victorious in 240 out of 543 seats, while the Congress secured 99 seats.

BJP a simple majority, the INDIA bloc members demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi resign on moral grounds after his party failed to retain majority without allies. They said the poll result “is also a popular rejection of the politics of vendetta” by the BJP-led government.

Uttar Pradesh has emerged as a gripping political thriller on the day of the Lok Sabha election results in 2024. Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, the 'UP ke ladke', posed a formidable challenge to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the INDIA bloc cutting into BJP's seat share. However, the true victor of Uttar Pradesh in this election is a leader whose efforts have finally borne fruit.

Catch LIVE updates of Lok Sabha Election Result Pakistan's news daily Dawn covered the Lok Sabha Elections Result, with a headline ‘India vote count shows Modi alliance winning surprisingly narrow majority’, limiting itself from any remark, whatsoever. The strap of the news article read, ‘BJP concedes defeat in Ayodhya where Ram Temple was inaugurated; Rahul Gandhi says voters have punished BJP.’ Notably, BJP losing the Faisalabad seat in Uttar Pradesh, the constituency that houses the saffron party's prestigious project- Ayodhya Ram Mandir, has come as a shock to many. Last week, in an interview with IANS, former Pakistan Minister Fawad Chaudhry, had called to defeat PM Modi in this general elections.

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights Live Updates"I am being questioned whether I will remain an MP for Wayanad or Raebareli seat.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday won the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh by a margin of 3,90,030 votes, bettering his mother Sonia Gandhi's victory margin in 2019. According to the Election Commission (EC), Rahul Gandhi secured a total of 6,87,649 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dinesh Pratap Singh who got 2,97,619 votes. Thakur Prasad Yadav of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) secured 21,624 votes.