INDIA

RAHUL GANDHI

He is a member of the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, and was the party president from December 2017 to July 2019.

The Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi severely criticized the Modi led NDA government to be pro-rich where they submit to the demands of the capitalists, industrialists and the Multinational Corporations without paying heed or addressing to the hardships faced by the farmers and the impoverished of the country.

Since 2017, Gandhi has been a strong voice of the opposition against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi.

Rahul Gandhi has raised multiple issues where the focus is mainly on the betterment of the deprived sections of society. He has also been instrumental in keeping the ruling party on their toes by severely criticizing the various schemes and policies of the Modi led NDA government.

Rahul Gandhi – former President of the Indian National Congress – was disqualified as a Member of Parliament on March 24, 2023 after a Gujarat court convicted Gandhi and sentenced him to a two-year imprisonment on a petition filed by Purnesh Modi, who claimed that a 2019 comment by the Congress president on the Modi surname had defamed the entire Modi community.

Reiterating his stance that he is not guilty of criminal defamation, Gandhi had submitted that the criminal process is being misused to "arm twist" him into "apologising for no fault" of his.

Back in 2019, on April 13, at a rally in Kolar, Karnataka, during his speech, Rahul Gandhi posed a question to the crowd, “Why do all thieves, be it Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi, or Narendra Modi, have the surname, ‘Modi’?”. Shortly after, Purnesh Modi, a local BJP leader and former Union Minister filed a private complaint before the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat, contending that Gandhi had defamed everyone with the surname ‘Modi’. 

https://www.outlookindia.com/national/explained-what-now-for-disqualified-mp-rahul-gandhi-news-280009

Rahul Gandhi holds important offices of responsibility, as the Chairperson of the Indian Youth Congress and the National Students’ Union of India.

https://www.inc.in/leadership/past-party-presidents/shri-rahul-gandhi

OPPRESSION AND NEGLECT BY THE STATE:

Rahul Gandhi is meeting poor farmers, coolies and kids. His great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India and his grandmother Indira Gandhi was the first woman to become the Prime Minister of India. His father Rajiv Gandhi served as the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. His mother Sonia Gandhi is a senior leader of the Congress party, while his sister Priyanka Gandhi is also active in politics and works with the party.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com//news/politics-and-nation/cong-holds-protest-outside-delhi-bjp-office-against-portrayal-of-rahul-gandhi-as-new-age-ravan/articleshow/104222277.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/panache/panache-people-101/rahul-gandhi/profileshow/86561293.cms

Oct 15, 2023:

Opposition parties in the state of Odisha, India, including the Congress, will hold protests against the "Anti-People" policies of the State and central governments. The demonstrations will take place in four locations in November, with senior leaders from all 17 parties participating.

Current parties are running 'dictatorship' governments at the state and the Centre. Prices of essential commodities have skyrocketed while the government failed to provide employment to youths as promised earlier.

Atrocities against women have increased in the state and corruption is rampant in execution of welfare schemes.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-bloc-to-stage-protests-in-odisha-against-anti-people-policies-of-state-central-governments-next-month/articleshow/104447137.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Protesters burned an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raised slogans against him. The protest was led by Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Arvinder Singh Lovely.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cong-holds-protest-outside-delhi-bjp-office-against-portrayal-of-rahul-gandhi-as-new-age-ravan/articleshow/104222277.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Privacy fears as Indian police use facial recognition at rally

Current technology used to identify missing children

Rina Chandran

Monday 30 December 2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-delhi-facial-recognition-police-surveillance-modi-speech-a9264486.html

India protests: Three dead and 1,200 arrested as demonstrations rage against citizenship law

Hundreds of people defy protest ban to demonstrate against law excluding Muslims

Chiara Giordano

Friday 20 December 2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-protests-citizenship-law-death-toll-muslim-hindu-latest-a9254361.html

India protests: 14 people dead and 4,000 detained as police cut internet in bid to quell growing demonstrations

Vincent Wood

Saturday 21 December 2019

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/india-protests-citizenship-bill-cab-delhi-lucknow-uttar-pradesh-death-toll-a9255946.html