Rahul Gandhi is a Congress leader. He was the president of the party from 2013 to 2019. Rahul Gandhi took the responsibility for the party's miserable performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and resigned from the post. Rahul Gandhi lost family bastion Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani in 2019 which he had won in 2004. Born on June 19, 1970, Rahul Gandhi made entry into electoral politics in 2004 - 13 years after the assassination of his father, Rajiv Gandhi. In 2022, Rahul Gandhi embarked on a 3,500 km yatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir.
The case stems from a complaint filed by Satyaki Savarkar, grandnephew of VD Savarkar, who alleged that the Congress leader made defamatory remarks at a programme in London in March 2023
She also questioned the absence of senior Congress leaders during the collection of remains of former prime minister Manmohan Singh after his cremation.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi expressed grief over the killing of security personnel in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur on Monday.