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The Supreme Court of India suspends Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's defamation conviction, potentially allowing his return to parliament after disqualification.
2023-08-4

Former Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi is sentenced to two years in prison for defaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a campaign rally in April 2019.
2023-03-23

The Indian government's Income Tax Department raids the residences of the founders of Phantom Films due to allegations of tax evasion. Those being interrogated include Anurag Kashyap, Taapsee Pannu, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane, and Madhu Mantena. The incident prompts the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance and Rahul Gandhi to support the film stars who are being interrogated, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party is using all the arms of the government to stifle the voices of those who support the Indian farmers' protest.
2021-03-4

Police in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, India, kill nine people who protested against Vedanta Resources' copper smelter operation, alleging that it is a major source of pollution and a risk to fisheries. State Minister D. Jayakumar says that it was "unavoidable" that the people were shot. National Congress opposition leader Rahul Gandhi calls the killings "state sponsored terrorism".
2018-05-22

Rahul Gandhi is elected unopposed as the head of the opposition Congress Party. On 16 January 2018, he is to take over the reins from his mother Sonia Gandhi, who held the position for 19 years.
2017-12-11

Amid a stand-off between India and China over the disputed territory of Doklam which is claimed by Bhutan, the Indian National Congress denies the meeting of Rahul Gandhi with the Chinese ambassador to India.
2017-07-10

Led by Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party wins a majority in the Indian general election. The incumbent Indian National Congress records its worst ever result.
2014-05-16

The Indian National Congress lose the Delhi and Rajasthan assembly elections and the Bharatiya Janata Party retain the Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh legislative assemblies, while gaining a majority in the Rajasthan assembly.
2013-12-8

Suspected Maoist rebels kill at least 27 people in an attack on a convoy of Indian National Congress politicians in Chhattisgarh, India.
2013-05-25

Indian National Congress MP Rahul Gandhi alleges that police murdered farmers and raped women during recent protests against a new road in Uttar Pradesh.
2011-05-17