As per existing laws, if a person is convicted and sentenced to a jail term not less than two years, he/she stands disqualified from contesting elections for six years from the date of release from the jail.
Rahul Gandhi faces a tough battle in Wayanad against CPI's Annie Raja and BJP's K Surendran. In 2019, Rahul Gandhi won the Wayanad seat by 431,000 votes – the highest margin in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls across Kerala.
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath criticized Congress for supporting inheritance tax, accusing them of wanting to distribute wealth to intruders. He highlighted the party's history of resource looting and claimed they are now eyeing common people's property.
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In 2020, in three leaked audio clips, Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and others were allegedly heard devising a plan to topple the Ashok Gehlot government of Rajasthan. Sachin Pilot, the then deputy CM, had led a rebellion of 19 Congress MLAs.