The Congress launched a day-long “Sankalp Satyagraha” in support of Rahul Gandhi at Rajghat in Delhi on Sunday.  The “Sankalp Satyagraha” is being held after Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha, a day after a court in Gujarat’s Surat convicted him in a 2019 defamation case. The disqualification will bar Gandhi, a four-time MP, from contesting polls for eight years unless a higher court stays his conviction. Congress’ top leaders including president Mallilarjun Kharge, general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra among other senior leaders took part in the protest. 

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi arrived in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur on Friday afternoon to attend the party's three-day 85th plenary session that began here in the morning. Rahul Gandhi, while addressing at 85th plenary session of Congress on February 26, said that, Unlike Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress invoked the feeling of nationalism in Kashmiri youth.