NEW DELHI -- Rahul Gandhi's political career was on life support five years ago. The leader of India's opposition Congress party -- and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty -- had just suffered a thumping defeat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2019 polls.
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India's Gandhi wins 'rebirth' after shock election comeback
Scion of political dynasty leads embattled Congress party to best showing in years
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Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, escorts his mother, Sonia Gandhi, at a press briefing in New Delhi on June 4. © Reuters
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