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Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi is the Congress leader and has been representing the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, Rahul Gandhi won the Wayanad seat by defeating Communist Party of India (CPI) candidate PP Suneer with a margin of 4,31,770 votes. However, Gandhi was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Smriti Zubin Irani from his family's stronghold Amethi with a margin of 55,120 votes in the 2019 polls. Rahul Gandhi won three consecutive elections from Amethi in 2004, 2009 and 2014. He defeated Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidates Chandra Parkash Mishra Matiyari and Asheesh Shukla in the 2004 and 2009 polls respectively from Amethi. Rahul Gandhi again won the Amethi constituency in 2014 by defeating Smriti Zubin Irani with a margin of 1,07,903 votes. Gandhi was the president of the Congress party from 2017 to 2019.

Rahul Gandhi

J&K: Rahul Gandhi lashes out at anti-encroachment drive, says Kashmir wanted love
India | Feb 12, 2023, 12:39 PM IST
The authorities of J&K have retrieved more than 10 lakh kanals (one kanal 605 sq yards) of land across Jammu and Kashmir so far.
Nehru was a great person, why don't you use the surname? PM Modi's stinging attack at Gandhis
India | Feb 10, 2023, 06:17 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Rajya Sabha speech on Thursday asked the Congress party that why people from their generation don't keep Nehru as their surnames anymore.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls BJP MPs 'chamche' of PM Modi | WATCH
India | Feb 09, 2023, 04:53 AM IST
Speaking to reporters after PM Modi's address in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said that All (BJP MPs) clapped on PM's misleading speech. After PM went from Lok Sabha all 'Chamche' also left the Parliament due to which the House had to be adjourned.

"Unfurled Tricolour at Lal Chowk without bulletproof jacket, security..." PM Modi recalls Ekta Yatra
India | Feb 08, 2023, 09:31 PM IST
PM Modi asserted how Rahul Gandhi Tiranga in the valley during his recently concluded "Bharat Jodo Yatra" and added the tourism sector has witnessed a major jump following the abrogation of Article 370.
Why my words were expunged, asks Rahul Gandhi as he arrived in Parliament in middle of PM's speech
India | Feb 08, 2023, 09:20 PM IST
Why my words were expunged, asked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi as he arrived in Parliament in the middle of PM's speech during motion of thanks to President's address, in Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
'Rise & fall of India's Congress': PM Modi cites Harvard's research to mock Gandhi's allegations
India | Feb 08, 2023, 08:20 PM IST
The statement from the Prime Minister came a day after Gandhi, during his speech in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, linked the massive rise in the business fortunes and personal wealth of businessman Adani to the Modi government coming to power in 2014.

'Jeevan khapa diya hai, pal pal khapa diya hai': PM Modi on why people trust him
India | Feb 08, 2023, 07:46 PM IST
Trust in Modi was not born out of newspaper headlines, not through faces on TV. (I have) given my life, every moment of mine for the people of the country, for the glorious future of the country, PM Narendra Modi said in Lok Sabha.
'Not satisfied with PM's Modi speech... he is protecting Adani': Rahul Gandhi I WATCH
India | Feb 09, 2023, 06:17 AM IST
Speaking to the media after PM Modi's speech in the Parliament on Wednesday, Gandhi said that the Prime Minister chose to remain silent on the burning issue of Adani's scams.
2004-2014 a lost decade for India, we are now in India's decade: PM Modi slams Congress
India | Feb 09, 2023, 06:17 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday slammed the Congress party saying that the time between 2004-2014 will be known as a lost decade for the country but 2030 is going to be India's decade.

Opinion | Adani: Nothing new in Rahul Gandhi’s allegations
India | Feb 11, 2023, 06:19 AM IST
During his speech, Rahul Gandhi displayed pictures of Modi and Adani sitting in a private plane. He questioned how Gautam Adani who was at the 609th number in the Forbes List of World’s Richest Persons in 2014 rose to second place within a span of eight years.
'Real Gandhi or his ghost spoke': Day after slamming Rahul, Nishikant Dubey seeks action against him
India | Feb 08, 2023, 11:52 AM IST
BJP stepped up attacks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he leveled a series of allegations during his speech in Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
'Congress took control of 40 acres land in Amethi...': Smriti Irani hits back at Rahul Gandhi
India | Feb 08, 2023, 06:13 AM IST
Union Minister Smriti Irani slammed the Congress party in Lok Sabha saying that it took control of 40 acres of land in Amethi on the promise of of building a medical facility but instead built a guest house for 'the family' (Gandhi family).

'India trusts PM Modi.. do proper homework': BJP to Rahul Gandhi over Adani allegations I WATCH
India | Feb 07, 2023, 05:55 PM IST
Participating in the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in Lok Sabha as the first opposition speaker, Gandhi linked the massive rise in the business fortunes and personal wealth of businessman Adani to the Modi government coming to power in 2014.
Rahul Gandhi takes swipe at Modi govt over Adani, unemployment in Parliament
India | Feb 07, 2023, 03:14 PM IST
Parliament Budget Session: Speaking in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said while during his just concluded 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', people talked about inflation, unemployment and other issues facing them, the President's address had no mention of 'berozgaari'.
PM Modi will do his best to avert discussion on Adani in Parliament, says Rahul Gandhi
India | Feb 06, 2023, 05:19 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said that the government is trying its best to avert the discussion on the Adani group row in the Parliament.

ED questions Rahul Gandhi’s 'close aide' in money laundering case involving TMC's Saket Gokhale
India | Feb 04, 2023, 02:21 PM IST
According to officials, the questioning was done pertaining to the case in which TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale was recently arrested by the agency in Gujarat.
WATCH: Rahul Gandhi receives welcome with 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' slogan on reaching Parliament
India | Feb 01, 2023, 04:41 PM IST
On Tuesday (January 31), a large number of people were seen cheering for the Congress leader outside his residence in Delhi. Rahul Gandhi was also seen waving his hand at them.
Rahul, Priyanka could enjoy snowfall in valley because of Modi: BJP's National General Secretary
India | Feb 01, 2023, 07:48 AM IST
BJP's National General Secretary said that it has been a saga of sacrifices that has brought us to this stage where Prime Minister Narendra Modi's message of progress and development has started reverberating again.
OPINION | Rahul’s Yatra: Will opposition parties accept him as the leader?
India | Jan 31, 2023, 03:53 PM IST
Congress leaders feel that they have got a new avatar of Rahul, who will regain the grand old party’s lost glory. They believe the new avatar of Rahul will deliver what the earlier avatar could not. But leaders like Mamata, KCR, Nitish, Tejashwi and Akhilesh, are out to puncture the plans of INC.
Jammu and Kashmir: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka seen at Mata Kheer Bhawani temple | WATCH
India | Jan 31, 2023, 02:08 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir: The temple is a revered shrine for the Kashmiri Pandits who believe that the colour of the sacred spring water, which flows below the temple, indicates to the situation in the valley.