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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

'Unproductive politically': Smriti Irani's latest attack on Rahul Gandhi amid Opposition's ruckus
India | Jul 20, 2022, 11:25 AM IST
Smriti Irani's latest attack on Rahul Gandhi: Talking to reporters outside the Parliament, Irani said that Gandhi's political life has been dotted with show of disrespect to parliamentary procedures and traditions. He is now adamant to bring down the productivity of Lok Sabha, the Amethi MP added.
Stop 'politics of jumlas', immediately reform economic policies: Rahul Gandhi's jibe at govt
India | Jul 16, 2022, 05:46 PM IST
The rupee rebounded from the near-80 levels to close higher by 17 paise at 79.82 against the US currency following a recovery in the domestic stocks and weakness in the greenback in overseas markets.
'Misled, betrayed, cheated': Rahul Gandhi's dig at PM Modi over unemployment
India | Jul 15, 2022, 03:43 PM IST
Gandhi shared a graph based on the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) data which showed that unemployment had doubled in five years from 2017-18 to 2021-22.

'When egonomics trumps economics,': Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt over price rise, unemployment
India | Jul 13, 2022, 08:41 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi attacks Modi govt: Rahul Gandhi shared a chart sharing such details and said while the government's debt in 2014 was Rs 56 lakh crore, it is Rs 139 lakh crore in 2022.
Just ahead of Monsoon Session, Rahul Gandhi leaves for Europe on personal visit
India | Jul 12, 2022, 04:58 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi will skip a crucial Congress party meeting for preparations for the 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' and internal elections of the Congress.
Congress MP Manish Tewari not signatory to Oppn letter against Agnipath Scheme
India | Jul 12, 2022, 12:25 AM IST
Agnipath Protest: Sources said Manish Tewari, who has publicly lauded the Agnipath scheme and termed it as a much-needed reform in the armed forces, has taken a stand contrary to that taken by his party.

Rahul Gandhi office vandalism: SFI dissolves its Wayanad district committee
India | Jul 03, 2022, 10:18 PM IST
The vandalism of Rahul Gandhi's office had led to Congress organising a massive rally at Kalpetta in Wayanad district and a Youth Congress protest in Kottayam had allegedly turned violent.
Rahul Gandhi helps shift accident victim to hospital in Kerala's Wayanad | Watch
India | Jul 02, 2022, 11:24 PM IST
Gandhi, who was on his way back to the hotel where he was staying after attending a series of party programmes, came across an accident in which a motorbike hit a man.
'I view my 5 days of interrogation as a medal, hope they'll do it again': Rahul on ED's grilling
India | Jul 03, 2022, 06:44 AM IST
The Congress MP spent a total of about 54 hours at the ED office over five sittings with the investigators questioning him over multiple sessions and recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

'BJP creating environment of anger and hatred': Rahul Gandhi reacts to SC's remarks on Nupur Sharma
India | Jul 01, 2022, 05:27 PM IST
The Supreme Court today came down heavily on Sharma for her controversial comments against the Prophet, saying her "loose tongue" has "set the entire country on fire" and asked her to immediately apologise to the nation for her remarks.
WATCH | Rahul Gandhi arrives in Kerala on 3-day constituency visit
India | Jul 01, 2022, 11:04 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's visit to constituency also comes a week after activists of SFI, the students wing of ruling CPI(M), vandalised his office in Kalpetta in Wayanad.
Udaipur tailor beheading: CM Ashok Gehlot, Rahul Gandhi others react on brutal murder of shopkeeper
India | Jun 28, 2022, 09:42 PM IST
The tailor was beheaded in broad daylight by two people who belonged to a particular community.

Agnipath Scheme: Congress to stage 'Satyagraha' across all assembly constituencies today
India | Jun 27, 2022, 12:33 AM IST
Calling the short-term recruitment policy "anti-youth and anti-national", Congress said it was "bulldozed through without discussion".
Rahul's office vandalised in Wayanad: BJP denies Congress claims that attack was to appease Irani
India | Jun 26, 2022, 11:16 PM IST
BJP state president K Surendran said that in states controlled by the party they have countered Gandhi politically and not like this and there was no need for Sangh Parivar to be happy about the attack as claimed by the Congress.
Shinde's rebellion a wake-up call to all dynasts
Jun 26, 2022, 12:46 PM IST
As the political tussle rages, the country is watching the unravelling saga, which may have a bearing upon the system of dynasts

From Rahul's office attack to Swapna's disclosure: Kerala Assembly session set to be stormy
India | Jun 26, 2022, 12:11 PM IST
The one-month-long session, being convened mainly to discuss and pass the demands for grants for the financial year 2022-23, is expected to be a politically charged one with the Congress-led UDF making it clear that they would raise the ongoing controversies in the House.
Rahul Gandhi's Wayanad office vandalised: 19 SFI arrested in Kerala
India | Jun 25, 2022, 01:23 PM IST
Hours after SFI activists vandalised the Wayanad office of Gandhi, the Left government on Friday night ordered a high-level probe by an ADGP-rank officer and suspended Kalpetta Deputy Superintendent of Police pending enquiry.
Rahul Gandhi's office in Wayanad vandalised by SFI activists; CM Vijayan assures 'stringent action'
India | Jun 24, 2022, 06:33 PM IST
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the attack on Gandhi's office and assured stringent action against the culprits.
Rahul Gandhi's 'patience' remark citing Sachin Pilot sparks political speculations in Rajasthan
India | Jun 24, 2022, 11:28 AM IST
When Congress MLAs were recently camping in Udaipur ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, Pilot was seen touring the border cities of Rajasthan and Punjab, where he drew a large crowd.
National Herald case: ED asks Sonia Gandhi to appear for questioning in last week of July
India | Jun 23, 2022, 08:15 PM IST
The 75-year-old Congress president, who was supposed to depose before the agency on Thursday, wrote a letter seeking more time on the grounds that the doctors had "strictly advised her to rest at home following her hospitalisation on account of Covid and lung infection".