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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

Rahul man of 'foreign mentality', should learn nationalism from nationalists: UP BJP MLA
India | Oct 05, 2020, 07:10 PM IST
Singh was reacting to Gandhi's tweet on his controversial statement on Saturday that "rapes can only be stopped if parents teach sanskar (values) to their daughters".
No one will be allowed to break law: Haryana CM
India | Oct 04, 2020, 11:33 PM IST
Ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to oppose the agricultural laws in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said no one will be allowed to take law and order in their own hands within the state.
I give you guarantee Cong will scrap the three 'black laws' if voted to power: Rahul to farmers
India | Oct 04, 2020, 04:19 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the Centre on Sunday over the three new agriculture laws, asking why were the farmers agitating if these were meant for them. Addressing a public meeting in Badhni Kalan in Punjab's Moga district, Gandhi asserted that the contentious Acts would be revoked if the Congress was voted to power.

Hathras gangrape victim's brother says did not ask for CBI probe, hours after CM Yogi's order
India | Oct 03, 2020, 11:47 PM IST
Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Hathras gangrape and murder case, the victim's brother in a statement said that they did not want a CBI inquiry as an SIT is already investigating the case.
Hathras gangrape victim's family wants judicial inquiry, DM to be sacked: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
India | Oct 03, 2020, 11:56 PM IST
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after meeting Hathras gangrape victim's family on Saturday while speaking to India TV said they (family) wants a judicial inquiry into the incident and removal of the District Magistrate (DM). She also said the family wants security.
Sukhbir Singh Badal asks Rahul Gandhi why he played 'fixed match' on farm Bills
India | Oct 03, 2020, 08:05 PM IST
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Badal on Saturday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to tell Punjabis why he had played a "fixed match" to facilitate the passage of the three "anti-farmer" agricultural Bills in Parliament.

Priyanka, Rahul meet Hathras gangrape victim's family amid high drama, say will fight for justice
India | Oct 03, 2020, 11:35 PM IST
The outrage over Hathras gangrape and murder of a 19-year-old girl turned more intense on Saturday as Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met gangrape victim's family members amid high drama. By the evening, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had also ordered a CBI probe into the case.
Hathras case: Victim's family raises questions over hurried cremation
India | Oct 03, 2020, 03:02 PM IST
The gangrape, murder and hurried cremation of a 19-year-old Dalit girl has sparked a political slugfest in India, with many political leaders making a beeline to the victim's village in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras but to no avail.
Noida: FIR against Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka, 200 other Congress workers under Epidemic Diseases Act
India | Oct 02, 2020, 01:11 PM IST
The police in Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar said it has lodged an FIR against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and around 200 other party workers under The Epidemic Diseases Act for not maintaining social distancing and not wearing face masks.

India feels absence of a PM with depth of Manmohan Singh: Rahul Gandhi
India | Sep 26, 2020, 09:08 AM IST
India feels the absence of a PM with the depth of Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday as he wished the former prime minister on his birthday. Singh, who headed the UPA coalition government between 2004 and 2014, turned 88 on Saturday.
Congress backs Bharat Bandh, Rahul says new agriculture laws will 'enslave' farmers
India | Sep 25, 2020, 12:27 PM IST
Voicing support for the Bharat Bandh call given by farmer organisations to protest the farm bills, the Congress on Friday alleged that the new agriculture laws will "enslave" farmers and the MSP will be "snatched away" from them.
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul return from abroad after her medical check-up
India | Sep 22, 2020, 06:59 PM IST
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi returned from abroad early Tuesday, sources said.

Understand the chronology: Rahul Gandhi throws fresh jibe at Centre over India-China border row
India | Sep 16, 2020, 06:20 PM IST
Taking a jibe at BJP-led central government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the government was being inconsistent in their statements on the India-China border issue.
'Busy with peacocks', says Rahul Gandhi in a dig at PM Modi over rise in Covid-19 cases
India | Sep 14, 2020, 01:31 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said the government had asked people to become aatmanirbhar which means they should save their lives themselves as the prime minister was busy with peacocks.
Sonia Gandhi leaves for United States for medical check-up, son Rahul accompanies her
India | Sep 12, 2020, 09:44 PM IST
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has left for the United States for a routine medical check-up, sources said on Saturday. Sonia Gandhi, 73, is expected to be away for around a fortnight and would miss more than half of the Monsoon Session of Parliament.

GST second major attack on India's unorganised economy: Rahul Gandhi
India | Sep 06, 2020, 12:32 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the NDA's Goods and Services Tax (GST) is not a tax system but an "attack" on India's poor and on its small and medium businesses and urged all to stand against it.
Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee dies at 84, nation mourns | Highlights
India | Aug 31, 2020, 11:18 PM IST
Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee, who was suffering through ill health and undergoing treatment at Delhi's Army Hospital, died on August 31 (Monday), his son Abhijit Mukherjee announced.
BJP govt attacked unorganized economy with demonetisation, GST, lockdown, says Rahul Gandhi
India | Aug 31, 2020, 11:44 AM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government and said the central government has attacked the country's unorganized economy in the last six years attempting to turn people into slaves.
JEE-NEET aspirants wanted 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' but PM Modi did 'Khilone Pe Charcha': Rahul Gandhi
Higher Studies | Aug 30, 2020, 12:24 PM IST
Amid a furor over JEE and NEET exams, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not addressing the issue during his radio programme Mann Ki Baat.
Congress will continue to sit in opposition for next 50 years if...: Ghulam Nabi Azad
India | Aug 28, 2020, 05:44 PM IST
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the dissenters' letter, has said "Congress will continue to sit in the opposition for the next 50 years" if it did not conduct elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and other key organisational posts within the party.