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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 Gandhi to appear before Patna court tomorrow
India | Jul 05, 2019, 03:08 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi to appear before Patna court tomorrow in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi.
Will fight 10 times harder, says Rahul Gandhi after getting bail in defamation case
India | Jul 04, 2019, 12:21 PM IST
A defamation case was filed against Congress president Rahul Gandhi. He appeared in Shivdi Court in Mumbai today. Congress workers gathered at the airport today and raised slogans urging him to take back his resignation.
Few have the courage that you do, says Priyanka Gandhi supporting brother Rahul's decision to resign
India | Jul 04, 2019, 10:53 AM IST
Priyanka Gandhi lent the much-needed support her brother and embattled Congress president Rahul Gandhi needed. In her tweet on Thursday the All India Congress Committee general secretary said that she had "deepest respect' for Rahul Gandhi's decision to quit from the post of Congress president.

Disappointed: Amarinder Singh on Rahul Gandhi's resignation
India | Jul 03, 2019, 10:26 PM IST
Expressing disappointment over Rahul Gandhi's resignation as the Congress President, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder on Wednesday said Rahul should have continued to lead the party with the same dynamism and fighting spirit with which he had steered the election campaign.
Rahul Gandhi to continue as Congress president till appointment of new chief, say party sources
India | Jul 04, 2019, 12:00 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi had posted his letter of resignation on Twitter on Wednesday, in which he said he was honoured to serve the Congress party. Meanwhile, there were speculations that Motilal Vora would be appointed as interim party president. Denying any such development, the Congress party sources said any decision on the party chief will be taken collectively.
BJP has lost its star campaigner: Twitter has mixed reactions to Rahul Gandhi’s resignation
India | Jul 03, 2019, 06:38 PM IST
And the BJP was the protagonist of all the memes.

Who is Motilal Vora? The interim Congress president
India | Jul 03, 2019, 05:59 PM IST
Motilal Vora was announced as the interim president of the Congress party on Wednesday, The development came soon after Rahul Gandhi posted his resignation letter on Twitter. In the letter, Rahul Gandhi held accountability for Congress' defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Read on to know how is Motilal Vora related to the Congress Party.
Rahul Gandhi changes Twitter profile, removes Congress President as designation
India | Jul 03, 2019, 05:46 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday resigned as Congress President post and tweeted his resignation letter and has changed his Twitter bio. Rahul Gandhi has removed 'Congress president' as his designation from his official Twitter profile.
90-year-old as interim president? Congress could have done better
India | Jul 03, 2019, 05:28 PM IST
Point in reference -- hours after Rahul Gandhi announced he had quit as the party president at least a month back, former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Motilal Vora was named as the interim president.

Rahul Gandhi pens vision document for Congress party in 960-word resignation letter | Highlights
India | Jul 03, 2019, 05:05 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi resigns as Congress President over a month after the Congress Party lost 2019 Lok Sabha election. Rahul Gandhi took 100 per cent responsibility for Congress' defeat and said that he would continue to fight against the ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Jai Shri Ram: Smriti Irani reacts to Rahul Gandhi's resignation
India | Jul 03, 2019, 05:16 PM IST
"As President of the Congress party, I am responsible for the loss of the 2019 election. Accountability is critical for the future growth of our party," Rahul Gandhi said in a letter that was put on his Twitter account.
Full text of Rahul Gandhi's resignation
India | Jul 03, 2019, 04:56 PM IST
In his resignation letter, Rahul Gandhi took accountability of the Congress party's defeat in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. We didn’t fight a political party in the 2019 election, every institution of which was marshalled against the opposition. Rather, we fought the entire machinery of the Indian state, It is now crystal clear that our once cherished institutional neutrality no longer exists in India, he said in his resignation letter.

Honour for me to serve Congress Party: Rahul Gandhi tweets resignation letter
India | Jul 03, 2019, 04:24 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday tweeted a resignation letter in which he mentioned it was an honour for him to serve the Congress Party. Earlier during the day, Gandhi had said he has already submitted his resignation and that he is no longer the Congress chief. Gandhi's resignation comes after the Congress won just 52 of the 542 Lok Sabha seats.
Senior leader Motilal Vora announced Congress' interim president
India | Jul 03, 2019, 05:06 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi, earlier in the day, resigned from the top post of the party and said the party's working committee should meet immediately to decide on his successor.
Rahul Gandhi says resigned as Congress president one month ago
India | Jul 03, 2019, 02:40 PM IST
Rahul said that he had given his resignation a month ago and the new president should have been chosen then.

Delhi: Congress leader attempts suicide; asks Rahul Gandhi to take back resignation
India | Jul 02, 2019, 03:29 PM IST
A Congress leader in Delhi has attempted suicide by hanging himself outside Party office in the capital. He has reportedly asked Rahul Gandhi to take back his resignation failing which he would 'hang himself'.
Congress CMs meet Rahul Gandhi, request him to continue as Congress president
India | Jul 01, 2019, 08:57 PM IST
Chief ministers of Rajasthan, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Puducherry met Rahul Gandhi and held a detailed discussion on the party's poll debacle as also apprised him of their own feelings as well as those of the party workers from across the country who want him to continue providing leadership to the grand old party.
Rahul Gandhi discusses political, security situation with Jammu and Kashmir leaders in Delhi
India | Jul 01, 2019, 07:06 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi chaired a meeting of top leaders of J&K in Delhi and discussed the overall political and security situation of the state, a Congress spokesman said.
Rahul to meet Congress CMs amid party crisis
India | Jul 01, 2019, 02:05 PM IST
Congress President Rahul Gandhi was set to meet later on Monday Chief Ministers of five Congress-ruled states amid mass resignations in the party following the sweeping defeat in Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul to meet Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states on Monday
India | Jun 30, 2019, 11:56 PM IST
The meeting comes in the backdrop of a continuing suspense over Gandhi's future role in the party and a spate of resignations by Congress leaders at various levels.