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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

Congress leaders meet at Sonia Gandhi's house to decide parliament strategy
India | Jun 18, 2019, 11:06 AM IST
Congress leaders P. Chidambaram, K. Suresh, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Jairam Ramesh and Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary met at UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's residence on Tuesday to discuss the party's strategy in Parliament during the Budget Session.
Rahul Gandhi forgets signing Parliament register after taking oath
National | Jun 17, 2019, 11:38 PM IST
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday had a shaky start in the 17th Lok Sabha as his absence in the first session of the new Lok Sabha was noticed and he also forgot to sign the Parliament register after taking his oath.
A.K Antony declines to be Congress chief, K.C Venugopal's no to new post
India | Jun 14, 2019, 05:10 PM IST
According to party sources, Antony, a former Defence Minister and a trusted man for the Gandhi family, cited health issues as a reason for not taking up the job.

Rahul Gandhi will remain Congress President; core committee dissolved
India | Jun 12, 2019, 04:14 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi will remain the Congress President, the party said on Wednesday, adding that the Congress Core Committee had been dissolved after the rout in the Lok Sabha elections.
Uttar Pradesh CM behaving foolishly: Rahul Gandhi goes tough on arrest of Kanojia, others
India | Jun 11, 2019, 12:20 PM IST
Gandhi also claimed that if every journalist who files a false report or peddles fake, vicious RSS/BJP sponsored propaganda about him is put in jail, most newspapers or news channels would face a severe staff shortage.
Days after tussle with Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi; hands him a 'letter'
India | Jun 10, 2019, 12:50 PM IST
The cricketer-turned-politician also posted a picture in which he has seen along with Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior leader Ahmed Patel.

Bihar Congress passes resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to continue as party chief
India | Jun 09, 2019, 10:49 PM IST
The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) on Sunday passed a unanimous resolution requesting Rahul Gandhi to continue as Congress president.
Rahul Gandhi picks holes in PM's 'Kerala dear to me' remark, accuses him of bias
India | Jun 09, 2019, 02:51 PM IST
In his speech, thanking the voters of the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency for electing him, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was blinded by "hatred and anger" and viewed those not following the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology as not Indians, while vowing to fight it.
Rahul Gandhi meets his delivery nurse; the lady who cuddled him even before Rajiv, Sonia Gandhi
India | Jun 09, 2019, 05:59 PM IST
It was a special moment for 72-year-old Rajamma Vavathil, a retired nurse, when Congress president Rahul Gandhi hugged and held her hand here on Sunday, 49 years after she took him in her hands as a newborn at a Delhi hospital.

Modi won Lok Sabha polls by lying: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 08, 2019, 05:58 PM IST
Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Lok Sabha elections by telling lies.
Rahul Gandhi meets delegations, receives complaints at Wayanad Collectorate
India | Jun 08, 2019, 12:15 PM IST
Representatives of farmers, tribals and other marginalised sections of the high-range constituency were among those who visited and appraised him about their issues.
People brave heavy rain as they welcome Rahul to Wayanad
India | Jun 07, 2019, 07:34 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad in recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections

Main bhi president: Former Olympian writes to Rahul Gandhi, offers to be Congress chief
India | Jun 07, 2019, 06:42 PM IST
Aslam Sher Khan, former hockey player and former Congress MP, said that he can be Congress president for a fixed term of 2 years
Rahul Gandhi arrives in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on three-day thanksgiving visit
India | Jun 07, 2019, 04:05 PM IST
In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad by a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes, a state record, even as he lost Congress stronghold Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to BJP's Smriti Irani.
Aligarh two-year-old murder case: Rahul, Priyanka tweet for justice; probe under SIT
India | Jun 07, 2019, 01:49 PM IST
The mutilated body of the minor was discovered after a pack of stray dogs had been spotted carrying what appeared to be human body parts.

Congress mulls proposal for two working presidents; new set-up likely before Budget session of Parliament
India | Jun 07, 2019, 10:16 AM IST
The party had earlier considered a proposal for three working presidents, one each from the north, south and eastern India, and perhaps a fourth from western India.
Rahul Gandhi to visit Wayanad today, first time after winning Lok Sabha election
India | Jun 07, 2019, 09:19 AM IST
Congress President Rahul Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to Wayanad in Kerala, his Parliamentary constituency, today. he will visit to thank the voters of Wayanad who made him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election from the seat.
ED confronts Vadra with voluminous statements, documents in money laundering case
India | Jun 04, 2019, 08:20 PM IST
The ED Tuesday confronted Robert Vadra with multiple statements of people reportedly known to him and voluminous paper evidences gathered over the time, as he appeared before it in connection with a money laundering case linked to purchase of alleged illegal assets abroad, officials said.
Home ministry refuses to share details on notice to Rahul Gandhi on complaint questioning citizenship
India | Jun 04, 2019, 02:53 PM IST
In April, the Home Ministry served a notice to Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his "factual position" on a complaint by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy questioning his citizenship status.
Amethi not just constituency but family for Rahul, loss has affected him: Raj Babbar
India | Jun 03, 2019, 01:22 PM IST
In his first interview after the election results, Raj Babbar said Gandhi considered Amethi not just as his parliamentary constituency, but his family.