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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

Ready to carry on fighting BJP-RSS but not as Congress chief, Rahul tells CWC
India | May 28, 2019, 08:31 PM IST
Congress President Rahul Gandhi is learnt to have told leaders at the Congress Working Committee meeting on Saturday that he was ready to carry the ideological battle against the BJP-RSS but does not want to be bogged down by routine matters and they should chose a new party chief from outside the Nehru-Gandhi family.
As resignations pile up, hectic activities on in Congress to tide over crisis
National | May 28, 2019, 07:47 PM IST
Led by Rahul's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a host of party leaders met the angry and sulking Congress President at his residence through the day, amid reports that he had conveyed to them that he could at best lead the party in Parliament as the chief of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP).
Rahul Gandhi asked to appear before Gujarat court on July 12 in defamation case
India | May 28, 2019, 06:30 PM IST
A court here has asked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in connection with criminal defamation suits filed against him by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel.

Ekta Kapoor and son Ravie accompany Smriti Irani on 14 kilometre walk to Siddhi Vinayak temple
Celebrities | May 28, 2019, 06:06 PM IST
Ekta Kapoor and her newborn Ravie Kapoor joined Smriti Irani on her barefoot walk to Siddhi Vinayak Temple in Mumbai.
Rahul best person to lead party, too premature to write Congress' obituary: Shashi Tharoor
India | May 28, 2019, 02:56 PM IST
In his view, the Gandhi-Nehru family will continue to command "great clout and respect" within the party, on the basis of the tremendous contributions it has made in shaping and guiding the party since Independence.
Congress leaders meet Rahul Gandhi amid leadership crisis
National | May 28, 2019, 01:09 PM IST
Randeep Singh Surjewala also met Rahul Gandhi at the latter's residence. Gehlot arrived after Pilot had left. Details of their discussions were not immediately known.

Rahul insists on resigning, fate of Rajasthan and Karnataka govts uncertain | 10 points
National | May 28, 2019, 07:13 AM IST
Taking responsibility for the defeat, Gandhi on Saturday offered to resign as party president at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the highest decision-making body of the party, but it was "unanimously rejected".
In a snub, Rahul declines to meet Ashok Gehlot
India | May 27, 2019, 08:02 PM IST
After expressing his anger over party leaders giving preference to their families instead of the party, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday refused to meet Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot here.
Congress plans massive restructuring, CWC authorises Rahul Gandhi for 'overhaul'
India | May 27, 2019, 06:20 PM IST
After election rout, the Congress party is heading towards massive restructuring and organisational overhaul to bring about radical changes. Congress President Rahul Gandhi has been authorised to ensure that this future course of action falls into place.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Wayanad in first week of June
India | May 27, 2019, 04:44 PM IST
Gandhi won with the highest ever margin of victory in any Lok Sabha election with 431,770 votes. He defeated his nearest rival P.P. Suneer of the Communist Party of India who secured 274,597 votes while Gandhi received 706,367 votes.
I have received the message: Smriti Irani responds to Rahul Gandhi's 'take care of Amethi' remark
India | May 27, 2019, 02:35 PM IST
Irani has defeated Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Amethi and when the latter conceded defeat, he asked Irani "to take care of Amethi with love".
Modi Sarkar 2.0 formation: As it happened
India | May 27, 2019, 09:51 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi is in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi today, where he will also pay obeisance at the Kashi Vishwanath temple.

Rahul Gandhi takes back offer to resign
India | May 26, 2019, 07:00 PM IST
The sources added that responsibility will be fixed for the party's debacle in the general elections and actions will unfold in the next 10 days.
Will Congress see a new chief? Here's how Saturday's CWC meeting went
India | May 26, 2019, 04:36 PM IST
"We have to continue our fight. I am and will remain a disciplined soldier of the Congress and continue to fight fearlessly. But I do not want to remain the party president," Rahul Gandhi said.
Fake news floods social media soon after PM Modi returns to power; most popular ones listed here
India | May 26, 2019, 01:45 PM IST
The flow of fake news after the election results suggests that the tide of misinformation on social media is unlikely to stop any time soon.

Modi Sarkar 2.0 formation May 26 | As it happened
India | May 26, 2019, 10:43 PM IST
Prime Minister Modi along with BJP President Amit Shah embarked on a 2-day visit to Gujarat. The two BJP stalwarts met with the BJP workers. Prime Minister Modi addressed the general public in Ahmedabad after which he went to Gandhinagar to meet with his mother to seek her blessings after the massive mandate given by the people of India in his and his party's favor.
Kerala and Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Results 2019: Full Winners List
India | May 25, 2019, 11:14 PM IST
Congress President Rahul Gandhi fought from Wayanad and won in style. Kerala was one of only two states where Congress resisted the Modi Blitzkrieg.
Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Results 2019: Full list of winners
India | May 25, 2019, 10:36 PM IST
Narendra Modi led BJP swept through the Hindi heartland. Chattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh were the 3 states which gave a pro-congress mandate in their respective assembly elections in December 2018. Here are the full lists of winning candidates from these 3 states.
Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Lok Sabha Results 2019: Full list of winners
India | May 28, 2019, 06:15 PM IST
It was a strong YSRCP show in Andhra Pradesh, bagging 22 out of 25 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Here is the full list of winning candidates from the state of Andhra Pradesh.
Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Results 2019: Full list of winners
India | May 25, 2019, 10:30 PM IST
The SP-BSP 'Mahagathbandhan' in UP did not prove much of a challenge for the BJP as the party bagged 62 seats on the back of a strong Modi wave. Here is the full list of winning candidates from the state of Uttar Pradesh.