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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

BJP government committed to growth of agriculture sector: PM Modi
National | Jul 04, 2018, 08:54 PM IST
Meanwhile, Congress President Rahul Gandhi indicated that the Karnataka budget, which will be presented on Thursday, will waive farm loans and said it will be a "beacon of hope for farmers".
'Bullet train' like a 'magic train' which may not materialise: Rahul takes a jibe at PM Modi's dream project
National | Jul 04, 2018, 07:45 PM IST
Congress president Rahul Gandhi also accused him of playing in the hands of select industrialists.
'Narendra Modi siding with elite, while farmers, traders suffer,' says Rahul Gandhi in Amethi
National | Jul 04, 2018, 04:54 PM IST
Gandhi also alleged that the RSS saw people through the prism of religion and caste. The Congress party considers everyone as human being, he clarified.

'Civic governance has collapsed in Mumbai': Rahul Gandhi on Andheri road overbridge collapse
India | Jul 03, 2018, 07:52 PM IST
"The streets are flooded, citizens stranded, bridges collapsing...Civic governance has collapsed. My thoughts are with the citizens of Mumbai. Stay safe!" Gandhi tweeted.
Mission 2019: Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi to kick off campaign blitzkrieg in Uttar Pradesh from July 4
India | Jul 03, 2018, 10:08 AM IST
While Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi from July 4, during which he is likely to meet party workers and attend several programmes, BJP president Amit Shah will be in Varanasi, Mirzapur and Agra on the same dates.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP, Congress presidents target UP
Jul 02, 2018, 06:55 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2019: From July 4, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency Amethi. During the same time, BJP president Amit Shah will be in Varanasi, Mirzapur and Agra.

Rahul Gandhi's single slab GST idea flawed: Arun Jaitley
India | Jul 01, 2018, 11:20 PM IST
Jaitley added while there would be scope to merge some of the mid-category tax slabs depending on the collections going up, but a single-slab system will not work for India.
Mandsaur rape: Brutality that an 8-yr-old was subjected to sickens me, says Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 30, 2018, 02:09 PM IST
The minor was abducted while she was waiting for her father outside her school on Tuesday (June 26).
Rahul Gandhi mocks PM Modi over ‘black money’ after 50% rise in Swiss bank deposits by Indians
India | Jun 29, 2018, 05:25 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi reminded PM Modi that he had promised to bring back all illegal money stashed abroad and “deposit Rs 15 lakh in each Indian bank account”.

'Even children know importance of trees:' Rahul hits out at BJP, AAP over redevelopment project in Delhi
India | Jun 28, 2018, 04:46 PM IST
“Even children know that trees are critical to our survival and difficult to replace. Stand with the Congress and together let's fight this madness,” Gandhi said.
The Accidental Prime Minister: Introducing reel life Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi
Bollywood | Jun 28, 2018, 06:25 AM IST
The Accidental Prime Minister: Arjun Mathur and Aahana Kumra are playing the roles of Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi respectively in the upcoming Anupam Kher film.
Security threat: Congress president Rahul Gandhi advised to do less number of roadshows
India | Jun 27, 2018, 07:40 AM IST
The ministry specified that as Prime Minister Modi is the most valuable target in the run-up to the 2019 general elections, there has been an ‘all-time high’ threat to him.

Union Minister Ananth Kumar slams Rahul Gandhi, says parliament business getting affected due to his 'inexperience'
India | Jun 26, 2018, 09:48 PM IST
He also said that "dynastic" Congress under Gandhi was not good for democracy.
While PM tiptoes around garden, India leads Afghanistan, Syria in violence against women: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 26, 2018, 05:56 PM IST
Taking a sharp dig at PM Modi's fitness video that he released a few days ago, Rahul Gandhi said that while the PM is busy in maintaining his health, safety of women continues to be a cause of worry.
Congress hits back at Amit Shah over his remark on Rahul Gandhi, accuse him of 'shedding crocodile tears'
India | Jun 23, 2018, 10:43 PM IST
In a statement, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said Amit Shah had no business to lecture the Congress on nationalism and that the BJP would never be able to realise the hard work which the UPA did to usher peace in Jammu and Kashmir.

Rahul Gandhi lashes out at PM Modi over his 'April's Fool prank' of construction of hospital in Odisha
India | Jun 23, 2018, 09:09 PM IST
The Congress President was referring to the unique protest campaign started by the 30-year old idol maker Muktikanta Biswal.
Chidambaram slams Jaitley for labelling Rahul Gandhi 'Maoist sympathiser' in his blog
India | Jun 23, 2018, 03:06 PM IST
The veteran Congress leader termed Jaitley's remark as 'laughable and absurd' while asserting that his party has always 'stoutly opposed' Maoists and jehadists.
BJP MP Saroj Pandey calls Congress president Rahul Gandhi 'mand-buddhi': Here's why
India | Jun 22, 2018, 11:25 AM IST
Interestingly Rahul Gandhi who took over as the president of the grand old party in December 2017, is seen by many as the PM candidate against Narendra Modi in the 2019 general elections.
Haasan meets Sonia Gandhi, says 'too early to decide' on support to Congress in 2019 Lok Sabha polls
National | Jun 21, 2018, 04:08 PM IST
On whether he would support the Congress in its endeavour to bring opposition parties together on one platform to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabh polls, Haasan said, "It is to early to decide."
Brightest fleeing ‘sinking ship’ as ‘invisible hand’ of RSS steering it into rocks: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 20, 2018, 09:29 PM IST
Rahul hit out at the government after Union Minister Arun Jaitley announced that Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian was leaving the Finance Ministry.