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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 president: Rahul Gandhi emerges as ‘only validly nominated candidate’
National | Dec 11, 2017, 03:10 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi is all set to take over as the Congress President as the Returning Officer M Ramachandran today said that the Gandhi scion is the only validly nominated candidate in the fray for the party top post’s election.
Gujarat polls: ‘Temple politics’ comes to fore in state Assembly elections
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 05, 2017, 04:46 PM IST
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani visited the Khodaldham temple immediately after Gandhi’s visit and held talks with Nareshbhai Patel.
Posters hailing ‘Pandit Rahul Gandhi’ appear outside Congress headquarters in Delhi
National | Dec 05, 2017, 03:10 PM IST
The poster congratulates Rahul Gandhi on being elected as the president of the Congress party and claims that he has been blessed by all the gods.

Opinion | Rajat Sharma on 'Aurangzeb raaj' row
Dec 05, 2017, 01:48 PM IST
Mani Shanker Aiyar has this knack of making a funny remark at the wrong time. He sought to compare Rahul's ascension with Aurangzeb.
Rahul Gandhi's question no. 7 for PM Narendra Modi: BJP running government for rich?
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 07, 2017, 09:47 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi, who has been attacking the prime minister over various issues in "a question a day" series on Twitter, even tweeted a Hindi couplet and demanded answers from him for "unfulfilled promises" made by Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party.
Congress leaders rejoice ahead of Rahul's imminent elevation as party president
National | Dec 04, 2017, 07:27 PM IST
Congress leaders said that Rahul's ascent to the top will help the party regain the lost glory after a string of electoral reverses.

Congratulate Congress on 'Aurangzeb Raj': PM Modi' barb at Rahul's elevation as party chief
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 04, 2017, 08:06 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday slammed Rahul Gandhi’s expected elevation as Congress President, dubbing it as “Aurangzeb Raj”.
Rahul Gandhi files nomination for Congress president's post: Here is how party leaders reacted on Twitter
National | Dec 04, 2017, 01:35 PM IST
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday filed his nomination papers for the post of President of the party.
Rahul Gandhi files nomination for post of Congress president
National | Dec 04, 2017, 01:21 PM IST
He was accompanied by top Congress leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Ghulam Nabi Azad, A K Antony and Ahmed Patel.

Rahul Gandhi to file nominations for Congress president post today
National | Dec 03, 2017, 11:47 PM IST
Monday is the last date for filing of nominations and no one else has filed papers till today, according to Mullapally Ramachandran, the chairman of the party's Central Election Authority.
‘Shehzad hoon, shehzada nahin’: Poonawalla furthers attack on Congress, Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 03, 2017, 10:27 PM IST
He also equated his treatment at the hands of the Congress to the what he called, the insult of Sardar Patel by the then Congress leadership.
PM Modi slams Congress over party president election
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 03, 2017, 06:50 PM IST
Mocking the Congress over the upcoming election of its president, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today alleged the party had a history of rigging organisational polls.

No scope for hope under 'Modi Raj', says Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 03, 2017, 07:01 AM IST
Manmohan Singh had even said that the NDA government failed to understand the "pains" of his note ban and GST decisions were going to unleash on the people of his own home state.
‘BJP seen as pro-Hindutva, why would anyone prefer a clone?’: Jaitley takes a dig at Rahul
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 02, 2017, 06:25 PM IST
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that BJP has always been a pro-Hindutva party, asserting that those parading their newfound Hindu piety were nothing but “clones”.
Rahul Gandhi's fourth question for PM Modi: Why is Gujarat 26th in public spending on education?
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 02, 2017, 12:51 PM IST
"Expensive fees are becoming burden on students. How will the dream of New India come true?," Rahul Gandhi asked.

UP Civic Poll Results: Rahul doesn’t believe in Ram and Krishna, says CM Adityanath
Dec 01, 2017, 11:35 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath lauded the BJP workers who ‘worked to communicate the party agenda of development to all’.
Rahul Gandhi's single GST rate a 'grand stupid idea', says Arun Jaitley
National | Dec 01, 2017, 07:15 PM IST
Can a Hawai chappal (slipper) and a BMW car be taxed at the same rate, asked Jaitley
Gujarat polls: Rahul Gandhi promises farm loan waiver, free college education
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 30, 2017, 11:18 PM IST
Unfazed by the Somnath temple controversy, Rahul visited Gadhdha Swaminarayan temple where he offered prayers. A row erupted yesterday after Gandhi's name was found written in the entry register meant for non-Hindus at the famous shrine.
Opinion | Rajat Sharma on Rahul Gandhi’s name in Somnath Temple register
Nov 30, 2017, 07:49 PM IST
The question is: who was responsible for this faux pas during elections? Naturally, neither Rahul nor Ahmed Patel would have committed such an error.
Gujarat polls: Why should Gujaratis pay for your financial mismanagement, Rahul asks PM
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 30, 2017, 02:04 PM IST
Gandhi, who began his 'one question a day' series on Wednesday with the BJP's promises in the last polls, today focused on Gujarat's debt burden.