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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

Linking GST rate cuts to elections 'juvenile politics': Arun Jaitley's potshot at Congress
National | Nov 13, 2017, 11:45 PM IST
The decisions in the GST Council are "all consensus decisions," he said. "This is really juvenile politics to link it with either elections or political demands".
Delhi Smog: Storm in eyes, troubled folks, but why is 'Saheb' quiet, Rahul's dig at PM Modi
National | Nov 13, 2017, 05:29 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Monday recalled lines from a Bollywood film song to take an apparent swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the toxic air in the national capital.
Gujarat Assembly elections 2017: Rahul Gandhi to travel from Patan to Mahesana on last day of ‘Navsarjan Yatra’
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 15, 2017, 12:57 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will today travel from Patan to Mahesana on the final day of his Navsarjan Yatra ahead of Assembly polls in Gujarat.

Gujarat has rejected Rahul, Congress's politics of hypocrisy: Prakash Javadekar
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 12, 2017, 09:22 PM IST
Referring to Gandhi's promise to cap GST rates at 18 per cent if voted to power, Javadekar said the Congress vice-president intends to increase the tax burden on the common people.
Gujarat ‘more corrupt’ than the entire country: Rahul Gandhi
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 12, 2017, 09:04 PM IST
Speaking during his poll campaign tour of Gujarat, he claimed that the share market regulator has termed Rupani "beimaan" (dishonest) and imposed fine on him.
Gujarat Assembly elections 2017: PM Modi's note ban helped thieves convert their black money into white, says Rahul Gandhi
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 12, 2017, 04:13 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will today travel from Banaskantha to Patan on the second day of the fourth leg of his Navsarjan Yatra.

Will not rest till Gabbar Singh Tax is converted to GST: Rahul Gandhi
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 11, 2017, 07:07 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said he would not rest till the five-slab "Gabbar Singh Tax" was converted into the "Goods and Services Tax" with an 18-per cent cap.
Exclusive | Under Cong formula, Gujarat’s Patidars to be given reservation under Article 31C
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 11, 2017, 11:39 PM IST
According to sources, Kapil Sibal has told the Patel community leaders that he has worked upon a concrete formula to provide them reservation.
Credit for GST rate cut goes to Rahul Gandhi, says Congress
National | Nov 11, 2017, 03:54 PM IST
He also reiterated that India needed a simple tax and not the "Gabbar Singh Tax" as he had been describing the tax regime to target the Modi government.

Gujarat Elections: Rahul Gandhi visits BJP stronghold, says GST requires structural change
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 11, 2017, 07:07 PM IST
In his three-day road trip, the Congress vice-president will cover six districts of North Gujarat.
Won't allow BJP to impose ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ on India, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Nov 10, 2017, 06:51 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi said that the government cannot break the back of small and medium size enterprises in the country, crush the informal sector and destroy millions of jobs.
Rahul Gandhi taking over as Congress president a matter of days: Veerappa Moily
National | Nov 10, 2017, 05:57 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's elevation to the post -- taking over from his mother Sonia Gandhi -- has long been the subject of intense speculation.

Gujarat polls: Rahul playing vote bank politics, says CM Rupani
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Nov 09, 2017, 06:17 PM IST
Gujarat will got to polls in two phases on December 9 and 14. Counting will take place on December 18.
Gujarat polls: It will take years for me to give lectures like PM Modi, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Nov 08, 2017, 11:13 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi, however, said he was willing to listen to the problems faced by people, and make efforts to solve them.
Man in viral image who became face of demonetisation pain says notes ban benefitted nation
Business | Nov 08, 2017, 05:23 PM IST
One year on, 80-year-old Nand Lal says he supports the government’s move and that it benefitted the economy and the nation.

China’s dominance in jobs responsible for rise of ‘elected autocrats’ like Narendra Modi: Rahul Gandhi on 1 year of note ban
Business | Nov 08, 2017, 12:49 PM IST
In an article for The Financial Times, Rahul Gandhi said that demonetisation has “ruined the lives of millions of hard-working Indians”.
'Demonetisation is a tragedy': Rahul Gandhi draws first blood in BJP-Opposition face off
National | Nov 08, 2017, 11:02 AM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the move to ban Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes a year ago was a "tragedy".
Will completely change the GST after Congress comes to power in 2019: Rahul Gandhi
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections | Nov 06, 2017, 09:07 PM IST
He also accused Modi of speaking "selectively" on the issue of corruption and demanded to know where the jobs that the BJP had promised were.
Himachal polls: PM Modi has his own version of Bhagwad Gita, says Rahul Gandhi
Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections | Nov 06, 2017, 05:12 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that Pm Modi has his own interpretation of a saying from the Bhagvad Gita, and that he believes “in eating up fruits of others’ labour”.
GST is ‘Great Selfish Tax’: Mamata’s inventive expansion after Rahul’s ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’
National | Nov 06, 2017, 04:07 PM IST
"Great Selfish Tax (GST) to harass the people. To take away jobs. To hurt businesses. To finish the economy. GoI totally failed to tackle GST,” Mamata wrote on Twitter.