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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

GST means ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’, says Rahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar
National | Oct 23, 2017, 07:20 PM IST
The Congress today got a boost with Alpesh joining it in the presence of Rahul. The grand old party is out of power in the western state from last 22 years.
Gujarat Elections: Hardik Patel secretly meets Rahul Gandhi at Ahmedabad hotel
National | Oct 23, 2017, 08:18 PM IST
In a CCTC footage, accessed by India TV, Patel along with three others can be seen roaming in the corridor of the hotel and later entering a room of the hotel last night at 11:53pm.
Rahul Gandhi in Gandhinagar: GST means 'gabbar singh tax', says Congress VP
National | Oct 23, 2017, 05:15 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi began his three-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat on Monday as the grand old party prepares to take on the BJP which has ruled the state for 22 years.

‘Gujarat is priceless, can never be bought’: Rahul Gandhi on bribe charge against BJP
National | Oct 23, 2017, 12:04 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's comments come on a day the Gujarat unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been rocked by allegations of bribery to lure Patidar leaders.
Gujarat polls: Congress invites Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani to meet Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 22, 2017, 11:13 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi will take part in `Navsarjan Gujarat Janadesh' rally organised by the party in Gandhinagar where OBC leader Alpesh Thakor will join the Congress.
BJP caricature of Rahul Gandhi not working any more: Shashi Tharoor
National | Oct 22, 2017, 06:19 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor said the narrative had 'changed very, very clearly' in the past few months and people were now openly expressing doubts and misgivings about the performance of BJP govt.

It’s 2017, not 1817: Rahul Gandhi to Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje
National | Oct 22, 2017, 04:45 PM IST
The move by the state government has met with large-scale criticism, with politicians and rights bodies terming it as unconstitutional and a move to shield the corrupt.
BJP, Congress spar over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter popularity as report suggests bot connection
National | Oct 22, 2017, 12:53 PM IST
A war of words on Saturday broke out between the BJP and the Congress over Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter resurgence after news agency ANI suggested ‘bots’ or web robots that can produce automated mass retweets were behind it.
Congress gets booster shot as Gujarat OBC leader set to join party ahead of Assembly polls
National | Oct 22, 2017, 08:20 AM IST
Alpesh Thakor, the convenor of the Gujarat OBC Ekta Manch and leader of the local Thakor Sena, met with Congress VP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday.

Bots behind Rahul Gandhi’s rising popularity on social media, claims Smriti Irani
National | Oct 21, 2017, 11:00 PM IST
Smriti Irani said that the Congress leader’s account shows his tweets are retweeted by fake accounts from other countries.
Mersal row: Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi not to ‘demon-etise’ Tamil pride by interfering in film
National | Oct 21, 2017, 03:24 PM IST
In a tweet this afternoon, Rahul chided Prime Minister Narendra Modi over ‘interference’ and asked him not to ‘demon-etise Tamil pride’ by such intervention.
Rahul Gandhi asked us to avoid making personal comments against BJP leaders: Congress' Parameshwara
National | Oct 19, 2017, 04:30 PM IST
Parameshwara today said Rahul Gandhi has advised state party leaders against making personal comments on opposition BJP leaders.

Dokalam issue: Foreign Secretary briefs Rahul Gandhi, other members of Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary panel
India | Oct 18, 2017, 11:16 PM IST
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor was briefed by Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar.
'Violence is unacceptable': Rahul Gandhi condemns RSS leader's killing
National | Oct 18, 2017, 05:42 PM IST
Congress VP Rahul Gandhi condemned the killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosai in Ludhiana.
Gujarat election fight between development and dynasty: Modi takes on Cong in Gandhinagar
India | Oct 16, 2017, 09:03 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections is a fight between ‘development and dynasty’, adding that development politics will triumph over family rule.

In 'weather report' ahead of PM Modi's Gujarat visit, Rahul Gandhi forecasts 'jumlon ki baarish'
India | Oct 16, 2017, 03:43 PM IST
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to his home state today, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, in a "weather report", said that rhetoric will rain down on Gujarat.
India TV Chunav Manch on Gujarat polls: BJP hopeful of crossing 150-mark in Assembly, Congress disagrees
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Oct 16, 2017, 08:33 AM IST
The ruling BJP exuded confidence of continuing its winning spree in the state by securing more than 150 seats but the Congress dismissed it as mere "over confidence".
‘Only an honest person can file criminal defamation’: Amit Shah on allegations against his son Jay
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Oct 15, 2017, 11:40 PM IST
BJP chief Amit Shah hit out at Rahul Gandhi, saying he does not know the difference between turnover and profit.
Modi govt sensitive to concerns on GST: Amit Shah at India TV Chunav Manch
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Oct 15, 2017, 11:32 PM IST
Amit Shah today said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was the "world's largest tax system" that is being implemented by the Narendra Modi government.
People of Gujarat will not tolerate Rahul Gandhi for his 'joke' on Sardar Patel: BJP chief Amit Shah at India TV Chunav Manch
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Oct 15, 2017, 11:26 PM IST
Replying to questions from Rajat Sharma at the India TV conclave "Chunav manch" here, Amit Shah alleged that "the Congress insulted Sardar Patel during his lifetime, prevented him from becoming Prime Minister."