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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

Rahul Gandhi visits Italy more than Amethi, says Yogi Adityanath
National | Oct 10, 2017, 04:01 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused Rahul Gandhi of visiting Italy more often than his own parliamentary constituency Amethi
Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat: BJP likes women only when they are silent, says Congress VP
National | Oct 10, 2017, 03:33 PM IST
Speaking at an event in Vadodara in poll-bound Gujarat, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said the BJP likes women only when they are silent.
Virbhadra Singh to be Congress’ CM candidate for HP polls: Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 07, 2017, 10:02 PM IST
Addressing a rally in Mandi, Rahul Gandhi targeted PM Modi on the issue of unemployment, demonetisation and hasty implementation of GST.

Bring petrol, diesel under GST to prevent profiteering: Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 06, 2017, 09:13 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi said he hoped Prime Minister Narendra Modi would see the "GST mess" from the "prism of the suffering people" rather than electoral interests.
Explain reports of Chinese road construction in Dokalam sector, Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi
National | Oct 06, 2017, 09:13 PM IST
Troops of India and China were locked in a 73-day-long standoff in Dokalam since June 16 after the Indian side stopped the building of a road in the disputed area by the Chinese Army.
BJP re-inaugurating projects started by Congress, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 05, 2017, 07:42 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh were inaugurating projects launched by the erstwhile UPA dispensation in his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi

‘Iceberg to Titanic’: Rahul takes a jibe at PM Modi for dismissing critics of economic slowdown as ‘pessimists’
National | Oct 05, 2017, 05:38 PM IST
Opposition parties have been criticising the government for its economic policies and decision that has hit the economy in last two quarters.
Hundreds attend Rahul Gandhi's 'Janata Darshan' in Amethi
India | Oct 05, 2017, 01:40 PM IST
Long queues were seen outside the Munshiganj guest house where the Congress leader is staying, as people eagerly waited for their turn to meet their Lok Sabha MP.
Go if you can’t address issues of farmers and youth, will do it in 6 months: Rahul tells PM Modi
National | Oct 04, 2017, 06:59 PM IST
Addressing a farmers' rally in his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, Rahul said that the Congress will find a solution to the issues of farmers and youth within six months

'Andher nagri, choupat raja': Rahul slams Adityanath on Taj Mahal row, calls him ‘useless ruler’
National | Oct 04, 2017, 08:22 PM IST
“ The brightness of the sun is not diminished even if you don’t show a candle to it. For this kind of regime, Bhartendu wrote 'andher nagri, choupat raja' ( Town in darkness, useless ruler),” Rahul Gandhi tweeted.
Remove 'Italian glasses' to see development: Amit Shah to Rahul
National | Oct 02, 2017, 07:46 PM IST
Shah added that the people of Gujarat were smart and would not vote for a party that had inflicted injustice on Gujarat for three generations
After criticism from Congress, Amethi admin says 'yes' to Rahul's tour plan
National | Oct 02, 2017, 03:53 PM IST
Facing criticism from the Congress for asking Rahul Gandhi to postpone his visit to Amethi, the Amethi district administration today said it was ready for his three-day tour beginning Wednesday

Amethi authorities asks Rahul Gandhi to re-schedule visit; Congress fumes, BJP hits back
National | Oct 01, 2017, 07:44 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Amethi from October 4-6. Reacting sharply, senior UP Congress leader Akhilesh Singh accused BJP government of using tactics to stop Rahul from visiting his constituency.
Amit Shah sounds Gujarat poll bugle from Sardar Patel's native place, attacks Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 04, 2017, 02:12 PM IST
Amit Shah paid tributes to Patel at his ancestral home in Karamsad along with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel before launching the 'Gujarat Gaurav Yatra'.
Rahul Gandhi may take over as Congress chief after Diwali: Sachin Pilot
National | Oct 01, 2017, 04:46 PM IST
In the Congress, Sachin Pilot said that the new generation comes in, with the old lending their support to it. He favoured a “balanced approach” and claimed the Congress had maintained this as part of its history and tradition.

Rahul Gandhi in Gujarat: Congress VP blasts Modi government over demonetisation, blackmoney
National | Oct 04, 2017, 02:12 PM IST
Addressing a rally in Rajkot, Rahul mimicked Modi and accused him of providing a safe window to blackmoney hoarders to convert their illicit money into white.
Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Congress ready to contest under Jyotiraditya Scindia’s leadership, says Kamal Nath
National | Sep 27, 2017, 10:01 PM IST
Assembly elections in the state, where Congress has been out of power since 2003, will be held later this year. The tenure of the current assembly ends on January 7, 2019.
Congress relying on Rahul Gandhi as it has no "credible" leaders in Gujarat: Vijay Rupani
National | Oct 04, 2017, 02:12 PM IST
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said Congress is relying heavily on Rahul Gandhi for campaigning for the assembly polls because it has no "credible" local leaders.
BHU violence: Rahul Gandhi says BJP believes in beating up girls
India | Sep 27, 2017, 07:53 AM IST
"It is the BJP's philosophy to beat up girls demanding their rights," tweeted Rahul Gandhi.
Gujarat polls: On campaign trail in Patidar belt, Rahul Gandhi invokes legacy of Sardar Patel
National | Sep 26, 2017, 09:53 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi today invoked Sardar Patel's legacy as he took his campaign through Patidar dominated areas of Saurashtra region in poll-bound Gujarat.