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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

P Chidambaram hits out at BJP for not condemning attack on Rahul Gandhi
National | Aug 05, 2017, 06:21 PM IST
Rahul faced protests in the flood-hit Gujarat district yesterday and a cement brick was hurled at his car, breaking its window panes.
BJP youth wing worker arrested for attack on Rahul Gandhi’s cavalcade in Gujarat
National | Aug 05, 2017, 05:00 PM IST
Rahul escaped unhurt after some unidentified persons threw a stone at the car in which he was travelling, breaking the glass pane of the rear window of the vehicle.
Don't protest attack on me, help people affected by floods: Rahul tells Congress workers
National | Aug 05, 2017, 03:48 PM IST
On Friday, Rahul had faced hostile black-flag waving crowds shouting slogans in favour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his tour of flood hit Dhanera town in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, forcing him to beat a retreat.

‘This is PM Modi’s way of politics’: Rahul Gandhi blames BJP, RSS people for attack on him in Gujarat
National | Aug 05, 2017, 12:49 PM IST
“Attack on me was carried out by the BJP, RSS people. This is their, and PM Modi’s, way of politics,” Rahul Gandhi said.
BJP plays down attack on Rahul Gandhi’s car in Gujarat, accuses him of doing ‘photo op’ politics
National | Aug 04, 2017, 11:47 PM IST
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani hit out at Rahul Gandhi saying ‘people know the tricks of the Congress rather too well’.
Video: 'Stones, black flags won't bog us down', says Rahul Gandhi after attack in flood-hit Gujarat
National | Aug 04, 2017, 06:20 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's car was also pelted with stones, shattering some windows.

Rahul Gandhi to visit flood-hit north Gujarat today
National | Aug 04, 2017, 08:17 AM IST
During the visit, Gandhi is scheduled to take a tour of Banaskantha and Patan districts, which are the worst affected regions in the recent floods in the state in 70 years.
Panama papers: Follow Nawaz Sharif and quit, Rahul Gandhi tells Raman Singh
National | Jul 29, 2017, 07:36 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi also accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of overlooking the corruption of the BJP Chief Ministers.
Rahul Gandhi, LK Advani talk in Lok Sabha as BJP-Congress spar over issues
National | Jul 27, 2017, 03:26 PM IST
After talking to the former deputy Prime Minister for nearly five minutes, Rahul was also seen talking to Union minister Ramdas Athawale. Then the Congress leader went upto his mother Congress president Sonia Gandhi and talked to her for a while.

Rahul Gandhi slams Nitish Kumar, says ‘he betrayed Congress party’
National | Jul 27, 2017, 12:34 PM IST
Rahul said that Kumar has betrayed the Congress Bihar’s interest. The Congress scion even charged Kumar of not keeping him in loop before taking the decision.
Tejashwi Yadav has to come clean on graft charges or quit: Nitish tells Rahul Gandhi
National | Jul 23, 2017, 10:13 AM IST
According to media reports, Nitish nudged Rahul to take on corruption charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family, particularly his son Tejashwi Yadav
‘No prizes for guessing who was inspired by Hitler’: Smriti Irani to Rahul
National | Jul 22, 2017, 07:46 PM IST
Smriti Irani hit back at Rahul for drawing a parallel between the PM and Adolf Hitler, saying there were "no prizes for guessing" who was inspired by the dictator and imposed the Emergency.

Nitish meets Rahul amid reports of rift in ‘Mahagathbandhan’ govt
National | Jul 22, 2017, 08:11 PM IST
Kumar's meeting with Rahul comes days after Sonia spoke to the Bihar CM and Lalu Prasad in an effort to prevent a collapse of the ruling coalition.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to meet Congress VP Rahul Gandhi today
National | Jul 22, 2017, 02:08 PM IST
Nitish Kumar is set to meet Rahul Gandhi at 4 p.m. to discuss the present political situation in Bihar.
PM, RSS bureaucracy aim to 'mutilate' Constitution: Rahul Gandhi
National | Jul 22, 2017, 12:05 AM IST
Attacking Modi on demonetisation and for not listening to the farmers, Gandhi said, "The emperor is completely naked, but nobody around him has the courage to tell it to him."

Problems of Jammu and Kashmir legacy of Congress: BJP
National | Jul 21, 2017, 09:47 PM IST
Hitting out at Gandhi, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said many problems of Jammu and Kashmir are the legacy of the Congress and its role in creating complications in the state is "too well known".
Wrong policies of Narendra Modi and NDA burnt Kashmir, says Rahul
National | Jul 21, 2017, 05:28 PM IST
“I have been saying it for a long time that wrong policies of Narendra Modi and NDA have burnt Kashmir,” Rahul Gandhi said.
GST rolled out in a hurry to impress the world: Rahul Gandhi
National | Jul 19, 2017, 08:18 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi today claimed that the GST was rolled out in a hurry to "impress" the world, ignoring the interests of small businessmen in the country.
Congress top brass meet to chalk out strategy for Monsoon session
National | Jul 17, 2017, 11:07 PM IST
Congress leaders today deliberated on a strategy for the Monsoon session of Parliament during which the party is likely to raise a host of issues.
Shut hospitals to save money: Rahul's sarcastic jibe at UP CM Adityanath
National | Jul 15, 2017, 10:09 PM IST
Gandhi has stepped up his attack on the BJP and has been vociferously criticising the Modi government's policies.