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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 not acting decisively, he gets angry when I repeat this: Digvijaya Singh
National | Mar 18, 2017, 08:48 AM IST
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that it’s time for party vice president Rahul Gandhi to act decisively in order to make a new Congress with a new charter, a new roadmap and a new style of campaigning.
Congress eyeing ‘mahagathbandhan’ with SP, BSP to counter 'Modi wave': Report
National | Mar 17, 2017, 09:38 AM IST
The idea of a ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) is gaining strength within the Congress party as it finds mutual cooperation and alliances between anti-BJP parties as the only option for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Rahul Gandhi to leave for US today to be with his ailing mother Sonia
National | Mar 17, 2017, 09:27 AM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be leaving for the United States today to be with his ailing mother and party President Sonia Gandhi.

Clamour grows for change in Congress after poll debacle. Who said what
National | Mar 16, 2017, 07:01 PM IST
There has been an increase in the number of Congress leaders asking for a change in leadership, albeit not directly blaming party vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
‘Is Rahul Gandhi consulting Italian Constitution on Goa?’ asks Subramanian Swamy
National | Mar 15, 2017, 01:53 PM IST
Mocking Rahul Gandhi over his ‘lack of constitutional knowledge’, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today wondered whether the Congress vice president was consulting the Italian Constitution over the government formation row in Goa.
Why Rahul Gandhi’s promise of structural changes in Congress will fall flat
National | Mar 14, 2017, 10:58 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today admitted that the Congress needs structural and organisational changes.

BJP using ‘money power’ to undermine democracy in Goa, Manipur: Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 14, 2017, 02:05 PM IST
Reacting to the BJP staking claims to form governments in Goa and Manipur, Congress vice predicted Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the saffron party was using ‘money power’ to undermine democracy in these two states.
UP election results: Congress loses 8 of 10 seats in Amethi, Rae Bareli
National | Mar 11, 2017, 08:53 PM IST
Six out of 10 assembly seats in Amethi and Rae Bareli parliamentary constituencies -- long considered Congress strongholds -- have gone to the BJP while two went to the Samajwadi Party, leaving the grand old party gasping with just two.
Congress decimated ahead of 2019, will Rahul take responsibility?
National | Mar 11, 2017, 08:41 PM IST
Two years after its worst defeat in Lok Sabha elections so far, the Congress party disappointed once again, managing to just bag seven of 104 seats it contested in the 403-strong Uttar Pradesh assembly.

Modi ‘thanks’ Rahul for ‘congratulatory’ message in his own style
National | Mar 11, 2017, 08:34 PM IST
After Congress party’s poor show and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as a clear majority in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the victory.
Assembly election results: Rahul Gandhi congratulates PM Modi for massive win
National | Mar 11, 2017, 05:23 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today extended his wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for registering a massive win in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Powered by an aggressive campaign spearheaded by Modi, BJP candidates
UP election results: Smriti Irani says Priyanka equally responsible for Congress' poor show
National | Mar 11, 2017, 04:34 PM IST
The Uttar Pradesh election results not only underline Rahul Gandhi’s failure, but also that of Priyanka Gandhi who was part of the poll strategy, Union minister Smriti Irani said on Saturday.

Punjab election results: Amarinder Singh credits Rahul Gandhi for Congress win
National | Mar 11, 2017, 02:08 PM IST
Proving exit polls which projected a close fight between the Congress and debutant Aam Aadmi Party wrong, the grand-old-party today forged ahead in 76 of the 117 seats in the state Assembly.
UP election results: No question of Rahul stepping down, says Digvijaya Singh
National | Mar 11, 2017, 12:57 PM IST
In the wake of the poor showing in the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh today said that there was no question of party vice president Rahul Gandhi stepping down.
UP election results: Don't single out Rahul Gandhi for loss, says Congress
National | Mar 11, 2017, 11:57 AM IST
With trends showing a clear majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh and a severe drubbing for the SP-Congress alliance limiting it below the 100-mark figure, the Congress party today jumped into the defence of

Election results 2017: BJP sweeps UP, Uttarakhand; Parliamentary Board to discuss probable CMs today
National | Mar 12, 2017, 01:14 PM IST
The BJP today registered a stunning victory in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, trampling a fragmented opposition that had hoped the demonetisation exercise would have chipped away at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.
Assembly results 2017: What today’s verdict means for Modi, Rahul, Akhilesh and Kejriwal
National | Mar 11, 2017, 08:58 PM IST
BJP gave a tough fight to Congress in Manipur and managed to finish second in Goa, where it was facing anti-incumbency.
Rahul Gandhi rejects UP exit polls, says they proved wrong in Bihar
National | Mar 10, 2017, 01:53 PM IST
Rejecting the exit poll results for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that the actual results will be entirely different.
Rahul Gandhi targets Modi on silence over racial attacks on Indians abroad, says he is 'scared'
National | Mar 07, 2017, 11:00 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned Prime Minister's silence on a string of racist attacks on Indians abroad.
Modi has grown old and tired, SP-cong will give UP a govt of youth: Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 07, 2017, 01:09 PM IST
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi went all out to attack Narendra Modi and said the Prime Minister has grown old and must be feeling tired.