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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

Congress sounds poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh, launches ‘27 saal UP behaal’ bus yatra
National | Jul 23, 2016, 03:19 PM IST
The Congress party today launched its poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh with party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi flagging off a three-day bus yatra ‘27 saal UP behaal’ from the party headquarters here.
UP polls: Rahul Gandhi to kick off Congress campaign from Lucknow on July 29
National | Jul 22, 2016, 01:18 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will launch his party’s election campaign for the upcoming UP Assembly polls from Lucknow on July 29 when he will inaugurate a massive meeting of party workers.
Dalit victim re-admitted to hospital before Rahul Gandhi's visit under 'political pressure'
National | Jul 22, 2016, 11:47 AM IST
Rajkot: What appears to be curious case of political gimmickry, a Dalit victim of public flogging in Gujarat's Una town, who had been discharged from one hospital was admitted to another under 'political pressure', hours

Rahul Gandhi meets victims of Una-violence, assures them of justice
National | Jul 21, 2016, 02:10 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met the family members of the Dalit family who were brutally thrashed by Gau Rakshak workers over allegations of skinning a dead cow in Una town of Gir-Somnath district in Gujarat.
20th July News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Jul 20, 2016, 07:39 PM IST
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As Parliament discusses Una Dalit assault, Rahul Gandhi hits ‘sleep’ mode
National | Jul 20, 2016, 04:57 PM IST
New Delhi: On a day of heated debates over alleged atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat’s Una district, Rahul Gandhi left the Congress party rather embarrassed in Parliament today. The Congress vice-president, who is set to

Una incident: Arvind Kejriwal, Rahul Gandhi to visit Gujarat to meet Dalit victims
National | Jul 19, 2016, 11:57 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi and AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal will visit Gujarat in next few days to meet the members of the Dalit community in the wake of assaults on them after
Rahul won’t apologise for RSS remarks, will prove his claim in court: Congress
National | Jul 19, 2016, 08:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will not apologise for blaming the RSS for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and will instead substantiate them with historical facts and evidence before the court to support
19th July News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Jul 19, 2016, 07:15 PM IST
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'RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi': Apologise or face trial, SC rebukes Rahul Gandhi
National | Jul 19, 2016, 01:23 PM IST
The Supreme Court today asked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to apologise or face trial for blaming the Rashtriya Syawamsevak Sangh (RSS) for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
16th Lok Sabha: Cong VP Rahul Gandhi least ‘inquisitive’ parliamentarian, asked no question in Lok Sabha so far
National | Jul 18, 2016, 12:53 PM IST
As many as nine of the top 10 members of Parliament (MPs) questioning the government in the 16th Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) are from Maharashtra, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of Lok
Irrfan Khan books appointment with Kejirwal and RaGa over Twitter
Bollywood | Jul 17, 2016, 06:01 PM IST
Irrfan Khan books appointment with Kejirwal and Rahul Gandhi over Twitter as a part of promotion of his upcoming movie Madaari.

When Rahul Gandhi watched Vijender Singh’s title clash amid ‘Modi Modi’ chants
National | Jul 17, 2016, 12:24 PM IST
New Delhi: As India’s star boxer Vijender Singh became the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight champion with a convincing win over Australian Kerry Hope, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, who was present at the Thyagaraj Stadium
Rahul Gandhi likely to take over as Congress chief in August or November: Report
National | Jul 16, 2016, 01:56 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is likely to take over as party president at a special All India Congress Committee (AIC) session, which may be held in the latter half of August or mid November.
Rahul Gandhi flays Centre over Kashmir unrest, calls for unity among secular parties to take on BJP
National | Jul 12, 2016, 04:20 PM IST
Stressing on the need to instill a sense of security and fearlessness among society, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today called on all secular political parties to unite to take on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi's barbs at NDA Government
National | Jul 02, 2016, 11:08 PM IST
BJP president Amit Shah today attacked Rahul Gandhi after the Congress Vice President questioned the NDA government's achievements
Priyanka Gandhi set to play a bigger role for Congress in UP Assembly polls: Sources
National | Jun 28, 2016, 11:26 PM IST
Priyanka Gandhi has agreed to play a bigger role for the party in the upcoming assembly polls in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, sources said.
Sheila Dikshit ‘turns down’ Congress’ offer to be CM face for UP polls: report
National | Jun 27, 2016, 03:27 PM IST
Sheila Dikshit is unlikely to be projected as the Congress party's chief ministerial face for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2017 after the party veteran turned down the offer
Rahul Gandhi is in London with a ‘special friend’: Subramanian Swamy
National | Jun 25, 2016, 06:39 PM IST
Subramanian Swamy, holding forth on various Congress leaders, said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is with a "special friend" in London.
I did not raise Nehru-Gandhi family issue to get favours, Rishi Kapoor tells Aap Ki Adalat
National | Jun 25, 2016, 07:18 PM IST
Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has said that he did not question the naming of public assets after Gandhi-Nehru family in order to get favours from the Modi government.