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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

Faux Pas: Police ‘verify’ Rahul Gandhi as a driver and a resident of Indirapuram
National | May 27, 2016, 01:09 PM IST
Does Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi live in Indirapuram locality of Ghaziabad? Obviously not. However in a bizarre incident, the local police have ended up verifying his address as a servant or a driver.
'Swear unqualified allegiance' to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi: Cong MLAs sign undertaking in Bengal
National | May 25, 2016, 05:49 PM IST
Kolkata: In the aftermath of the Congress'unmitigated rout in the recent assembly elections, the inner discontent have come to the fore with party leaders suggesting major surgery ( cosmetic or cardiac) to save the grand
‘Congress Mukta Bharat’ becoming a reality; party shrinks to 6 pc of India, lost 6 states since 2014 LS polls
National | May 20, 2016, 05:15 PM IST
The results of polls in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu showed that decline of Congress since the Lok Sabha elections has not ebbed. When the Congress got a drubbing in the Lok Sabha in 2014, it had ruled in 13 states. But now it is down to

After poor show in Assembly polls, Congress hints at Rahul Gandhi's elevation
National | May 20, 2016, 09:12 AM IST
Suffering a debacle in the current round of Assembly elections, Congress hinted that party vice-president Rahul Gandhi could be elevated as party president.
Congress loses more ground, faces tough task for 2019 polls
National | May 20, 2016, 08:59 AM IST
The defeat in assembly polls to four major states on Thursday has come as a big disappointment to Congress and a dampener to its ambitions to replace the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The results could delay elevation of Congr
Assembly poll results: BJP expands footprint but big question mark over Rahul Gandhi’s leadership
National | May 19, 2016, 06:36 PM IST
The results of 5 state Assemblies have come as a rude shock to Indian National Congress, the grand old party of India.

Will work harder till we win the confidence of people, says Rahul Gandhi
National | May 19, 2016, 01:07 PM IST
With poll trends showing a rout for Congress in party-ruled Assam and Kerala and no major gains in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi today said the party will work harder till it wins the confidence and trust of people.
99 institutions, 66 schemes named after Gandhi family. Here is the complete list of national assets named after them
National | May 18, 2016, 05:42 PM IST
New Delhi: On a day when Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor kicked off a storm by unleashing a scathing attack on the Gandhi family for having named the major national assets after names of their family
Congress, Left funded protests over Rohith Vemula’s death: former SFI leader
National | May 13, 2016, 02:21 PM IST
a former student leader of the Left-affiliated Students Federation of India (SFI) has claimed that the protests in the aftermath of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide were sponsored by political parties which included the Congress, the Left

Democracy won in Uttarakhand, it's a lesson for PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi
National | May 11, 2016, 03:07 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP did its worst but democracy won in Uttarakhand, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday, hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "learn" his lesson that people of India will not
Rahul Gandhi unwell, cancels visit to Puducherry where death threat was received
National | May 10, 2016, 10:37 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has announced that he will not visit Puducherry where security was beefed up following the assassination threat to the leader. In a series of tweets, Gandhi said
Rahul Gandhi gets assassination threat, Congress leaders to meet Home Minister
National | May 09, 2016, 02:25 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday received a death threat following which senior party leaders has decided to meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. According to reports, Puducherry Congress received a letter threatening

Sonia, Rahul, Manmohan released after brief detention by Delhi Police
National | May 06, 2016, 12:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh are at Jantar Mantar (Delhi) to lead the ‘Save Democracy' march against Modi government. Addressing Congress supporters at Jantar
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul to launch 'Save Democracy' rally today
National | May 06, 2016, 08:07 AM IST
New Delhi: As the Opposition and government continues to lock horns on a host of issues in Parliament, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi are set to launch a sharp attack
Rahul Gandhi bought 2 shops at market rates: Emaar MGF
National | May 04, 2016, 05:43 PM IST
New Delhi: Realty firm Emaar MGF today said it had sold two shops to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in a shopping mall here in December 2005 at market rates and rejected allegations that they

Most welcome, says Sonia as BJP promises ‘new revelations’ on Agusta
National | May 04, 2016, 01:14 PM IST
With the government all set to make a ‘big revelation’ in the Parliament today on the AgustaWestland scam, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, whose name has been mired in the controversy said that any new information ‘is most welcome’.
Not CM candidate, Rahul Gandhi to lead party across the country: Congress
National | May 04, 2016, 08:25 AM IST
Asking speculators not to make any hasty judgement, the Congress party has dismissed the reports that vice-president Rahul Gandhi would be projected as the chief ministerial candidate in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and that the Gandhi scion is the ‘lead
Rahul Gandhi as UP CM candidate: Prashant Kishor trying to kill two birds with one stone?
National | May 03, 2016, 06:59 PM IST
Prashant Kishor, in one sense, is actually carrying forward the idea mooted by Nitish Kumar and it has the potential of keeping both the clients of Prashant Kishor in good humour.
‘Rahul, Sonia ignoring Kerala Dalit woman’s murder-rape case’
National | May 03, 2016, 05:32 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP today attacked Congress over the gruesome rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Kerala, saying its Vice-President Rahul Gandhi was quick in rushing to different states over Dalit issues but has
VVIP chopper deal: I am happy to be targeted, says Rahul Gandhi
National | May 03, 2016, 01:35 PM IST
New Delhi: With BJP training guns at Congress Vice president on the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal, Rahul Gandhi today said he is happy to be targeted. "I am always being targeted, happy to