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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

BJP links Rahul Gandhi’s aide to AgustaWestland scam, demands probe
National | May 03, 2016, 09:23 AM IST
The heat of AgustaWestland scam has now reached the doors of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming links between middleman Guido Haschke to Gandhi scion’s close aide Kanishk Singh.
Rahul Gandhi expected to take over as Congress chief this year
National | May 02, 2016, 10:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress expects Rahul Gandhi to take over as its chief this year, the party said today, virtually dismissing reports that he would be projected as the chief ministerial candidate in the Uttar Pradesh
Congress may carry out massive rejig in UP, project Brahmin as CM face
National | May 02, 2016, 01:27 PM IST
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who is now working for the Congress in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, has made a strong suggestion that party vice president Rahul Gandhi or his elder sister Priyanka be projected as the party's face in the upcoming assemb

Spectre of corruption continues to haunt Congress, especially its first family
National | Apr 30, 2016, 01:43 PM IST
It was the Bofors howitzer scandal which brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. Since then, none from the dynasty has been the prime minister although the Congress has been in power. Now,
Sharad Pawar prefers Nitish over Rahul to lead ‘united opposition’ in 2019 polls
National | Apr 29, 2016, 09:25 AM IST
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ambitious anti-BJP alliance call for 2019 general elections is gaining popularity among opposition parties with each passing day. The latest to lend his weight behind the Janata Dal (United) leader’s campaign to bu
Kuldeep Bishnoi confirms HJC’s merger with Congress, formal announcement tomorrow
National | Apr 25, 2016, 05:41 PM IST
HJC leader Kuldeep Bishnoi today confirmed his party’s merger with the Indian National Congress.

23rd April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Apr 23, 2016, 07:32 PM IST
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On campaign trail in West Bengal, Rahul launches twin attack on Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi
National | Apr 23, 2016, 06:10 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi today launched a two-pronged attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targetting the former with corruption and unemployment; and the latter over the BJP's past alliance with the Trinamool Congress in We
Mamata government looted people through Saradha scam: Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 23, 2016, 03:09 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, saying it has "snatched people's money and savings through the Saradha chit fund scam".

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi uses Ishrat Jahan case to target Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 21, 2016, 09:03 PM IST
Raking up Ishrat Jahan case, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today targeted Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi
Congress will eliminate Punjab’s drug menace, Akali govt not serious: Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 16, 2016, 05:03 PM IST
Slamming the SAD-BJP government in the state for not being serious about ridding Punjab of the drug menace, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today reiterated that the problem was serious and the Congress government would solve it if voted to powe
Rahul Gandhi lacks ‘heart’ although his father Rajiv was a lovable person with a ‘big heart’: Hansraj Bhardwaj
National | Apr 15, 2016, 03:14 PM IST
Hansraj Bhardwaj today slammed his own party leader Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress vice-president has no heart although his father and former prime minister ‘Rajiv Gandhi was a very lovable person with a big heart.’

Rahul Gandhi demands CBI probe into Dalit girl’s murder
National | Apr 13, 2016, 09:41 PM IST
Barmer: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today charged that efforts were being made to suppress the case of rape of a 17-year-old Dalit girl who was later found dead in Bikaner and said CBI should
Rahul Gandhi visits Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai, slams PM Modi over Swachch Bharat
National | Apr 12, 2016, 11:19 PM IST
Mumbai:Rahul Gandhi today trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pet "Swachh Bharat" campaign, alleging "lack of strategy and vision" in carrying out cleanliness drives as he visited Deonar garbage dumping ground
Rahul Gandhi hits out at PDP-BJP govt over NIT row
National | Apr 07, 2016, 02:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today mounted attack on the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, accusing it of using "brute" force against NIT students in Srinagar. "Strongly condemn lathicharge on #NITSrinagar students. When will

PM Modi’s popularity still running high among middle class: Survey
National | Apr 07, 2016, 12:41 PM IST
Two-year after he stormed to power at the Centre giving BJP its highest-ever tally in the Lok Sabha elections, PM Narendra Modi’s popularity among the middle class is still running high, especially among urban salaried and those living in India's sev
Excise on jewellery is an assassination attempt on small businessmen: Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 06, 2016, 02:54 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined jewellers protesting against the imposition of excise duty on non-silver jewellery, saying the government’s proposal was to crush small businessmen in India. “We would stand
Don't want to politicise Kolkata flyover collapse, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 02, 2016, 02:04 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met the injured people and the families of the victims of the March 31 flyover collapse incident that took place in city's Girish Park area.
31st March News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Mar 31, 2016, 08:52 PM IST
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Why Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi still abroad, Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi
National | Mar 31, 2016, 04:25 PM IST
Digboi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about bringing back black money from overseas, then why liquor baron Vijay Mallya and former IPL chief Lalit Modi are still abroad, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked today.