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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

Odisha legislators ask Sonia, Rahul to remove chief whip
National | Jul 21, 2015, 06:41 PM IST
Bhubaneswar: Twelve Congress legislators from Odisha met party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday demanding the removal of the party chief whip in the state assembly. The legislators met Sonia and
Rahul Gandhi likely to join Mahila Congress protest against Modi govt
National | Jul 21, 2015, 09:14 AM IST
New Delhi: The Congress' woman wing, Mahila Congress, will protest near the Parliament on Tuesday, the first day of Monsoon session, against the Narendra Modi government on a range of issues including "price rise, corruption,
VHP criticises Rahul Gandhi for 'intemperate' language against PM Modi
National | Jul 17, 2015, 07:42 PM IST
New Delhi: Criticising Rahul Gandhi for using “intemperate” language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, VHP today it does not augur well for democracy. The Hindu outfit said that the Congress leader had become a “liability”

BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi, says he is a 'baby in diapers'
National | Jul 18, 2015, 08:10 AM IST
New Delhi: BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi after he attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has to "grow out of diapers".Reacting sharply to Rahul's remark that the Vasundhara Raje government's "remote" was
BJP will ruin the nation built in last 60 years: Rahul Gandhi
National | Jul 17, 2015, 07:23 PM IST
Jaipur: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today attacked BJP saying the saffron party would ruin the progress made by the country in last 60 years but his party would not allow it to do so."India
Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi may lose paper mill project
National | Jul 17, 2015, 08:31 PM IST
New Delhi: A Rs. 3,650 crore paper mill project, proposed to be set up in Jagdishpur in Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi, may be shifted to Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, the home state of Union Heavy Industry

Congress will reduce PM Modi's 56-inch chest to 5.6 inch: Rahul
National | Jul 17, 2015, 09:04 PM IST
Jaipur: Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that very soon Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 56-inch chest will be reduced to 5.6 inch.Addressing party workers in Jaipur,
Why is PM Modi silent on Vyapam scam, asks Rahul Gandhi
National | Jul 16, 2015, 02:26 PM IST
Hanumangarh: Gearing up to take on the government in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi today vowed that Congress will not allow the NDA government to acquire "even an inch of land" in the country as he stepped
PM Modi to address public rally in Varanasi; 5 other major events of the day
India | Jul 16, 2015, 10:02 AM IST
1. PM Modi to address public rally in VaranasiVaranasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to make a day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency today.During his visit the prime minister will address a public

Those who criticise Rahul Gandhi have personal reasons: Salman Khurshid
National | Jul 15, 2015, 05:33 PM IST
Patna: Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has hinted that those striking discordant notes on the leadership qualities of Rahul Gandhi, are doing so for personal reasons.The former External Affairs Minister said in a "big" and
Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Rajasthan from tomorrow
National | Jul 15, 2015, 02:53 PM IST
Jaipur: Preparations have been made for Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Rajasthan starting from tomorrow, state PCC vice-president Archna Sharma said today."Preparations for the visit have been made accordingly," she said.Rahul Gandhi will
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan meet to chalk out strategy for Parliament session
National | Jul 14, 2015, 10:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress top brass including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh today held a meeting to chalk out the party's strategy for Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next Tuesday.The party is attempting to

Subrmanian Swamy, Rahul Gandhi against Centre on criminal defamation in SC
National | Jul 14, 2015, 08:45 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP's Subrmanian Swamy and Congress' Rahul Gandhi today came out in unison to assail the criminal defamation law before the Supreme Court which said that lodging of cases for political speech and debates
Rahul Gandhi meets street vendors in Delhi
National | Jul 13, 2015, 05:21 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met street vendors in the Raghubir Nagar area of Delhi."The vendors called me saying that they don't have enough facilities,” Rahul said, adding that ‘the poor workers
Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi over corruption, Why no action against Shivraj?
National | Jul 09, 2015, 07:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Reminding Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his poll promise to end corruption, Rahul Gandhi today asked why is he not taking action against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is embroiled

Rahul Gandhi misguiding people on food park issue, alleges Union Minister Sadhvi Jyoti
National | Jul 05, 2015, 09:09 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Sunday alleged that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was misguiding people and farmers by raking up the issue of food park proposed in
Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal at cremation of journalist Akshay Singh
National | Jul 05, 2015, 09:32 PM IST
New Delhi: The last rites of investigative TV journalist Akshay Singh, who was covering Vyapam scam, were held today in the capital where Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those present,
Rahul Gandhi meets internet entrepreneurs, business leaders
National | Jul 04, 2015, 06:48 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met a group of internet entrepreneurs and business leaders to discuss the "challenges and opportunities that lie ahead" and hailed the spirit of innovation demonstrated by them.After the
Rahul Gandhi was a beneficiary of my hospitality, claims Lalit Modi
National | Jul 05, 2015, 07:29 AM IST
New Delhi: In yet another startling disclosure , former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was a beneficiary of his hospitality during IPL matches.Lalit Modi has tweeted a photograph in
Rahul Gandhi 'out of touch' with reality: Hansraj Bhardwaj
National | Jul 02, 2015, 03:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Union minister Hansraj Bhardwaj has slammed his own party Congress over a number of issues including the statement of a few leaders threatening to disrupt the functioning of Parliament if no action