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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

40YearsofEmergency: Dynastic politics does not go well with democracy, says Kuldip Nayar
National | Jun 24, 2015, 02:26 PM IST
New Delhi: India is unlikely to see the imposition of another Emergency due to changes made in the Constitution and people being more vigilant, veteran journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar has said, noting that
Rahul Gandhi's concern for farmers a political stunt: Badal
National | Jun 22, 2015, 04:07 PM IST
Muktsar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the “sudden” concern of Rahul Gandhi for farmers was merely a “political stunt” as he blamed the Congress party and Gandhi family for farmers' plight across
IIT admission fees of UP brothers will be waived: Smriti Irani
National | Jun 21, 2015, 08:13 AM IST
New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today announced that IIT admission fees of Partapgarh brothers Raju and Brijesh, sons of a daily wager, would be waived even as support poured in from several quarters including

Vidarbha: After Rahul Gandhi's visit, Congress helps dead farmers' families pay off loans
National | Jun 20, 2015, 03:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress workers have adopted the households of nine debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers, who had committed suicide, and paid off their loans after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visited them in April during his ‘padyatra' over
Case filed against BJP MP for calling Sonia, Rahul name
National | Jun 20, 2015, 03:14 PM IST
Patna : A case was filed on Saturday against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashwani Kumar Choubey for making offensive remarks about Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, a Bihar government lawyer
BJP MP compares Sonia Gandhi to demon 'Putna', calls Rahul a parrot
National | Jun 20, 2015, 06:36 AM IST
Nawada, Bihar: BJP parliamentarian Ashwini Kumar Choubey has described Congress president Sonia Gandhi as the demonic mythical character 'Putana' and called Rahul Gandhi a parrot. He also attacked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president

Like. Laugh. Love- Rahul Gandhi
Life | Jun 19, 2015, 04:48 PM IST
It's #Vishwapappudivas today. Wonder why it's trending? Because everyone loves making fun of him. From his baby jokes to Rani Mukherjee and Lady Gaga fangirling over him, we have brought along some of the most
PM Modi greets Rahul Gandhi on his birthday
National | Jun 19, 2015, 10:58 AM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended birthday greetings to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who turned 45 today. “Wishing the Congress Vice President, Shri Rahul Gandhi a Happy Birthday. I pray for his good health
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib today; 8 other news events of the day
India | Jun 19, 2015, 09:53 AM IST
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib todayChandigarh: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with BJP president Amit Shah will visit Anandpur Sahib on the occasion of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the holy

No foreign birthday bash for Rahul Gandhi this year
National | Jun 19, 2015, 09:07 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is celebrating his 45th birthday today.The party workers have made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the birthday Rahul.His today's presence in capital is significant as it for the first in
Congress workers to cut 45-kg cake on Rahul Gandhi birthday tomorrow
National | Jun 18, 2015, 09:41 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress workers have made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the birthday of party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who turns 45 tomorrow. Party supporters will cut a birthday cake weighing 45-kg outside his residence 12
Rahul Gandhi visits family of farmer who committed suicide in Punjab
National | Jun 18, 2015, 10:37 AM IST
Fatehgarh Sahib: Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of a debt-ridden farmer, who committed suicide last week, barely a month after he had met the Congress Vice President to apprise him of farmers' woes.Rahul will

Rahul Gandhi slams BJP, AAP for making hollow promises
National | Jun 17, 2015, 02:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on BJP-led Narendra Modi government at the Centre and AAP government in Delhi for not addressing the grievances of poor and making only hollow
PM has jumped to the rescue of Lalit Modi: Rahul
National | Jun 16, 2015, 09:03 PM IST
Janjgir (Chhattisgarh): Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lalit Modi controversy, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the man who had promised to bring back black money has now "jumped to the rescue"
Rahul Gandhi slams PM Narendra Modi for ignoring poor, says bullet trains only for people with 'suit-boot'
National | Jun 16, 2015, 11:36 PM IST
Janjgir (Chhattisgarh): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the poor and the tribals, saying that although the government speaks of bullet trains, "only people with suit-boot" can enter these

Rahul Gandhi begins 10-km foot march in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir Champa
National | Jun 16, 2015, 11:39 AM IST
Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today began his 10-kilometre ‘padyatra' (foot march) in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district to reach out to farmers and tribals affected by land acquisition for various projects.He kicked off his
PM Modi protecting Lalit Modi; Swaraj must go, says Rahul
National | Jun 15, 2015, 09:24 PM IST
Korba (Chhattisgarh): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj over the Lalit Modi controversy as he rejected her “humanitarian” ground argument and mounted a fresh attack
6 disadvantages of Rahul Gandhi compared to Narendra Modi
National | Jun 15, 2015, 03:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is leaving no stone unturned in emerging as a true alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Unfortunately, there are certain facts that put him at disadvantage compared to PM Modi.Let's have a
Rahul Gandhi meets sanitation workers for the second day
National | Jun 13, 2015, 10:09 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Latching on to the salary issue of sanitation workers, Rahul Gandhi on Saturdy made a strong pro-poor pitch assuring them that he will give his “whole life to fight” for the rights of
AAP, BJP out for photo-op now: Congress on garbage crisis
National | Jun 13, 2015, 06:35 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress today stepped up attack on BJP-led government at the Centre and AAP's Delhi government over the garbage crisis in the city as a number of sanitation workers called on Rahul Gandhi to