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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 appoints new spokespersons, media panellists
National | Mar 25, 2015, 06:38 AM IST
New Delhi: The Congress, in an effort to expand its media outreach, on Tuesday brought in many articulate and young faces as spokespersons while appointing Ajay Maken, CP Joshi, Satyavrat Chaturvedi and Shakeel Ahmed as
Summoning in Herald case illegal: Sonia Gandhi to Delhi HC
National | Mar 24, 2015, 08:30 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said in the Delhi High Court that the summons issued against her, Rahul Gandhi and five others in the National Herald case were “illegal”, claiming no one
Sonia, Rahul and half of Modi cabinet didn't spend a single penny on MPLADS
National | Mar 19, 2015, 04:48 PM IST
New Delhi: A look at the performance of Cabinet ministers of Narendra Modi government reveals that 11 of the 27 ministers have not recommended a single work under Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme

UP govt assures of foolproof security to Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 17, 2015, 06:38 PM IST
Lucknow: In the backdrop of alleged snooping on Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, the Uttar Pradesh government today assured that it will ensure “foolproof” security of the Congress general secretary as he is an MP from
Aaj Ki Baat: Government knows Rahul Gandhi's whereabouts says MOS Home Kiren Rijiju
National | Mar 16, 2015, 11:31 PM IST
In an exclusive interview with India TV Editor & Chairman Rajat Sharma, Ministry of Home Affairs, state Kiren Rijiju disclosed that the government knows the whereabouts of congress leader Rahul Gandhi but he would not
Nitish sides with Rahul Gandhi on 'snooping'; slams BJP
National | Mar 16, 2015, 10:19 PM IST
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today stood in support of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and questioned by “snooping” on him what kind of tradition the BJP government was establishing. “What do they want to

Rahul snooping: Congress says Sonia never filled any form
National | Mar 16, 2015, 08:10 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi today dismissed NDA government's claim that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were among the few politicians who had filled forms on security issues in the past. Singhvi was
No snooping on Rahul, it is 'transparent profiling': Jaitley
National | Mar 16, 2015, 07:25 PM IST
New Delhi: Government today countered the Congress charges of snooping on Rahul Gandhi saying it was making a "mountain out of what is not even a molehill" as information collection was part of a transparent
CoP may not know everything: Bassi on Rahul 'snooping' row
India | Mar 16, 2015, 05:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Delhi Police today continued to refute charges of “snooping” on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi saying that physical appearance detailing is an old and routine process.In a bid to douse suspicion raised by

Followed procedure on collecting information: Venkaiah Naidu on Rahul Gandhi snooping case
National | Mar 16, 2015, 01:42 PM IST
New Delhi:Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday said that Delhi Police followed standard procedure to collect information about Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.Reacting to, Congress leader of the Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge's request
Delhi Police submits report to MHA in Rahul Gandhi snooping case
National | Mar 16, 2015, 11:25 AM IST
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi today submitted report to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi snooping case.He also briefed Home Secretary, LC Goyal, and MoS for Home, Kiren Rijiju,
Neither Rahul's elevation in April a certainty, nor AICC session: Senior Congress leaders
National | Mar 16, 2015, 09:22 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's elevation to the party's president post is not a certainty, said senior leaders of Congress while speaking to media, adding that the All India Congress Committee Session is also

Process of profiling leaders started way back in 1957: Govt sources
National | Mar 16, 2015, 08:57 AM IST
New Delhi: The NDA government said that the recent Delhi Police enquiries at the residence of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi were part of a routine profiling and that the process was started by the Congress
BJP trashes Congress's œsnooping charge; condemns nun's gangrape
National | Mar 15, 2015, 03:03 PM IST
Hyderabad: Terming as “atrocious” the Congress' allegation of snooping on Rahul Gandhi after a visit by policemen to his residence, the BJP today said the opposition party was bereft of issues and raking up non-issues.“This
Delhi Police visits Rahul Gandhi's residence; Congress locks horns with BJP and Delhi police
National | Mar 15, 2015, 10:41 AM IST
New Delhi: Inquiries made by a Delhi Police official recently at Rahul Gandhi's residence has snowballed into a political controversy, with the Congress accusing the Narendra Modi government of "political espionage,” and BJP dismissing it

Pro forma to be 'reinvented': Bassi
India | Mar 14, 2015, 09:30 PM IST
New Delhi: The decades-old pro forma, some questions of which were termed “laughable” by Congress and “irrelevant” by Delhi Police, will now be reinvented after a major controversy erupted today over enquiries made police about
Rahul Gandhi, kindly fill up this form for Delhi Police
National | Mar 15, 2015, 09:04 AM IST
New Delhi: India TV has procured the proforma of Delhi Police, which was carried by two constables of Tughlak Road police station to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's office-cum-residence, for verification.A team of Delhi Police reportedly
BJP hits back at Cong on 'political espionage' charge
National | Mar 14, 2015, 04:17 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP today hit back at Congress for charging the Modi government with conducting “political espionage” on Rahul Gandhi, saying the opposition party has the habit of seeing conspiracies even in “routine” matters and
Rahul Gandhi unhappy with lobbies around Sonia, wants many leaders to go
National | Mar 14, 2015, 02:12 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi who has gone a sabbatical ‘for a few weeks' is unhappy with lobbies around his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.Quoting unnamed sources, NDTV also reported that Rahul Gandhi
Congress miffed over cops seeking Rahul's description
National | Mar 14, 2015, 01:11 PM IST
New Delhi:The Congress was on Saturday miffed over the visit of Delhi police officials to the party office here seeking details of Rahul Gandhi's physical appearance.The Delhi police, however, said it was a routine security