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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

Never received direction from Sonia, Rahul Gandhi on how to run the ministry: Jairam Ramesh
National | Feb 16, 2015, 09:02 PM IST
New Delhi: Days after former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan quit alleging interference in the running of the ministry, her predecessor Jairam Ramesh said he faced no interference from Congress top officials in the running of
Rahul's roadshow charm fails to translate into votes
National | Feb 11, 2015, 11:35 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's pre-poll roadshows in Delhi may have witnessed huge attendance but it failed to translate into votes, even in areas traditionally said to be Congress' bastions.The Congress Vice-President had held back-to-back roadshows
Congress flattened by AAP tornado in Delhi
National | Feb 10, 2015, 05:35 PM IST
New Delhi: The AAP tornado which blew away the opposition in Delhi also had Congress scoring a duck in what is the party's worst-ever performance in the city, where it had been in power for

Delhi polls: Sonia, Rahul congratulate AAP for landslide victory
National | Feb 10, 2015, 01:06 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi today congratulated Arvind Kejriwal for AAP's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls in which their party failed to score.“My congratulations to Arvind
Rahul Gandhi to visit Punjab in March
National | Feb 06, 2015, 05:46 PM IST
Moga (Punjab): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is slated to visit Punjab either in third or fourth week of the next month, Punjab Congress General Secretary Fatehjang Singh Bajwa said today.Fatehjang, younger brother of Punjab
Rahul holds another roadshow in Delhi as campaign ends
National | Feb 05, 2015, 08:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Pulling out all stops on the last day of campaigning, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today reached out to the electorate holding a roadshow in Sultanpur Majra in north Delhi.Party supporters rallied on both

Delhi Polls: Congress performs hence people vote for us, says Maken
National | Feb 05, 2015, 04:55 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress leader Ajay Maken who has been handed the baton to lead the Congress' fight in Delhi Assembly Elections, says that he not a lone warrior, as scoffed off by rivals. Maken said
Delhi polls: Spiced-up with last-minute lucrative promises and politicos' antics
National | Feb 05, 2015, 08:34 AM IST
New Delhi: While the much-awaited Delhi Assembly elections are round the corner, and the campaigning about to get over; the three coveted personalities – Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi are going
Rahul's rally, roadshow 'remind' people of Indira Gandhi
National | Feb 04, 2015, 10:39 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's election campaign in the national capital today triggered feelings of nostalgia among the elderly people, who said his speech and mannerisms evoked memories of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.With

Delhi Polls: Rahul Gandhi showered with flower petals at roadshow
National | Feb 04, 2015, 10:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today held a massive roadshow in the national capital during which he was showered with flower petals. People, cutting across community, religion and social rank, were seen rallying behind
Modi's Rs 10 lakh suit was made in UK: Rahul Gandhi
National | Feb 04, 2015, 06:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘Make in India' campaign, Rahul Gandhi today said the Rs.10 lakh suit he wore during US President Barack Obama's visit was “Make in
Rahul Gandhi breaks silence on charges levelled by Jayanthi Natarajan
National | Feb 04, 2015, 02:36 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today broke his silence on charges levelled against him by former Union minister and Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan. Addressing an election rally in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, Rahul said that

Punjab MLAs meet Rahul, back Amarinder's return to lead role
National | Feb 03, 2015, 09:55 PM IST
New Delhi: A majority of Congress MLAs from Punjab who met party vice president Rahul Gandhi today threw their weight behind former chief minister Amarinder Singh and sought early revival of the party to successfully
Rahul meets Punjab MLAs, seeks views on leadership, strategy
National | Feb 03, 2015, 08:52 AM IST
New Delhi: Amid a raging tussle over the leadership of Punjab Congress unit, Rahul Gandhi today met Congress legislators from the state to seek their views on rejuvenating the party with an eye on the
Supreme Court relief to Ramdev in new 'honeymooon remark' cases
India | Feb 02, 2015, 08:59 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed another set of criminal proceedings initiated against yoga guru Ramdev on complaints against his alleged controversial remarks on "honeymoon" directed at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for

Jaitley hits back at Rahul's jibe at 'Modi's 10-lakh suit'
National | Jan 30, 2015, 09:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Terming Rahul Gandhi's 'Rs 10-lakh suit' jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "non-issue", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has charged he has taken the level of politics to "a new low.""It is
Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul: Congress slams her
National | Jan 30, 2015, 09:21 PM IST
New Delhi: Stung by Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders today rallied behind him and slammed their outgoing “opportunist” colleague, saying she had been removed as Environment Minister because of ‘Jayanthi tax' barb
Former Congress MP Pradeep Majhi says Rahul Gandhi was committed to Kondh tribes
National | Jan 30, 2015, 06:34 PM IST
BHUBANESWAR: Apparently corroborating former union minister Jayanthi Natarajan's statement on Rahul Gandhi's intervention relating to rejection of green clearance to Vedanta's mining project, former party MP Pradeep Majhi today said this speaks of the Congress
Jairam rubbishes Natarajan's allegations against Rahul
National | Jan 30, 2015, 06:12 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who was the Environment Minister before Jayanthi Natarajan, today rubbished her allegations about Rahul Gandhi's interference in the ministry's work as “not just completely unfair but also preposterously baseless.”In
Rahul's office planted false stories against me in media: Jayanthi Natarajan
National | Jan 30, 2015, 02:22 PM IST
New Delhi: The rebel Congress leader Jayanti Natarajan has accused Congress vice-president of planting false stories against her in media.In her letter to Sonia Gandhi, Natarajan has acused Rahul of running a "vicious, false and