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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

No leadership change in Goa: AICC secretary
National | Aug 29, 2014, 09:03 PM IST
Panaji: Goa's beleaguered Congress president John Fernandes will continue in his chair at least for now, AICC secretary in charge of Goa, A. Chella Kumar said Friday.Speaking to IANS, All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary
Sonia, Rahul shy away from campaigning in UP bypolls
National | Aug 29, 2014, 08:29 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will not be campaigning for bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled on September 13. Party sources, however, downplayed it saying the Congress President, by convention, never campaigns
Court defers hearing in National Herald case
India | Aug 28, 2014, 11:47 AM IST
New Delhi: A court here on Thursday fixed Dec 9 as the next date of hearing in a case against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi and others

10 facts to know about Congress President Sonia Gandhi
National | Dec 09, 2014, 10:48 AM IST
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is one of the most talked about persons of Indian politics. Ranging from her foreign origin, to her leading a national party, all have been hotly debated upon. She has a
Court issues summon to Baba Ramdev to appear before it
India | Aug 20, 2014, 08:57 PM IST
Dhanbad (Jharkhand): A local here today issued a summons to yoga guru Baba Ramdev to appear before it on August 26 in connection with SC/ST atrocities charges. First Class Judicial Magistrate, Dhanbad, P Chandra while
Rahul Gandhi: People who worship women as 'Devi', molest them in buses
National | Aug 20, 2014, 06:00 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said that often men who visit temples and worship “devi”; molest women in buses and other public places. Rahul Gandhi made this observation while addressing his party

Country remembers Rajiv Gandhi on 70th birth anniversary
National | Aug 20, 2014, 02:58 PM IST
New Delhi: The country today fondly remembered former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 70th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari leading the nation in paying tributes to the departed leader.Mukherjee,
Varun Gandhi becomes father of baby girl
National | Aug 18, 2014, 04:55 PM IST
New Delhi: Sultanpur MP and BJP leader Varun Gandhi and his wife Yamini were today blessed with a baby girl.“It is with the deepest joy that I share that Yamini and I have been blessed
Rahul not responsible for Congress' defeat in LS polls: Antony
National | Aug 15, 2014, 08:32 PM IST
New Delhi: Rejecting criticism about Rahul Gandhi's leadership, Congress leader AK Antony on Friday said he was not responsible for the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle and exuded optimism that it will revive under Sonia

Rahul Gandhi not responsible for Congress' loss: A K Antony
National | Aug 15, 2014, 02:29 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is not responsible for the poll debacle that the party faced, Congress leader A.K. Antony said Friday.Antony, who headed a committee that probed the reason's for Congress' loss
HC extends stay on proceedings in National Herald case till September 3
National | Aug 13, 2014, 10:30 PM IST
New Delhi: The criminal proceedings before a trial court against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others will remain stayed till September 3 in a case relating to acquiring ownership of National Herald daily,
10 facts about Rahul Gandhi, Congress Vice President
National | Jan 10, 2015, 11:05 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of Congress party belongs to a politically strong family. Yet he is known to be modest.After the Congress party's devastating defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul was severely criticized

Communal Violence Bill: All eyes on Rahul Gandhi as LS gets ready to discuss the bill today
National | Aug 11, 2014, 11:28 AM IST
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will be discussing Communal Violence Bill today. The bill has been listed for discussion in the house after the question hour and a discussion on atrocities against women and children.
Noisy protests by MPs go against parliament's rule book
National | Aug 10, 2014, 04:19 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's recent storming to the Lok Sabha Speaker's podium and noisy protest might have charged up his party members, but it grossly violates the code of parliamentary etiquette laid
Stop indulging in vote bank politics: Modi tells Congress
National | Aug 10, 2014, 11:53 AM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday accused the Congress party of "disturbing the social fabric" of India by engaging in "old vote bank politics".Without naming the party, Modi said "those who have suffered a

BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi for saying UP riots were artificially engineered
National | Aug 09, 2014, 11:26 AM IST
New Delhi: The BJP has taken strong exception to Congress vice president Rahul gandhi's statement that the ongoing conflicts in Uttar Pradesh have been “artificially and deliberately engineered”.Speaking to a leading newspaper, Rahul Gandhi had
Rahul Gandhi alleges hospitals discriminate against poor
India | Aug 09, 2014, 08:09 AM IST
Gurgaon: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that hospitals in India discriminate against the poor.Inaugurating the Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital in Raipur village near Sohna, 26 km from Gurgaon, Rahul said the hospital would
None says, Madam, I don't agree with you: Natwar Singh
India | Aug 08, 2014, 09:17 AM IST
New Delhi: The main reason the Congress has shrunk is that it is a "one-woman show" and no one dares to say "I don't agree with you" to party president Sonia Gandhi, former party leader
An active Rahul Gandhi demands more time for his MP in debate on crime against women
National | Aug 07, 2014, 06:20 PM IST
New Delhi: A day after storming the Well, Rahul Gandhi was again active in Lok Sabha today as he batted for more time to a Congress party colleague speaking passionately on the issue of atrocities
Congress workers want Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka to collectively lead the party
National | Aug 07, 2014, 05:19 PM IST
New Delhi: The chorus for bringing Priyanka Gandhi to the forefront of Congress is getting louder day after day. The Congress workers, who are feeling dejected in the aftermath of the decimation of the party