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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

Speaker's decision on LoP could be flavoured by BJP, Modi: Kamal Nath
National | Jul 06, 2014, 12:47 PM IST
New Delhi: In remarks that could fuel a fresh controversy, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath today said that Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's decision on the issue of Leader of Opposition in Lower House could
Bad days for the Gandhi family; Income Tax department turns its heat on Congress
National | Jul 02, 2014, 06:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Few days after a local court in Delhi issued summons to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi wherein they have been accused of cheating and misappropriation of funds in acquiring ownership of now-defunct daily National
I will never go back on my words: Digvijay on Rahul comments
National | Jul 01, 2014, 07:00 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today stood by his comments that Rahul Gandhi lacked the temperament of a ruler, a statement the party's rivals had used to say Rahul was not prime ministerial

Rahul 'not PM material', says BJP as Congress plays down Digvijay's remark
National | Jun 30, 2014, 04:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress today went into damage control mode over party general secretary Digvijay Singh's purported comment that Rahul Gandhi does not have the temperament of a ruler even as BJP attacked the Congress Vice
Don't compare Rahul Gandhi with others: Gurudas Kamat
National | Jun 30, 2014, 03:21 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat today lauded Rahul's unique style of working. This statement comes a day after Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh caused a flutter with his statement that the party vice-president Rahul
Rahul Gandhi lacks ruling temperament: Digvijaya Singh
National | Jun 28, 2014, 03:07 PM IST
Panaji: In an indictment of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's governing abilities, party general secretary Digvijaya Singh said the Gandhi scion does not have a temperament suited to the ruling benches.In an interview to a

Know about National Herald case in which Sonia, Rahul have been summoned
National | Jun 29, 2014, 08:31 AM IST
New Delhi: Delhi based Patiala House Court has issued summons to the Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi who also happens to be the Congress vice-president.Both Sonia and Rahul have been summoned
Sonia, Rahul summoned for misappropriating National Herald's funds
National | Jun 27, 2014, 02:07 PM IST
New Delhi: A Delhi court Thursday issued summons to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi for misappropriating the funds of the National Herald newspaper that was shut down
Narendra Modi style is one-man rule: Shashi Tharoor
National | Jun 25, 2014, 04:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image as a decisive leader, of a "man on a white stallion", may have clicked with the masses fed up with the perceived indecisiveness of the UPA, but Congress

Congress to fight Uttar Pradesh by-polls alone
National | Jun 25, 2014, 12:57 PM IST
Lucknow: Congress will go all alone in the Uttar Pradesh assembly by-polls which are to be held for the twelve seats, a Congress party leader said Wednesday.While the schedule for the by-polls has not been
In Uttar Pradesh, parties in overdrive for assembly polls
National | Jun 24, 2014, 06:54 PM IST
Lucknow: Although assembly elections are a good two years away, political players in Uttar Pradesh are already in an overdrive. Political battle lines in the sprawling state have not been erased, even a month after
'Shun the Groupism': Rahul Gandhi to Haryana Congress leaders
National | Jun 12, 2014, 09:07 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today told his party leaders from Haryana to put up a united face as bickering's in the state unit came to fore after the debacle in the Lok

Rahul Gandhi to address Mahila Congress meet today
National | Jun 11, 2014, 07:27 AM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will today address the concluding day of the two-day National Council meet of Mahila Congress.The two-day meet, that began today, was attended by Mahila Congress chiefs from states during which issues
Congress dissolves UP unit, overhaul in other states likely
National | Jun 10, 2014, 05:01 PM IST
New Delhi: In the first major action after its massive drubbing in Lok Sabha polls, Congress today dissolved the state unit of politically key Uttar Pradesh signalling a drastic overhaul.All state, district and block committees
Bonhomie in Central Hall; Modi, Rahul exchange greetings
India | Jun 09, 2014, 01:48 PM IST
New Delhi: It was a spectacle of bonhomie in the Central Hall of Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his political adversary Rahul Gandhi warmly grabbing his hand, while Congress President Sonia Gandhi chatted

Bonhomie in Central Hall; Modi, Rahul exchange greetings
National | Jun 09, 2014, 02:05 PM IST
New Delhi: It was a spectacle of bonhomie in the Central Hall of Parliament as Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted his political adversary Rahul Gandhi warmly grabbing his hand, while Congress President Sonia Gandhi chatted
Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli on Jun 13
National | Jun 08, 2014, 05:43 PM IST
Rae Bareli: Congress president Sonia Gandhi would be on a one-day-visit to her Parliamentary constituency for the first time after winning the Lok Sabha elections on June 13.The Congress president's local representative K L Sharma
Sonia Gandhi to visit Rae Bareli on Jun 13
India | Jun 08, 2014, 04:46 PM IST
Rae Bareli: Congress president Sonia Gandhi would be on a one-day-visit to her Parliamentary constituency for the first time after winning the Lok Sabha elections on June 13.The Congress president's local representative K L Sharma
All necessary steps be taken for women's security: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 05, 2014, 11:21 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today called for taking all necessary steps to improve law and order to ensure safety and security of women in the wake of repeated incidents of rape coming
Congress poll review meet sees members regretting alliance with RJD
National | Jun 04, 2014, 09:29 PM IST
Patna: Bihar Congress today held a review meeting after the Lok Sabha election debacle with party leaders regretting the tie-up with RJD and proposing an alliance with JD(U) in state assembly polls next year. The