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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

New Lok Sabha: Elation, bonhomie and sadness
National | Jun 04, 2014, 05:10 PM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday walked over to the opposition benches and greeted Sonia Gandhi and other leaders with folded hands as the members, a majority of them newcomers, assembled for the first
Gogoi meets Rahul twice, may go for Assam Cabinet reshuffle
National | Jun 04, 2014, 11:12 AM IST
New Delhi: Facing in-house rebellion in the wake of the party's poor show in Lok Sabha elections in the state, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today had two separate rounds of meeting with Congress Vice-President
Sonia writes to Munde's wife, Rahul visits BJP headquarters
National | Jun 03, 2014, 09:50 PM IST
New Delhi: Political differences blurred as Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote a personal letter to Union Minister Gopinath Munde's family condoling his death and Rahul Gandhi visited the BJP office to pay respects to the

Sadly, rapes in UP no longer shock
National | Jun 03, 2014, 11:59 AM IST
Rapes in Uttar Pradesh no longer shock - neither the political masters, nor the government and not even the people. Even as there was a national outcry against the recent twin gang-rape, brutal assault and
Senior Congress leaders meet Sonia, Rahul
National | Jun 02, 2014, 10:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders from Andhra Pradesh met party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi and discussed the reasons for its rout in elections in the state and ways to “revive” the
Security does not depend on someone's 'whims and fancies': MoS
National | Jun 02, 2014, 07:08 PM IST
New Delhi: In the wake of Priyanka Gandhi asking the SPG to withdraw exemptions given to her family from security checks, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju today asked why she was trying

BJP seeks home ministry's intervention in Uttar Pradesh
National | Jun 02, 2014, 01:00 PM IST
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought the union home ministry's intervention in the failing law and order situation in the state, a party leader said Monday.This follows a
Suspended Congress MLA Bhanwar Lal to launch campaign
National | Jun 01, 2014, 09:25 PM IST
Jaipur: Not bothered about his suspension from Congress, MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma today firmly said he would launch a statewide “jagrati abhiyan” (awareness campaign) against the Congress and invite other former and like-minded Congressmen to
MPs responsible for their defeat not Rahul: Lovely
National | Jun 01, 2014, 04:28 PM IST
New Delhi: Talking tough as he readies a revival strategy for the party in the national capital, Delhi Congress Chief Arvinder Singh Lovely today said senior leaders Kapil Sibal, Ajay Maken and Sandeep Dikshit as

Paswan to meet family members of Badaun rape victims
National | Jun 01, 2014, 01:02 PM IST
New Delhi: Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan will visit Badaun district in UP tomorrow and meet family members of the two girls who were gangraped and murdered. Paswan, who is the chief of the Lok
Now Congress' Rajasthan legislator attacks Rahul
National | Jun 01, 2014, 11:18 AM IST
New Delhi: In another attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi following the party's debacle in the Lok Sabha election, a party legislator in Rajasthan Saturday called him "MD of Congress circus"."Rahul Gandhi is the
Poll defeat is collective responsibility: Ramesh
National | May 31, 2014, 11:19 PM IST
Ranchi: Former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today said Rahul Gandhi did his best during the electioneering for Lok Sabha polls and the party's drubbing was a collective responsibility.“It's (defeat) a collective responsibility. Rahul Gandhi tried

Rahul, his advisors responsible for Congress rout: Bhanwar Lal
National | May 31, 2014, 07:43 PM IST
Jaipur: Yet another Congress leader today attacked party Vice President Rahul Gandhi saying he has neither direction nor any policy and called him an ‘MD of a team of jokers'.Bhanwar Lal Sharma, a Rajasthan MLA
Rahul Gandhi can't be singled out for Congress' poll debacle: Oommen Chandy
National | May 31, 2014, 04:58 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said that Rahul Gandhi cannot be singled out for the Congress' debacle in the Lok Sabha elections."It is not proper to single out any particular leader for the
Badaun gang-rape: Rahul Gandhi demands CBI enquiry
National | May 31, 2014, 02:37 PM IST
Badaun: The Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of Dalit sisters who were gang-raped in Badaun.“The family of the rape victims have demanded a CBI enquiry and I agree with them. The matter

Clamour within Congress for making Rahul leader of opposition
National | May 31, 2014, 11:46 AM IST
New Delhi: There is growing clamour within the Congress to have party vice president Rahul Gandhi assume the position of leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, a former minister said Friday.While party president Sonia
Rahul Gandhi to meet family of gangrape victims tomorrow
National | May 30, 2014, 10:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting Badaun in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow and meet the family members of the two gangrape victims. The incident has evoked an outrage and two constables were
Rahul Gandhi needs to reverse the perception that he is 'incompetent', says Chirag Paswan
National | Jun 22, 2014, 07:17 AM IST
New Delhi: Chirag Paswan is one of the youngest members of the newly elected Lok Sabha. He tried his luck in Bollywood but quickly realized that he is actually made for the tough terrain of
Milind Deora under fire for questioning Rahul's advisers
National | May 24, 2014, 10:54 PM IST
New Delhi: As the blame game continued in Congress over its worst ever poll debacle in Lok Sabha elections, Milind Deora, who had questioned the role of Rahul Gandhi's advisors as well as "those who
Sonia to decide on leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, RS
National | May 24, 2014, 08:56 PM IST
New Delhi: The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok SabhaRajya Sabha Sonia GandhiRahul GandhiCongress Parliamentary PartyA K AntonyGhulam Nabi Azad and the party leader in will be decided by soon amid a view in