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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

If you can't ensure security, don't hold polls, Arun Jaitley tells EC
National | May 08, 2014, 02:11 PM IST
New Delhi: After the EC expressed its inability in overruling the returning officer of Varanasi who denied permission for Modi's rally in Beniyabagh, a miffed Arun jaitley has tersely told EC to stop holding polls
Rahul Gandhi to hold road show in Varanasi on 10th May
National | May 08, 2014, 12:08 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to hold a road show in Varanasi on 10th May.Despite facing anti-incumbency wave arising out of 10 years of UPA rule at the centre, Congress party is
LIVE: Rahul mocks Modi over Gujarat 'toffee' model of development
National | May 08, 2014, 03:31 PM IST
Gopalganj (Bihar): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Narendra Modi saying the Gujarat development model, touted by the BJP prime ministerial nominee, is synonymous with ‘toffee model' and ‘Adani model'. “By

Rahul dismissive about Modi's attack on him
National | May 07, 2014, 09:55 PM IST
Amethi: “I would be very worried if someone like Narendra Modiji was praising me,” Rahul Gandhi said while being dismissive about his attack on him and his family.Rahul, while touring Amethi during polling, also made
FIR against Ramdev under Atrocities Act for remark on Rahul Gandhi
India | May 07, 2014, 09:44 PM IST
Mumbai: An FIR was registered against the yoga guru Baba Ramdev here today for his controversial statement about the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.Ramdev's statement that Gandhi goes to Dalit homes for “picnics and honeymoon” had
In Pics: Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on Polling day
National | May 08, 2014, 10:57 AM IST
New Delhi: In a first in the last one decade, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday reached his parliamentary constituency Amethi during voting.Gandhi's visit comes as the going seemed to be getting tough for the

Rahul is a merchant of lies, says BJP after report praises Gujarat
National | May 07, 2014, 05:27 PM IST
New Delhi: Dubbing Rahul Gandhi as “asatya ka saudagar” (merchant of lies), BJP today said his “untruths” about Gujarat land acquisition policy have been exposed by the report sponsored by his own government that has
Rahul objects to lotus drawing in Amethi polling booth
National | May 07, 2014, 04:03 PM IST
Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today objected to a lotus sketch on a blackboard in a polling centre in the constituency and said he would draw the attention of the Election Commission towards it.
EC rejects AAP complaints of booth capturing in Amethi
National | May 07, 2014, 03:20 PM IST
New Delhi: Aam Admi Party today complained to the Election Commission that several booths in Amethi in UP have been captured, but the poll panel found the charge to be unfounded after verification and said

Rahul objects to lotus drawing in Amethi polling booth
India | May 07, 2014, 02:36 PM IST
Amethi, UP: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday objected to a lotus sketch on a blackboard in a polling centre in the constituency and said he would draw the attention of the Election Commission
Rahul Gandhi counters Narendra Modi's attack, says actions low, not caste
National | May 07, 2014, 02:08 PM IST
Amethi, UP: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday hit out at Narendra Modi for dubbing his sister Priyanka's "neech rajniti" remark as an attack on his caste, saying people's actions are low, not their
In a first, Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on polling day
National | May 07, 2014, 02:12 PM IST
Lucknow: In a first in the last one decade, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday reached his parliamentary constituency Amethi during voting.Gandhi's visit comes as the going seemed to be getting tough for the incumbent

Rahul Gandhi in Amethi on polling day
India | May 07, 2014, 11:00 AM IST
Lucknow: In a first in the last one decade, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday reached Amethi, his parliamentary constituency, during voting.Gandhi's visit comes as the going seemed to be getting tough for the incumbent
25.18 per cent polling recorded in UP till 11 AM
India | May 07, 2014, 12:45 PM IST
Lucknow: The polling for the crucial fifth phase of elections picked up in Uttar Pradesh with 25.18 per cent voters exercising their franchise till 11 AM to decide fate of 243 candidates, including Congress Vice-President
Sonia, Rahul cannot slam Gujarat land policy after Centre's report: Modi
National | May 06, 2014, 10:59 PM IST
New Delhi: Narendra Modi today latched on to a Commerce and Industry Ministry-sponsored report to slam Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, saying they have nowhere to go after “toffee model” of Gujarat's land acquisition policy was

Uphill task for Congress in tomorrow's round
National | May 06, 2014, 08:39 PM IST
New Delhi: Having won in 2009 nearly half of the 64 seats going to polls in the penultimate round tomorrow, Congress appears to face a difficult task when people in the whole of Seemandhra, Himachal
In Pics: Rahul Gandhi's rally in Uttar Pradesh
National | May 07, 2014, 07:39 AM IST
Sonbhadra/Mirzapur: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Narendra Modi accusing him of being double-faced, saying on the one hand, he talks about UP's development and on the other, he has joined
Read Modi, Rahul jokes from the internet
National | May 11, 2014, 07:14 AM IST
New Delhi: The internet is flooded with jokes relating to BJP leader Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with Lok Sabha elections entering its last stage. Here are some of the jokes : God
Uttar Pradesh set to vote tomorrow for 15 LS seats
National | May 06, 2014, 05:32 PM IST
Lucknow: Polling for the 15 seats in the crucial fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, to decide fate of 243 candidates, including two scions of Nehru-Gandhi family, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi and
Priyanka energises Congress poll effort, party workers want more
National | May 06, 2014, 05:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has injected much-needed enthusiasm in the Congress campaign as the Lok Sabha election enters the last lap. Her sharp and quick ripostes to Narendra Modi, her natural appeal among voters