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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

Rahul promises to pace up rehabilitation work in Uttarakhand
National | Apr 29, 2014, 06:09 PM IST
Gauchar: Rahul Gandhi today said he shared a special bonding with Uttarakhand where he and his father did their early schooling and promised fast tracking the process of rebuilding lives in the calamity-hit regions of
BJP targets Rahul for attack on Modi
National | Apr 29, 2014, 05:43 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP today targeted Rahul Gandhi for accusing Narendra Modi of favouring few industrialists and raising questions over development model of Gujarat and said the “insulated” Congress Vice President has poor knowledge of ground
Priyanka questions Modi's childish behaviour
India | Apr 29, 2014, 05:45 PM IST
Amethi: Congress party's star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday hit out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and questioned his "childish behaviour" in calling Rahul Gandhi by different names. “Sometimes he compares Rahul Gandhi

Ramdev faces arrest over honeymoon remark
India | Apr 29, 2014, 12:19 PM IST
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev, who is openly supporting the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, may soon be arrested after he was booked under the stringent SC/ST Act for his remarks that Congress leader
Jaitley charge of political debate standards leaves Priyanka unmoved
National | Apr 29, 2014, 11:34 AM IST
New Delhi/Rae Bareli: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday accused Priyanka Gandhi of lowering quality of political debate by her remarks about "panic-stricken rats" for his party after it accused her husband of corruption but she
Battle to watch: Amethi [Rahul Gandhi Vs Smriti Irani Vs Kumar Vishwas]
National | May 07, 2014, 07:22 AM IST
New Delhi: Amethi is perhaps the most prestigious Lok Sabha constituency for the Congress party is recent times. And the reason is very obvious. The seat has been represented by Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia

Bihar minister slaps Ramdev with case
National | Apr 28, 2014, 03:00 PM IST
Patna: A Bihar minister Monday filed a case against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi."I have filed a case in the court against Ramdev for insulting and humiliating
BSP activists burn effigies of Baba Ramdev
National | Apr 28, 2014, 03:00 PM IST
Muzaffarnagar: Protesting against yoga guru Ramdev for his “honeymoon and picnic” remark, BSP party workers burnt his effigy in Shahpur town of the district. The party workers burnt effigy of Ramdev at Shahpur yesterday for
Congress politics does not allow Sonia, Rahul to speak: BJP
National | Apr 28, 2014, 03:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Questioning the “silence” of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over allegations involving Robert Vadra, BJP today wondered if the internal politics of Congress does not allow them to speak about them or “defend”

Rakhi Birla flays Ramdev over Dalit remark
National | Apr 28, 2014, 02:21 PM IST
Varanasi: AAP leader Rakhi Birla today flayed Yoga guru Ramdev over his remarks on Dalits saying he has not only insulted the community but also women of this country and questioned the silence of Narendra
Did not insult dalits, furore on word honeymoon political: Ramdev
National | Apr 28, 2014, 01:23 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Under fire for his “honeymoon” slur, yoga guru Ramdev today said he never insulted Dalit community and the particular word in his remark was latched onto by “some people” only to serve their vested
BJP alleges graft in Vadra deals, faces spirited attack from Priyanka
National | Apr 28, 2014, 11:33 AM IST
New Delhi/Rae Bareli: The verbal spat between the Congress and the BJP grew more strident Sunday with the BJP's allegations of "corruption under patronage" in land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra

For Rahul, poverty is a matter of fun: Modi
National | Apr 28, 2014, 02:22 PM IST
Sreerampore (West Bengal): Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi, BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi Sunday said that for the Congress vice president, poverty was a "matter of fun" as he had never experienced any such thing in
Rahul is funnier than comedian Kapil Sharma: Modi
India | Apr 27, 2014, 11:48 PM IST
Jhansi: Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi's allegations against him, Narendra Modi today said his remarks were comical and the Congress leader could soon force stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma to "shut his shop".Modi, who was addressing a public
Modi, Rahul are corrupt monsters; need to be defeated: Sisodia
National | Apr 28, 2014, 02:22 PM IST
Amethi (UP): Terming BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as “corrupt monsters”, AAP leader Manish Sisodia today said it was necessary that they were defeated in the Lok Sabha

In Pics: Narendra Modi's rallies in Uttar Pradesh
National | Apr 28, 2014, 08:01 AM IST
Fatehpur: Narendra Modi today hit out at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul saying they were were “furious” that a tea vendor was challenging the “family” and were competing with each other to tell lies against him
Congress demands arrest of Ramdev over "honeymoon" remark
National | Apr 27, 2014, 06:58 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress today demanded the arrest of Yoga Guru Ramdev over his controversial “honeymoon” remark against Rahul Gandhi, saying there are certain “crimes” which should not be pardoned.“He has insulted the Dalit community...there are
Congress abusing Modi in the face of looming poll debacle: BJP
National | Apr 27, 2014, 06:34 PM IST
Hyderabad: Congress and its allies were using abusive language against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as they had been demoralised by the prospect of defeat, the saffron party said here today. Speaking to reporters,
BJP brings out video, booklet on Vadra's alleged land deals
National | Apr 27, 2014, 06:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Amid Gandhi family's attacks on Narendra Modi over the Gujarat model, BJP today hit back by bringing out a video and a booklet on alleged land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law
Sonia, Rahul furious as a tea vendor is challenging them: Modi
National | Apr 27, 2014, 06:13 PM IST
Fatehpur: Narendra Modi today hit out at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul saying they were were “furious” that a tea vendor was challenging the “family” and were competing with each other to tell lies against him