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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

Congress candidate on 'padyatra' awaits Rahul Gandhi to join
National | Apr 23, 2014, 03:21 PM IST
Chandauli: Having hit the ground, literally, for Lok Sabha elections, the Congress candidate here is waiting for party Vice President Rahul Gandhi to join for a day on a ‘padyatra' he embarked on April 9.
Kejriwal slams Modi, Rahul for their 'helicopter democracy'
National | Apr 23, 2014, 01:02 PM IST
Varanasi: Pitching his ‘aam-aadmi' credentials, Arvind Kejriwal today hit out at Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi for their “helicopter democracy” while projecting himself as an “honest” alternative. On his way to file his nomination papers
In Pics: Priyanka campaigns for Sonia in Rae Bareli, Rahul Gandhi campaigns in Rajasthan
National | Apr 24, 2014, 08:40 AM IST
Rae Bareli (UP)/ Alwar (Rajasthan): Campaigning for her mother and Congress President Sonia Gandhi in this constituency of Uttar Pradesh, she said Vadra was being attacked by BJP to divert the attention of people from

Rahul Gandhi a hope for young Indians: J&K minister
National | Apr 22, 2014, 05:48 PM IST
Verinag (J&K): Jammu and Kashmir minister Gulam Ahmed Mir today appealed to the electorate to vote for secular parties to sweep away communal forces from the country and said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi “is
Live: The more they insult my family the stronger we will emerge, says Priyanka Gandhi in Rae Bareli
National | Apr 22, 2014, 04:15 PM IST
Rae Bareli: Congress's star campaigner Priyanka Gandhi Tuesday is campaigning for Sonia Gandhi in Rae Bareli. She addressed a rally which comprised of a huge crowd who cheered for the Gandhi family. She expressed grief
Live: Rahul Gandhi to hold poll rallies in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh today
National | Apr 22, 2014, 07:10 PM IST
Alwar: Amid beating of drums, showering of flower petals, bursting of crackers and shouting of slogans, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday held a road show for his aide Jitendra Singh who is contesting from

In Pics: Priyanka Gandhi campaigns for Rahul Gandhi in Amethi
National | Apr 23, 2014, 08:26 AM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday (April 12) filed his nomination papers from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency.He was accompanied by his mother, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.The Congress leader arrived
In Pics: Rahul Gandhi's rally in Andhra Pradesh
National | Apr 21, 2014, 06:50 PM IST
Mahbubnagar (AP): Rahul Gandhi addressed a rally in Mahbubnagar , which now lies in the Telangana region on Monday. He reiterated his stand that Telangana could have never been formed had it not been for
Live: TRS forgot its promise to Congress, dalits and it'll forget you too, says Rahul in Andhra Pradesh
National | Apr 21, 2014, 05:31 PM IST
Mahbubnagar (AP): Rahul Gandhi addressed a rally in Mahbubnagar , which now lies in the Telangana region on Monday. He reiterated his stand that Telangana could have never been formed had it not been for

India does not need government that makes Hindus fight Muslims: Rahul
National | Apr 21, 2014, 03:35 PM IST
Ramanathapuram (TN): Making a strong pitch for a “pro-poor, secular government” at the Centre, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said India does not need a government that “makes Hindus fight Muslims” in an apparent
Rahul can't handle Amethi, how will he lead India?: Modi
National | Apr 20, 2014, 10:36 PM IST
Sarguja: Sonia Gandhi's speech in Amethi asking people to ensure Rahul Gandhi's victory invited barbs from Narendra Modi today who wondered how the Congress vice president could lead the country when he could not handle
LIVE: How can a person accused of snooping talk about women security, asks Rahul at Mumbai rally
National | Apr 20, 2014, 11:28 PM IST
Mumbai: In a blistering attack on Narendra Modi, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today said that though Gujarat model was created by the people of the state, BJP's prime ministerial nominee Modi is hogging credit for

Modi would have sidelined even Vajpayee, says Rahul at Karauli (Rajasthan) rally
National | Apr 20, 2014, 05:59 PM IST
Karauli (Rajasthan): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that Narendra Modi would have sidelined even Atal Bihari Vajapee the way he has sidelined Advani and Jaswant Singh.Addressing an election rally at Karauli in Rajasthan,
BJP, Modi are dividing India like the British: Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 19, 2014, 10:43 PM IST
Nagaon: Rahul Gandhi today accused the BJP and Narendra Modi of being divisive like the British Raj, while ridiculing its Gujarat model and also attacking the Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal for failing to take
Rahul Gandhi to address rally in Rajasthan tomorrow
India | Apr 19, 2014, 07:48 PM IST
Jaipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address an election meeting in Rajasthan's Karauli district tomorrow.Gandhi would be accompanied by senior Congress leader Kumari Selja, AICC secretary Mirza Irshad Beg, RPCC president Sachin Pilot, former

Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi address poll meetings in same day
National | Apr 19, 2014, 05:52 PM IST
Nowgong: Narendra Modi today said a wish of the media for a ‘muqabla' between him and Rahul Gandhi addressing poll meetings in the same constituency on the same day was fulfilled in Assam today and
Mamata govt saving those involved in Saradha scam: Rahul
India | Apr 19, 2014, 05:44 PM IST
Malda, WB: Hitting hard on the Mamata Banerjee government on the multi-crore Saradha ponzi scam, Rahul Gandhi today accused it of not taking action against those involved and instead trying to save them."The government here
Rahul Gandhi ridicules Modi's Gujarat model
India | Apr 19, 2014, 03:57 PM IST
Nagaon, Assam: Giving away farm land at throw away prices to an industrialist who made enormous profits selling it was the much touted Gujarat model of Narendra Modi,Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi alleged today."Modi sahab talks
Modi divides people like the British used to do, says Rahul at Nagaon (Assam) rally
National | Apr 19, 2014, 01:58 PM IST
Nagaon (Assam): BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi divides people like the British used to, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Thursday at an election rally."What did the British do when they first came to
Transgender Sonam to take on Rahul Gandhi, Smriti Irani in Amethi
India | Apr 18, 2014, 07:04 PM IST
Amethi: Asserting that “hijras” can do a better job than others in Parliament, transgender Sonam Kinnar has entered the poll fray against sitting MP and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi from here in what the