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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

Performance must replace parikrama: Ramesh
National | Apr 06, 2014, 05:40 PM IST
New Delhi: “Performance must replace parikrama (sycophancy)” in the Congress party, senior Union Minister Jairam Ramesh said today, urging Rahul Gandhi to have a young team.Ramesh, who recently suggested that all Congress leaders should retire
Every vote for CPI-M in Kerala will help BJP: Rahul
National | Apr 06, 2014, 11:26 AM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Every vote for the CPI-M in Kerala would end up helping the BJP when it comes to the big electoral picture. This was Congress star campaigner Rahul Gandhi's main thrust during his campaign blitz
Live: Lost touch with of the state, admit Rahul at Delhi rally
National | Apr 06, 2014, 11:32 PM IST
New Delhi: Attributing Congress' poor show in Delhi Assembly polls to losing touch with common people, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said the party has deeply understood this and promised to include people from the

Congress' agenda is to establish Rahul at any cost: Modi
National | Apr 06, 2014, 12:09 AM IST
Shivpuri (MP): BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi today alleged the only agenda of Congress is to any how establish Rahul Gandhi "at the cost of the nation"."The one-point agenda of Congress is to any
LIVE: Voting for CPI-M means helping BJP, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 05, 2014, 05:58 PM IST
Kasargode (Kerala): Voting for the CPI-M means "helping the BJP", said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who Saturday began a day-long whirlwind trip of Kerala.Gandhi criticised the CPI-M, the main opposition in Kerala."The CPI-M has
BJP 'chargse-sheet' on UPA rule targets Sonia, Rahul
National | Apr 04, 2014, 05:43 PM IST
New Delhi: Denouncing UPA government as a “failure” on all fronts, BJP today came out with a scathing “charge-sheet” on its 10-year rule that accused Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of being equally guilty of

Congress keen to make Rahul's Sunday rally a success
National | Apr 04, 2014, 03:00 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress will be pulling out all the stops to ensure party vice president Rahul Gandhi's Sunday rally in the capital is a success, party sources said Friday.His last outing in the south
Modi will be in jail if Rahul becomes PM: Beni
National | Apr 04, 2014, 03:46 PM IST
Balrampur (UP): In provocative remarks, Congress leader and Union Minister Beni Prasad Verma has warned that Narendra Modi will be in jail in six months time if Rahul Gandhi becomes the Prime Minister. While dubbing
Rahul Gandhi fittest to lead the country: Omar
National | Apr 03, 2014, 10:34 PM IST
Jammu: Calling Rahul Gandhi a “great friend” of Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said he was the fittest to lead the country and it would be “most unfortunate” if Narendra Modi became

Rahul Gandhi denied domicile certificate from Amethi
National | Apr 03, 2014, 05:39 PM IST
Lucknow: An application moved by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to get a domicile certificate from Amethi, the parliamentary seat he represents, has been turned down, officials said Thursday.The application to obtain a 'temporary residential
Rahul Gandhi's residence proof rejected
India | Apr 03, 2014, 01:06 PM IST
Amethi: In a major embarrassment for the Congress, its Vice President Rahul Gandhi had an application seeking residence proof from Amethi rejected by the district administration.While dismissing the application, the magistrate said that there is
Modi carries communal stigma, lacks PM characteristics: Omar Abdullah
National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:47 AM IST
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said BJP leader Narendra Modi carries a communal stigma and lacks a representative character needed to be India's prime minister.Addressing election rallies in the Poonch district

Rahul Gandhi to address rally at Ramlila Ground on Apr 6
National | Apr 01, 2014, 11:23 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will address Congress' rally at Ramlila Ground in Ambedkar Nagar in South Delhi on April 6.“Gandhi will be addressing a rally on April 6 at Ramlila Ground in Ambedkar Nagar in
Prominence to Modi in MP posters irks some, BJP defends move
National | Apr 01, 2014, 03:12 PM IST
Bhopal: As Narendra Modi's pictures eclipse other top BJP stalwarts on poll posters here, a senior party leader says it was compelled to project a single leader to gain political mileage.The posters with slogans like
NDA gas balloon will burst again like 2004, 2009: Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:31 AM IST
Aurangabad/Godda: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said like 2004 and 2009, the NDA's “gas balloon” would burst again while claiming that the UPA government did remarkably well, as the BJP talked divisive politics.“Their balloon of

Irani, or Pakistani or Italian, doesn't matter, says AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas from Amethi
National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:30 AM IST
Amethi (UP): Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kumar Vishwas, who is challenging Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, today said the people of the constituency have already made up their mind whom to elect this time.
Code breach complaints against Rahul, Mamata forwarded to ECI
National | Apr 01, 2014, 10:29 AM IST
Kolkata: Complaints of violation of the Model Code of Conduct against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been been forwarded to the Election Commission of India, state Joint
After Naveen and Rahul, Rajnath and Modi to campaign in KBK region
National | Apr 01, 2014, 09:54 AM IST
Bhubaneswar: With over 22 per cent of Odisha's population being tribal and about half of Assembly seats and three Lok Sabha seats reserved for tribals and Dalits in south-western areas, leaders of BJD, Congress and
Model code violation complaints against Rahul Gandhi, Mamata, actor Dev
National | Apr 01, 2014, 08:37 AM IST
Kolkata: Complaints of violation of the Model Code of Conduct against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been been forwarded to the Election Commission of India, state Joint
Modi wave, a hoax created by BJP: Omar
National | Apr 01, 2014, 07:52 AM IST
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said there was no 'Modi wave' in India, particularly in his state, and described the BJP assertion as a "hoax"."People in the state and elsewhere in