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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.

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Smriti Irani to contest against Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Aggarwal against Sonia
National | Apr 01, 2014, 01:12 PM IST
New Delhi: April 1 Actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani will be the BJP's candidate against Rahul Gandhi and apex court lawyer Ajay Aggarwal against Sonia Gandhi, the party announced Monday.Irani will face the Congress vice president in
Sonia to file nomination from Rae Bareli on April 2
National | Mar 31, 2014, 06:57 PM IST
Rae Bareli: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers for the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat here on April 2, party sources said today. Gandhi who will be seeking re-election from the seat,
'AAP govt resigned as it didn't have number to bring Janlokpal'
National | Mar 31, 2014, 12:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Attacking Congress President Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on resignation of Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi, AAP shot back saying it did not continue in office owing to lack of numbers required to

Only platitudes, not many tickets for women in Karnataka
National | Mar 31, 2014, 11:49 AM IST
Bangalore: Platitudes notwithstanding, political parties are chary when it comes to giving representation to women in polls with the BJP fielding just one woman in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka and the Congress giving
Mine mafia running government in Odisha: Rahul
National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:58 AM IST
Koraput (Odisha): Accusing the BJD government in Odisha of hijacking the credit for the work done through the welfare programmes of UPA government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today claimed the state is ruled by “mine
Lalu not to share dais with Rahul, Sonia
National | Apr 03, 2014, 11:57 AM IST
Patna: Putting to rest all speculation over his party's joint campaign with Congress top leaders, RJD president Lalu Prasad today said he would not address the rallies of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in Bihar.

In Pics: Narendra Modi's Rally in Maharashtra and Karnataka
National | Mar 31, 2014, 07:12 AM IST
Blaming UPA's policies for the spate of farmer suicides in Vidarbha, Narendra Modi today said the Centre chose to ban cotton exports, badly hitting cultivators, but provided subsidy on mutton export. “They have turned Lal
Congress leaders focus on Muslims during Rahul rally
National | Mar 30, 2014, 12:59 PM IST
Ghaziabad: Congress leaders harped on the issues of minority communities while attacking sitting MP and BJP president Rajnath Singh at a rally here. The leaders were speaking at the Rahul Gandhi's rally at Ramlila Maidan
Disclose names of fund givers, AAP asks Congress, BJP
India | Mar 29, 2014, 08:31 PM IST
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party today challenged Congress and BJP to disclose the names of the people from whom they have got more than 80 per cent of their funds being spent in the Lok

Rahul Gandhi warms up to mediapersons
India | Mar 29, 2014, 07:53 PM IST
Ghaziabad: Ignoring the security cover after finishing his speech here today, Congress Vice President Rahul mingled with mediapersons near their enclosure and enquired if they faced any problems during his maiden rally here. Gandhi, who
Rahul's balloon will burst too, says CPI's D Raja
National | Mar 29, 2014, 06:54 PM IST
Chennai: Joining issue with Rahul Gandhi who flayed the Gujarat development model as a “new heavier balloon” filled with “gas”, CPI today said there were hardly any differences in the economic policies of both Congress
Rahul Gandhi meets Imran Masood's wife, kids at Saharanpur rally, disapproves his hate remarks against Modi
India | Mar 29, 2014, 06:28 PM IST
Saharanpur: Hours after a court in Saharanpur sent the Congress candidate Imran Masood to 14 days judicial custody for his "hate speech", Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed a party rally in Saharanpur where he met

LIVE: Rahul shares dais with Imran Masood's wife in saharanpur rally
National | Mar 29, 2014, 09:43 PM IST
Saharanpur: Sharing the dais with arrested Congress candidate Imran Masood's wife, Rahul Gandhi today disapproved of his controversial comments threatening to chop BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Modi "into pieces" saying they militated against the party's
'Chop Modi' remark: Rahul Gandhi cancels Saharanpur rally
National | Mar 29, 2014, 12:16 PM IST
Saharanpur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has called off Saharanpur rally following the arrest of Imran Masood who had made a controversial remark over Modi.Congress Lok Sabha candidate Imran Masood was on Saturday arrested on
Modi, Sonia, Rahul to address rallies in Odisha
National | Mar 29, 2014, 07:28 AM IST
Bhubaneswar : Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, star campaigners of the Congress and the BJP, will campaign for their party candidates in Odisha.While Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to arrive March

Nilekani more searched on Google than Karnataka poll veterans
National | Mar 28, 2014, 12:15 PM IST
Bangalore: Political greenhorn and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is more searched on Google than Karnataka's political veterans such as Siddaramaiah, B S Yeddyurappa and H D Deve Gowda.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, BJP leader Yeddyurappa and Gowda
Vadodara Congress president slams Modi's false propaganda
National | Mar 28, 2014, 10:58 AM IST
Vadodara: Congress's Vadodara city unit president Narendra Rawat today criticised BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi for the latter's statement that the Congress changed its Vadodara candidate because he is a Dalit.Modi had made the
Jaitley questions logic behind Rahul's BJP balloon jibe
National | Mar 28, 2014, 10:24 AM IST
Amritsar: A day after Rahul Gandhi's BJP balloon jibe, Arun Jaitely today wondered whether the Congress leader's remark was an “astrological prediction” or based on some rational political thinking and charged the Congressman of “living
Live: BJP balloon will burst this time too, says Rahul at wardha (Maharashtra) rally
National | Mar 28, 2014, 05:14 PM IST
Wardha (Maharashtra): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today ridiculed BJP for floating their victory balloon in the ongoing election campaign and said that their balloon will burst this time too, the way it happened in
Sonia's rally a matter of prestige, says Congress
National | Mar 28, 2014, 07:41 AM IST
New Delhi: The success of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's upcoming election rally in Delhi will be a matter of prestige, the party said Thursday."It is going to be a historic rally. A large crowd will