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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

In Pics: Narendra Modi's Gaya (Bihar) rally
National | Mar 28, 2014, 06:42 AM IST
New Delhi: Targeting Nitish Kumar, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today alleged that the Bihar Chief Minister had failed to prevent the terrorist attack at Bodh Gaya last year because of ‘vote bank' politics.
Naveen dubs Congress, BJP leaders as migratory birds
National | Mar 27, 2014, 03:25 PM IST
Aska (Odisha): Dubbing Congress and BJP as ‘migratory birds' who visit Odisha only during elections, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today said the two parties had all along ignored the interests of the state.”Leaders of both
Kejriwal will address a rally in Amethi soon: Vishwas
National | Mar 27, 2014, 11:30 AM IST
Amethi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will soon address a rally at Amethi, the party's nominee from the constituency Kumar Vishwas said today. Vishwas, who is contesting against sitting MP and Congress vice-president Rahul

Congress bats for sexual minorities in manifesto
National | Mar 26, 2014, 07:02 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress in its election manifesto released Wednesday promised to bring a new legislation to protect the rights of sexual minorities.Listing the legal reforms it plans to move in if voted again to
A week after Modi, Rahul to visit Wardha
National | Mar 26, 2014, 06:33 PM IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Wardha in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region and address a public rally there Friday morning, a party announcement said Wednesday.Gandhi's trip comes a week after Bharatiya Janata Party's
BJP's 'shehzadas' list runs long
National | Mar 26, 2014, 05:25 PM IST
New Delhi: Even as it attacks the Congress for its "dynastic politics", the BJP appears to be charting a similar course going by the number of sons and daughters of its leaders in the fray

The Congress is Congress: Ravi Kishan
National | Mar 26, 2014, 03:52 PM IST
Mumbai: The Congress party "is out of shape right now", but "the Congress is Congress," said party candidate and Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishan, who wants to be part of "the movement to bring the Congress
Ashok Chavan files papers, says his conscience clear on Adarsh
National | Mar 26, 2014, 02:46 PM IST
Nanded (Maha): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who had stepped down in the wake of the Adarsh scam, today filed nomination papers from Nanded Lok Sabha constituency.Brushing aside controversies surrounding him over Adarsh housing
Priyanka visits Congress headquarters
National | Mar 26, 2014, 11:54 AM IST
New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tonight visited the Congress headquarters here to take stock of the preparations for the release of the party's election manifesto tomorrow.Accompanied by senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora and Janardhan

Live reporting: Sonia, Rahul reject opinion polls, say Modi balloon will explode, release manifesto
National | Mar 26, 2014, 02:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi today outrightly rejected all opinion polls saying that the party would prove the pollsters wrong the third consecutive time in the forthcoming Lok Sabha
No advise needed from Digvijay on PM candidate: BJP
National | Mar 25, 2014, 04:39 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP today ridiculed Congress leader Digvijay Singh for his remark that Sushma Swaraj would be a better PM candidate than Narendra Modi, saying it did not need advise from a man who could
Congress to release manifesto tomorrow
National | Mar 25, 2014, 04:26 PM IST
New Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi in the vanguard, Congress is expected to fall back upon left-of-centre politics focusing on welfare measures after pursuing a policy of economic liberalisation under Manmohan Singh for 10 years. Widening

Rahul holds deliberations with 150 young leaders on LS polls
National | Mar 25, 2014, 03:31 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi held deliberations with over 150 young leaders on the strategy for Lok Sabha polls and sought feedback on his primary experiment to select candidates in elections.Union Ministers RPN Singh, Sachin Pilot,
Rahul Gandhi attacks Mamata government
National | Mar 25, 2014, 02:03 PM IST
Nagrakata (WB): Attacking the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over the issue of development, Rahul Gandhi today said funds worth crores were sent from the Centre to the state but they never reached the
Trinamool no different from predecessor: Rahul
National | Mar 25, 2014, 01:06 PM IST
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal): Observing that West Bengal has not progressed as desired, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday attacked the state's Mamata Banerjee government in the state for following the footsteps of the erstwhile Communist

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Koraput, Nabarangpur on March 31
National | Mar 24, 2014, 11:13 PM IST
Bhubanewar: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Odisha on March 31. Gandhi is scheduled to visit undivided Koraput district and address two public meetings in Nabarngpur and Koraput Parliamentary Constituencies, Congress MP
Ajit Pawar attacks Modi, bats for Rahul
National | Mar 24, 2014, 01:29 PM IST
Thane: Claiming that BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was not capable of leading the country, senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar tonight said each and every Lok Sabha seat was important for his party and
Stirring the political pot -- some interesting fights
National | Mar 24, 2014, 10:59 AM IST
New Delhi: Political heavyweights versus greenhorns, veteran journalists taking on the mighty, dynastic succession challenged by a newcomer, a faded filmstar stirring the political pot, and even a rebellious former army general trying his electoral
AAP an aberration, won't repeat its election magic: Sharma
National | Mar 23, 2014, 02:28 PM IST
New Delhi: Terming the emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an “aberration,” the Congress has said that its magic won't be repeated in the upcoming general elections.“It is an aberration,” senior Congress leader and
Hope a situation like in 2004 will not be repeated: Buddhadeb
National | Mar 23, 2014, 02:24 PM IST
Kolkata: Bringing the BJP-led NDA in place of Congress-led UPA would be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire, CPI(M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said, hoping there would be no repeat of