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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 Gandhi: Respect is more important than development
National | Oct 21, 2013, 01:30 PM IST
Gwalior: Addressing his second rally in Madhya Pradesh today, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that respect is more important than development.“Respect is more important than development because you will not get development unless you get
Rahul Gandhi: My mom wept as she couldn't vote for food security bill
National | Oct 18, 2013, 09:48 PM IST
Shahdol (MP): Trying to strike an emotional chord with the Madhya Pradesh electorate on the eve of state assembly elections, Rahul Gandhi reminded his audience that his mother Sonia Gandhi was in tears as she
Datia stampede: Rahul Gandhi to meet injured today
National | Oct 17, 2013, 01:32 PM IST
Gwalior: Rahul Gandhi will be visiting the Datia stampede victims today.111 people had died in this stampede while many others got serious injuries.According to Ghannshyam Singh, Congress leader and ex-MLA, Rahul Gandhi would be visiting

Rahul Gandhi to visit those hospitalised after stampede
India | Oct 17, 2013, 09:30 AM IST
Datia: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will today pay a visit to those admitted to hospital after being injured in the Sunday's stampede at Ratangarh temple near here.The Congress Vice-President is scheduled to address party meetings
MP polls: Rahul Gandhi to address two rallies tomorrow
National | Oct 17, 2013, 08:09 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress party has announced today that its vice-president Rahul Gandhi will address two rallies in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh tomorrow.Rahul's first rally is slated to be held at Lalpur Ground in Shahdol while
Rahul is a child who reads whatever is given to him: Azam Khan
National | Oct 12, 2013, 02:52 PM IST
Badaun: In a sarcastic remark, Samajwadi party leader Azam Khan has said that Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi reads from dais whatever is given to him in writing, just like an innocent child. “Rahul is an

Rahul Gandhi should become next PM: Shinde
National | Oct 10, 2013, 10:00 PM IST
New Delhi: Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde today endorsed Rahul Gandhi's statement that a government of the youth will come to power in 2014, saying it was the desire of everyone that the Congress vice-president becomes
Mom and Manmohan are my two gurus in politics, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 10, 2013, 09:20 PM IST
Sangrur (Punjab): After publicly disapproving the ordinance cleared by Manmohan Singh led union cabinet, Congress vice-President Rahul Gandhi now says that the PM is one of his political gurus.According to Rahul, his mom Sonia Gandhi
Have courage and speak the truth, Sushma tells Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 09, 2013, 08:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Sushma Swaraj has reacted sharply to Rahul Gandhi's statement that blamed opposition parties for opposing the land acquisition bill in parliament."Mr. Rahul Gandhi, please have courage and speak the truth," Sushma Swaraj tweeted.The

Rahul predicts win in 2014, says, UPA gave rights to food, jobs for poor
National | Oct 09, 2013, 07:08 PM IST
Rampur/Aligarh: An unusually combative looking Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at the BJP and Samajwadi Party saying that the UPA in its last nine years of rule has given poor people the right for food,
Rahul should know difference between prices of potatoes, potato chips: SP
National | Oct 09, 2013, 07:03 AM IST
Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) Tuesday attacked Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his Monday speech in Amethi about farmers not getting adequate prices for their crops.In a statement, SP spokesman and Prisons Minister Rajendra
Rahul claims, Congress can win 360 seats in 2014 Lok Sabha polls
National | Oct 08, 2013, 01:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said his party had the potential to win 360 Lok Sabha seats in the next elections, provided it "voiced the concerns of all". "Congress is the voice

Rahul Gandhi: Dalits need Jupiter's escape velocity for success
National | Oct 09, 2013, 03:25 PM IST
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the condition of Dalits in the country, Congress VP rahul Gandhi has said that the community needs the “escape velocity of Jupiter” to achieve successRahul today spoke out forcefully for
Different moods of Rahul Gandhi, the new boss of Congress
National | Nov 11, 2013, 06:41 AM IST
New Delhi: The way Rahul Gandhi forced Manmohan Singh and his cabinet to withdraw the ordinance on convicted MPs and MLAs, makes it abundantly clear that he has finally arrived on the horizon as the
Rahul Gandhi: Indian farmers are suffering indeed
National | Oct 07, 2013, 06:21 PM IST
Amethi: Noting that farmers are suffering due to problems in the food supply chain, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said there is need for ensuring better compensation for the farmers against their produce. Rahul,

PM told Rahul on Oct 2: I appreciate your taking active interest, you should lead the next govt
National | Oct 07, 2013, 11:39 AM IST
New Delhi: At 10 am on October 2, when Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and said he regretted his choice of words about the controversial ordinance, Dr Singh told
Rahul Gandhi to address Punjab rally on October 10
National | Oct 06, 2013, 01:42 PM IST
Chandigarh: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address a public rally in Punjab's Sangrur town Oct 10, party leaders said here Sunday.Top leaders of the Punjab Congress, including state Congress president Pratap Singh Bajwa and
Rahul Gandhi should not have used the word 'nonsense', Sheila Dikshit tells Adalat
National | Oct 05, 2013, 03:12 PM IST
New Delhi: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit has said Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi should not have used words like 'nonsense' for the ordinance on convicted lawmakers later withdrawn by the Centre. Appearing in Rajat
Rahul Gandhi to meet partymen in Rajkot
India | Oct 04, 2013, 08:48 AM IST
Rajkot: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who started his two-day visit to Gujarat today, is expected to meet partymen during his day-long stay in Rajkot today.Rahul will meet party leaders from Saurashtra and North Gujarat
I was wrong in using the word 'nonsense', says Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 05, 2013, 11:10 AM IST
Ahmedabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday conceded the words he had chosen to trash the ordinance on convicted lawmakers might have been wrong but not his sentiment. Rahul had used the word 'nonsense'