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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

Aaj Ki Baat: Full episode, September 4, 2024
India | Sep 04, 2024, 11:51 PM IST
India's number one and most followed Super Prime Time News Show, ‘Aaj Ki Baat-Rajat Sharma Ke Saath' was launched just before the 2014 general elections.
Rahul Gandhi donates one month's salary for rehabilitation work in Kerala's landslide-hit Wayanad
India | Sep 04, 2024, 02:30 PM IST
The landslides in Wayanad were triggered by a burst of rainfall that was made about 10 per cent heavier by human-caused climate change, a study has found. The Wayanad landslide occurred on July 30 this year.
Rahul Gandhi meets Vinesh Phogat, Bajrang Punia amid ticket buzz ahead of Haryana Assembly polls
India | Sep 04, 2024, 12:16 PM IST
Congress has so far remained silent on whether Punia and Phogat could be fielded in the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. Voting on 90 assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and counting of votes will be undertaken on October 8.

Breaking News, September 4 | HIGHLIGHTS
India | Sep 05, 2024, 07:37 AM IST
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'Statehood of Jammu-Kashmir has to be returned', says Rahul Gandhi in Ramban | VIDEO
Jammu And Kashmir | Sep 04, 2024, 01:30 PM IST
Jammu-Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024: JKPCC chief Tariq Hameed Karra exuded confidence that Rahul Gandhi's campaign will give a new impetus to the party's public outreach during the elections and improve its poll prospects.
Rahul Gandhi urges party leaders not to public with any issue, instead raise it within the party
India | Sep 03, 2024, 03:52 PM IST
During the Congress meeting, Rahul Gandhi asked everyone to save the constitution and safeguard the ideology of the Congress party across the country.

Jharkhand CM meets Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, term it as 'courtesy call'
Jharkhand | Sep 03, 2024, 01:36 PM IST
The meeting comes days after former Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren joined the BJP after resigning from the JMM citing dissatisfaction with the party’s current style of functioning and "bitter humiliation".
'Rahul Gandhi has earned this right to be Prime Minister whenever Congress comes to power': Singhvi
India | Sep 02, 2024, 04:40 PM IST
Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi said that when the Congress comes to power, Rahul Gandhi has "earned this right" and he can "rightfully make a claim to the prime minister's post".
Bangladeshi journalist, Indian woman booked for spreading 'fake news' against Sonia, Rahul Gandhi
Karnataka | Sep 02, 2024, 03:09 PM IST
The Bengaluru Police have registered an FIR against Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury and an Indian news portal staffer for allegedly spreading false information and misinformation about senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.

RSS backs nationwide caste census: 'Should be held for betterment of people, not electoral gains'
India | Sep 02, 2024, 02:55 PM IST
The RSS backed the caste census demand and said that it should be held for the betterment of the people and not for electoral gains in the country.
Rahul posts video of interaction with DTC employees: 'Workers living under fear of...' | WATCH
India | Sep 02, 2024, 01:05 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi posted a video of his journey in a DTC bus and interaction with its employees on X. He flagged "injustice" done to them by the government.
Rahul Gandhi is always trying to divide India: Kangana Ranaut in Aap Ki Adalat
India | Sep 01, 2024, 12:02 AM IST
Aap Ki Adalat: Kangana earlier described Rahul as bitter and poisonous, She added that I said what the entire nation is saying. He is going abroad and asking America to intervene in our affairs.

Rahul Gandhi to visit US from September 8-10, says Sam Pitroda
India | Aug 31, 2024, 04:13 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi in US: Informing about his itinerary, Pitroda said that the Congress leader will be in Dallas on September 8 and in Washington DC on September 9 and 10th.
Rahul Gandhi to address two poll rallies in Jammu and Kashmir on September 4 | Check details
Jammu And Kashmir | Aug 31, 2024, 03:48 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi will campaign for the candidates of the Congress-National Conference alliance during his visit to Jammu and Kashmir for the Assembly Elections, a senior leader said.
Rahul Gandhi got THIS MUCH from Congress to contest Lok Sabha elections from Raebareli, Wayanad
India | Aug 30, 2024, 01:12 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi won from both Wayanad and Raebareli, but ended up retaining his seat in Uttar Pradesh.

Rahul Gandhi writes to UP CM Yogi over murder of Dalit man in Raebareli, seeks arrest of accused
India | Aug 29, 2024, 08:14 PM IST
A 22-year-old Dalit man, Arjun Pasi, was shot dead on August 11 allegedly after an altercation with some locals. Six people have been arrested in the case so far, according to police.
Fact Check: Is Congress leader Rahul Gandhi married? Know truth behind viral picture
Fact Check | Aug 27, 2024, 10:17 PM IST
India TV Fact Check: A picture of Rahul Gandhi going viral on social media with a claim that the Congress leader is already married and he pretends to be a bachelor.
Rahul Gandhi's first foreign trip as LoP, to address Indian diaspora in US on September 8
India | Aug 27, 2024, 09:04 PM IST
This would be Rahul Gandhi's first foreign visit since assuming the post of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha after the Congress won 99 out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. He is expected to meet students and US lawmakers during his week-long trip.
Rahul Gandhi slams Kangana over 'Bangladesh-like situation' remark, says 'grave insult to farmers'
India | Aug 27, 2024, 07:28 AM IST
The BJP distanced itself from Kangana Ranaut's statement where she said that the farmers' protests could have led to a Bangladesh-like situation if strong measures had not been taken by the government.
President Murmu, PM Modi extend greetings on Krishna Janmashtami
India | Aug 26, 2024, 09:38 AM IST
Janmashtami 2024: Krishna Janmashtami, one of the most celebrated Hindu festivals, marks the birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu.