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Rahul Gandhi

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.

Chidambaram suffers suspected hairline crack after 3 policemen 'crashed into him' during protest
India | Jun 13, 2022, 11:27 PM IST
Chidambaram, who along with party colleagues participated in a protest march as Rahul Gandhi appeared before the ED, said three big, burly policemen crashed into him and he was lucky to get away with a "suspected hairline crack".
Rahul Gandhi ED appearance: 'BJP has imposed undeclared emergency in Delhi', says Surjewala
India | Jun 13, 2022, 12:29 PM IST
Huge police deployment was seen outside the Enforcement Directorate office on this morning with some Congress workers getting detained outside party headquarters.
Rahul Gandhi leaves ED office after 10 hrs of grilling, to be questioned again tomorrow | Highlights
India | Jun 13, 2022, 11:49 PM IST
459 Congress workers, including Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, K C Venugopal and Mallikarjun Kharge, were detained by the Delhi Police as they 'failed to follow police directions for the maintenance of law and order in the national capital.'

ED's summons to Rahul 'baseless': Chidambaram
India | Jun 12, 2022, 01:40 PM IST
Chidambaram also said every effort should be made and will be made to forge unity among the Opposition parties in the upcoming presidential polls.
Prophet row: ‘Hate and unrest is not our way’, says Rahul Gandhi amid nationwide uproar
India | Jun 11, 2022, 08:13 PM IST
A day after nationwide protests over now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma's prophet remarks left the country shocked, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said "hate and unrest is not our way".
'Government betraying India': Rahul Gandhi on Chinese infra development near Ladakh
India | Jun 10, 2022, 02:51 PM IST
India on Thursday said it expects China to work with it to reach a mutually acceptable solution for the remaining issues in eastern Ladakh in the next round of military talks.

Cong to stage 'satyagrah' outside ED offices across country when Rahul appears before agency
India | Jun 09, 2022, 11:44 PM IST
Congress leaders in states will also take out marches to the agency offices in their respective states and will stage "satyagrah" on Monday, party sources said.
Sonia Gandhi seeks 3 weeks time to appear before ED in National Herald case: Sources
India | Jun 09, 2022, 12:11 AM IST
Sonia Gandhi, who was summoned by the ED in a case related to the National Herald newspaper, had tested Covid positive on June 2.
Rahul Gandhi likely to meet Moose Wala's family in Punjab tomorrow
India | Jun 06, 2022, 05:15 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi was abroad when the killing took place on May 29. He returned this weekend.

Rahul Gandhi should be made Congress President, DPCC passes resolution
India | Jun 05, 2022, 08:38 PM IST
The Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee has passed a resolution to make Rahul Gandhi, the president of Congress Party.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tests Covid-19 positive, isolates herself
India | Jun 03, 2022, 12:18 PM IST
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has requested those who came in ger contact to take all necessary precautions.
National Herald Case: ED serves second summon to Rahul Gandhi, asks him to appear on June 13
India | Jun 03, 2022, 11:42 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi was earlier asked to depose on June 2 but the Lok Sabha member from Wayanad seat in Kerala sought a fresh date as he was out of the country.

Not been able to meet Rahul Gandhi in last four years, says ex-Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan
India | Jun 02, 2022, 08:47 PM IST
The former Union minister is part of the 'G-23', a group of dissident leaders who are pressing for organizational reforms in the Grand Old Party which has suffered one electoral setback after another in the recent years.
'Have you ever seen a criminal say...?': Nadda's dig at Sonia, Rahul after ED summon
India | Jun 01, 2022, 07:51 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi received a summon from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) over the National Herald case, which was closed by the investigating agency in 2015.
Kashmiri Pandits protesting but BJP busy celebrating its eight years: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 01, 2022, 06:14 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's remarks come a day after school teacher Renu Bala was gunned down near her school in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam by terrorists.

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul summoned by ED in National Herald money laundering case
India | Jun 01, 2022, 03:48 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi has been asked to depose before the ED on June 8 while Rahul Gandhi is understood to have been asked to appear earlier.
Rajya Sabha elections: As Congress releases candidates list, many within the party raise concern
India | May 31, 2022, 11:02 PM IST
Apart from the three Congress leaders including Vivek Tankha (Madhya Pradesh), P Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) and Jairam Ramesh (Karnataka), the remaining candidates have not been given tickets from their home states for Rajya Sabha elections.
Congress spoiled my track record, won't work with the party: Prashant Kishor
India | Dec 15, 2022, 05:50 PM IST
Prashant Kishor has said that he got a chance to contest 11 elections in 10 years out of which only one was lost in 2017 of UP which was with Congress.
'While one criticises country abroad, other...': Yogi draws similarities between Akhilesh and Rahul
India | May 31, 2022, 07:21 PM IST
During the discussion on the budget in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, Yogi added that while one criticises the country abroad, the other speaks ill about Uttar Pradesh outside the state.
Country will never forget 'pain' of demonetisation: Rahul Gandhi
India | May 31, 2022, 03:59 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in 2016, there was Rs 18 lakh crore 'cash in circulation', and now there is Rs 31 lakh crore 'cash in circulation.