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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

Sonia Gandhi to remain Congress president, decide party leaders after 4-hour meet on polls debacle
India | Mar 13, 2022, 10:38 PM IST
The crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting after the poll debacle in 5 states is underway in Delhi. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Salman Khurshid, Ajay Maken, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, other leaders present.
Assembly election debacle: Congress Working Committee to meet today to discuss way ahead
India | Mar 12, 2022, 11:51 PM IST
Congress failed to put up a strong fight in the five states that went to the polls recently. Congress lost power in Punjab to Aam Aadmi Party.
Flopshow! UP debacle digs hole into 'brand Rahul, Priyanka' but will Congress learn?
Elections | Mar 11, 2022, 04:31 PM IST
The UP debacle has proved that the brother-sister duo is no match to the election machinery of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

'...because of Amarinder Singh': Congress blames former CM for Punjab rout
Elections | Mar 10, 2022, 04:56 PM IST
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said people of Punjab voted in favour of AAP as they were unhappy with Amarinder's regime.
Rahul, Priyanka's campaign comes a cropper, political observers say 'brand value diminished'
Elections | Mar 10, 2022, 04:44 PM IST
Congress general secretary in-charge Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi addressed 209 rallies and roadshows, the maximum by any top leader during the UP election campaign, followed closely by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who spoke at 203 poll events.
'Will learn from this', says Rahul as Cong gets steamrolled in 5 states
Elections | Mar 10, 2022, 05:33 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's comments came after the Congress failed to make a mark in the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur, and lost Punjab to the AAP.

Punjab is 'AAP ka'! Arvind Kejriwal's party emerges as Congress' national replacement
Elections | Mar 10, 2022, 11:27 AM IST
Punjab Election 2022 Result: The Aam Aadmi Party led by Arvind Kejriwal appeared set for a landslide win in Punjab.
Defamation case for RSS remarks: Rahul Gandhi gets exemption from appearance
India | Mar 07, 2022, 04:45 PM IST
The court was to record the evidence of complainant Rajesh Kunte on Monday in the defamation case related to statements allegedly made by Gandhi against the RSS.
Exit Polls 2022: BJP shatters SP's UP dream, Congress just manages to win Punjab | Highlights
Elections | Mar 09, 2022, 04:03 PM IST
Exit Poll 2022: Ahead of the counting day on March 10, India TV brings you Exit Polls of 5 states to gauge the mood of people in -- Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur -- where polling was held from February 10 to March 7.

Rahul Gandhi's Twitter followers' count guided by external forces, alleges Congress
India | Mar 07, 2022, 12:11 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on December 27, 2021, had flagged the issue and had written to Twitter CEO that the growth in his followers' count came to an abrupt halt for several months after suspension in August last year
UP election 2022: Will not leave UP regardless of poll results says Priyanka Gandhi
Elections | Mar 05, 2022, 07:34 PM IST
Accusing her party rivals in general of practising politics of caste and religion and the BJP in particular of pursuing “hollow nationalism”, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said she would stay put in the state and continue to fight for its people till the emergence of a true and correct change in its politics.
Get your petrol tanks filled before 'election offer' ends: Rahul's dig at Centre over fuel price hik
Elections | Mar 05, 2022, 06:39 PM IST
Congress has been accusing the BJP government of stalling the hike in fuel prices during elections and raising the prices soon after the polls are over.

UP: Rahul visits Varanasi's Kashi Vishwanath temple, says PM seeks vote on basis of 'lies'
Elections | Mar 04, 2022, 09:54 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi alleged that Modi now doesn't speak on his earlier poll promises of doubling farmers' income and generating jobs for youths, whereas there is "no mismatch" in Congress' words and deeds.
MEA briefs panel on Russia-Ukraine war; Opposition says 'support government's stand'
India | Mar 03, 2022, 02:49 PM IST
India has been evacuating its citizens through special flights from Ukraine's western neighbours such as Romania, Hungary and Poland as the Ukrainian airspace has been shut since February 24 due to the Russian military offensive.
In Gujarat for Cong brainstorming session, Rahul Gandhi offers prayers at Dwarkadhish temple
India | Feb 26, 2022, 08:28 PM IST
Gandhi is in the state to take part in the Chintan Shivir, a brainstorming session organised by the Gujarat Congress, which began on Friday and will end on Sunday.

'Disturbing': Rahul Gandhi shares video of Indian students taking shelter in bunkers | Watch
India | Feb 26, 2022, 11:33 AM IST
In an effort to evacuate stranded Indian nationals from war-hit Ukraine, Air India is operating two flights from Delhi to Bucharest (Romania) and Budapest (Hungary) today.
UP election 2022: Non-Congress govts kept UP backward, forced people to migrate says Rahul Gandhi
Elections | Feb 25, 2022, 07:46 PM IST
Coming together for a joint rally at Kali Maidan in Amethi, which has long been the pocket borough of the party till Rahul Gandhi lost it to Smriti Irani in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the leaders asked people to vote for their own good and children, and not on emotional issues of caste and religion.
Sonia accuses BJP of meting step-motherly treatment to Raebareli, asks people to vote for Congress
Elections | Feb 21, 2022, 04:33 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, accusing them of mismanagement during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Assam BJP youth wing files 1500 complaints against Rahul Gandhi over tweet excluding North East
India | Feb 15, 2022, 09:12 PM IST
The BJP leaders alleged that Rahul Gandhi had redrawn the map of the country as he considered India's geographical territory from Gujarat to West Bengal.
Himanta Biswa Sarma draws flak for 'father-son' barb at Rahul Gandhi; criminal cases lodged
India | Feb 15, 2022, 06:53 AM IST
On Rahul Gandhi asking for proof of the surgical strike, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asked whether the BJP had ever demanded proof of Rahul Gandhi being the "son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.