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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

I belong to family of Kashmiri Pandits, will show BJP how to help the community: Rahul Gandhi
India | Sep 10, 2021, 07:21 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu, said he belongs to a family of Kashmiri Pandits, adding that he would help the community.
NEET postponement demand: Dharmendra Pradhan breaks silence. Here's what he said
Education | Sep 08, 2021, 05:48 PM IST
The education minister's response came a day after the former Congress president called for the postponement of the NEET examination as many other exams are scheduled around September 12.
Rahul Gandhi to visit Mata Vaishno Devi temple tomorrow
India | Sep 08, 2021, 03:56 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will pay obeisance at Mata Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu on Thursday.

Postpone NEET, let students have a fair chance: Rahul Gandhi to govt
India | Sep 07, 2021, 04:15 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's tweet comes a day after the Supreme Court had turned down a petition to defer the NEET exam, which is scheduled for September 12.
Indian Youth Congress passes resolution to make Rahul Gandhi party president
India | Sep 06, 2021, 10:25 PM IST
The resolution was passed unanimously on the final day of the two-day national executive meeting of IYC in Goa, the Congress youth wing said in a statement.
In the era of social media, voices are suppressed: Rahul Gandhi
India | Sep 03, 2021, 04:25 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said it was a journey where he would go and listen and then go and look around to find instruments that could transform the voice of this nation that he was hearing.

Modi government dangerous for employment: Rahul Gandhi
India | Sep 03, 2021, 01:53 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday had attacked the government on inflation.
Congress leadership miffed with Sidhu? Deny him time for meeting
India | Sep 02, 2021, 01:10 PM IST
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sindhu on Thursday returned to his home state after he was denied an appointment by the party leadership for a meeting.
Rahul targets Centre over inflation: 'Increase in GDP is increase in gas, diesel, petrol prices'
India | Sep 02, 2021, 01:03 PM IST
Hitting out at the Centre, Rahul Gandhi said, "Farmers, labourers, small and medium businesses, MSMEs, salaried class, government employees and honest industrialists are being demonetised. Who is being monetised? 4-5 friends of Narendra Modi ji - economic transfer is being done."

Rahul Gandhi slams government over rise in prices of LPG
India | Sep 01, 2021, 12:58 PM IST
The Congress party has been attacking the govt over the rise in petrol, diesel and LPG prices and has been demanding reduction in them by removing some of the taxes imposed by the central govt.
'Congress didn't invest a rupee there': BJP after Rahul calls Jallianwala Bagh renovation 'insult'
India | Aug 31, 2021, 11:48 PM IST
Hitting out at Gandhi, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh said the Congress leader should explain as to what his party did for the famous memorial, which commemorates the sacrifice of hundreds of unarmed civilians killed by the British forces in 1919, during its rule for decades.
'Insult to martys', Rahul Gandhi slams Jallianwala Bagh Smarak renovation
India | Aug 31, 2021, 12:01 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a dig at the Centre as he slammed the renovation of Jallianwala Bagh Smarak.

Punjab Congress row: Harish Rawat meets Rahul Gandhi, says 'no tussle over state politics'
India | Aug 28, 2021, 12:45 PM IST
Earlier on Friday, Rawat met Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and reportedly sought to be relieved as the party's in-charge of Punjab.
If there is no employment, what is the point of having reservation: Rahul Gandhi
India | Aug 28, 2021, 08:12 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi's attack came after the government came out with the national asset monetisation pipeline to garner Rs 6 lakh crore in the coming years.
Chhattisgarh Congress infighting: Bhupesh Baghel meets Rahul Gandhi, to remain CM for now
India | Aug 27, 2021, 09:55 PM IST
Bhupesh Baghel said he has invited Rahul Gandhi to Chhattisgarh. He (Rahul Gandhi) will first visit Bastar, and inspect the various projects and works there, Baghel added.

Chhattisgarh: Amid talk of leadership change, CM Baghel's show of strength
India | Aug 27, 2021, 04:46 PM IST
Sources said that Baghel has been called to Delhi by Venugopal for further talks to resolve the crisis in the Chhattisgarh Congress.
Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel again summoned to Delhi as Congress crisis deepens
India | Sep 07, 2021, 04:53 PM IST
The Congress leadership has again summoned Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel for discussions a day after he returned to Raipur after a marathon session with Rahul Gandhi on the power tussle with Health Minister TS Singh Deo.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh's show of strength with over 50 MLAs, 8 MPs amid face-off with Sidhu
India | Aug 27, 2021, 07:51 AM IST
The development has come amid the Congress' infighting between Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu and seems to be far from over.
BJP MP's take down of Rahul's dig at Govt over Covid: 'Weekly positivity rate in Wayanad 21.21%'
India | Aug 27, 2021, 10:44 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi took a dig at the Centre over the rise in coronavirus cases in the country, and said people should take care of themselves as the government is "busy in sales".
Take care of yourself, Govt busy with sales: Rahul Gandhi's latest Covid dig
India | Aug 26, 2021, 01:00 PM IST
Gandhi has been accusing the BJP govt of selling out the country's assets built in the last 70 years, after it announced its asset monetisation pipeline plan.