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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 slams PM Modi govt over fuel price hike
India | Jun 30, 2021, 12:52 PM IST
His remarks came a day after petrol prices were hiked by 31 to 35 paise while diesel by 26 to 30 paise on June 29, taking the fuel prices across the country to a historic high.
Navjot Singh Sidhu on his way to meet Gandhis, Rahul says, 'no meeting’
India | Jun 30, 2021, 12:23 AM IST
According to reports, Sidhu had left from his residence in Patiala to meet Rahul Gandhi in Delhi today.
It's not a package, but another sham: Rahul slams govt's stimulus measures
India | Jun 29, 2021, 12:19 PM IST
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday announced Rs 1.5 lakh crore of additional credit for small and medium businesses, more funds for the healthcare sector, loans to tourism agencies and guides, and waiver of visa fee for foreign tourists as part of the package to support the economy

Navjot Sidhu to meet Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Vadra in Delhi today
India | Jun 29, 2021, 11:50 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi has been meeting party leaders from Punjab to get their views on the political situation in the state and the steps needed to strengthen the party ahead of the 2022 assembly polls.
Farmers protest: We are with 'Satyagrahi Annadata', says Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 26, 2021, 12:27 PM IST
Farmers will visit the Raj Bhavan (the Governor House) in several states.
Congress leader Oommen Chandy meets Rahul Gandhi in Delhi
India | Jun 25, 2021, 02:04 PM IST
Chandy's visit to Delhi was days after the high command appointed VD Satheshan and K Sudhakaran as Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly and KPCC president respectively after the severe drubbing the party-led UDF received in the April 6 assembly polls.

Why no large-scale testing to prevent spread of Delta plus variant: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 25, 2021, 11:36 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the government why "large-scale testing is not being done" to check and prevent the spread of the Delta plus variant of coronavirus.
Congress infighting: Rahul Gandhi to meet Punjab MLAs today
India | Jun 25, 2021, 08:36 AM IST
Former minister Navjot Singh Sidhu is at loggerheads with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and both have publicly given statements against each other in the media.
Rahul Gandhi should join hands with Pawar to bring oppn parties together: Shiv Sena
India | Jun 24, 2021, 01:21 PM IST
The Sena editorial on Thursday said, "Rahul Gandhi should join hands with Pawar to align all opposition parties." The tea party of opposition leaders should have been organised by Gandhi, it opined

Rahul Gandhi reaches court to record statement in defamation case
India | Jun 24, 2021, 10:58 AM IST
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday morning arrived at a Surat court to record his statement in a criminal defamation case.
'Gyani baba': Smriti Irani slams Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of Modi govt's handling of pandemic
India | Jun 22, 2021, 03:04 PM IST
Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday called Rahul Gandhi a 'gyani baba' who is 'dishing out pearls of wisdom' to others.
Congress to contest 2022 Punjab polls under leadership of Sonia, Rahul Gandhi: Mallikarjun Kharge
India | Jun 22, 2021, 02:39 PM IST
Asked why Sidhu did not come to attend the meeting called by the panel, Kharge said: "It is not like that at all, we have called Captain Amarinder for some clarification."

Have Gandhis been vaccinated? Congress should clarify: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 22, 2021, 02:14 PM IST
Senior BJP leader Sambit Patra said the whenever a 'decisive point comes in India's battle against COVID-19, Congress tries to politicise it'.
PM's tears did not save lives but oxygen could have: Rahul launches frontal attack on govt
India | Jun 22, 2021, 12:57 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi said that the purpose of white paper is not to point finger at government, but to help the nation to prepare for the third wave of Covid-19.
Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for not paying compensation to kin of Covid victims
India | Jun 21, 2021, 01:06 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the government for not paying ex-gratia compensation to families of those who died of Covid.

Reform is not achieved by questioning something one has 'taken advantage of': Khurshid slams G-23
India | Jun 20, 2021, 01:14 PM IST
Days after G-23 leader M Veerappa Moily stressed the need for a "major surgery" on the party to make it electorally more competitive, Khurshid said these "wonderful phrases" are not the answer as party leaders need to sit down and come up with solutions to the challenges that have arisen in the last 10 years.
'PhD in tax recovery': Rahul Gandhi's jibe on Centre, as fuel prices continue to rise
India | Jun 20, 2021, 12:39 PM IST
Taking a jibe at the central government for the continued increase in fuel prices, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed it a "PhD in tax recovery".
DMK chief MK Stalin meets Sonia, Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 18, 2021, 12:26 PM IST
This is the first meeting between Stalin and Sonia Gandhi after the DMK-Congress alliance was elected to power in the just-concluded assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.
PM should acknowledge his mistakes, seek expert help to rebuild India: Rahul Gandhi
India | Jun 17, 2021, 03:09 PM IST
He said this while citing a report quoting World Bank's data on poverty where India has a share of 57.3 per cent in rise in global poverty during the Covid pandemic.
Ghaziabad assault case: BJP MLA files complaint against Rahul Gandhi, Asaduddin Owaisi
India | Jun 17, 2021, 10:16 AM IST
BJP MLA from Loni, Nandkishor Gurjar, has filed a police complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in connection with the assault case of an elderly Muslim man.