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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

'Fighter' Rahul Gandhi only acceptable name in Congress for president's role: Bhupesh Baghel
India | Mar 26, 2021, 03:32 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi took over as interim Congress president after Rahul Gandhi resigned in the wake of the party's Lok Sabha debacle in May 2019.
'Society in India treats you very badly...': Rahul Gandhi to students in Kochi
India | Mar 22, 2021, 08:08 PM IST
Interacting with students in Kochi, Rahul Gandhi urged them to take on the forces that have been 'treating them badly.'
Congress releases list of 39 candidates for Bengal polls 2021
Elections | Mar 21, 2021, 12:16 AM IST
The Congress party on Saturday released a list of 39 candidates for West Bengal assembly elections 2021. Bengal polls will be held in 8 phases beginning March 27 while the final phase will be conducted on April 29. The counting of votes will be held on May 2.

You must have heard about toolkit... conspiracy was hatched against Assam: PM Modi attacks Congress
India | Mar 21, 2021, 12:23 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of openly supporting forces that are out to finish the identity of Assam tea and destroy the tea industry.
Assam polls 2021: Rahul Gandhi to address rally in Tinsukia, interact with tea estate workers
Elections | Mar 19, 2021, 10:54 AM IST
Assembly elections in Assam are slated in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6, to elect the 126 member house. The results will be out on May 2.
Snubbed! Congress keeps G-23 leaders out of Bengal polls campaigning
Elections | Mar 13, 2021, 12:33 AM IST
Congress has released its list of 30-star campaigners for the forthcoming West Bengal. According to the list, party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi, ex-PM Dr Manmohan Singh and party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, Navjot Singh Sidhu, others will campaign for the party.

India is no longer a democratic country, tweets Rahul Gandhi
India | Mar 11, 2021, 04:29 PM IST
"India is no longer a democratic country," Rahul Gandhi said in his tweet as he shared a news clipping which read 'India now as autocratic as Pakistan, worse than Bangladesh: Sweden institute's Democracy Report'.
'I wish...': Jyotiraditya Scindia responds to Rahul Gandhi's 'backbencher' remark
India | Mar 09, 2021, 03:00 PM IST
The former Congress president said that the BJP will never make Jyotiraditya Scindia CM and that he has become a 'backbencher' in the saffron party.
'Don't know whether he has lost his memory': Giriraj Singh on Rahul's fisheries ministry remark
India | Mar 09, 2021, 02:53 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi during his Puducherry visit had claimed that there is no dedicated ministry to address the problems of fishermen. He reiterated the same during an interaction with the fishing community in Kerala's Kollam a few days later.

India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul Gandhi
India | Mar 09, 2021, 01:06 PM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the country must prepare for a borderless war as the past practice of a 2.5-front war has become obsolete.
'Should have waited for his turn': Rahul Gandhi breaks silence over Scindia leaving Congress
India | Mar 08, 2021, 04:17 PM IST
Interacting with young party leaders during Indian Youth Congress(IYC) national executive meeting, Rahul Gandhi said Congress has always given importance to patience and ideology.
Don't let anyone stop you: Rahul Gandhi to women on International Women's Day
India | Mar 08, 2021, 10:16 AM IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday extended his greetings on the occasion of International Women's Day.

Congress to release star campaigners list for assembly polls. Will 'G23' leaders find a place
India | Mar 04, 2021, 11:10 PM IST
The Congress is yet to release the list of its star campaigners for the assembly polls in which Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka are likely to be included. All eyes will be on the names of the leaders led by Ghulam Nabi Azad whose Rajya Sabha term ended recently.
Rahul Gandhi will take years to understand RSS: BJP
India | Mar 03, 2021, 04:18 PM IST
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that RSS is like a large school and Rahul Gandhi will need time to understand what the organisation stands for.
Emergency was a mistake: Rahul Gandhi
India | Mar 02, 2021, 11:52 PM IST
In a conversation with Kaushik Basu, professor in the Cornell University in the US and India's former chief economic advisor, Gandhi said he is all for internal democracy in the Congress, which fought for India's independence, gave the country its Constitution and stood for equality.

Bengal polls 2021: 'Hate Modi only agenda of Congress', says BJP
Elections | Mar 02, 2021, 03:48 PM IST
The Congress party is contesting the West Bengal assembly elections in alliance with the Left and ISF but is fighting the CPI-M in Kerala as the principal opposition party.
'Can't be selective...': Anand Sharma slams Congress' tie-up with ISF in Bengal
India | Mar 01, 2021, 09:13 PM IST
In a series of tweets, Anand Sharma demanded answers from the Congress' Bengal unit while describing the alliance decision as 'painful and shameful'.
Group dance, push-ups with students: Rahul Gandhi's day out at Tamil Nadu school | WATCH
India | Mar 01, 2021, 03:16 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi also showcased his dancing skills during the school tour. He partnered a few students of St. Joseph's Matriculation Higher Secondary School on the stage for a group dance.
What Ghulam Nabi Azad said on whether he will join BJP after PM Modi's praise | Exclusive
India | Feb 27, 2021, 07:16 PM IST
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in an exclusive conversation with India TV on Saturday raised the issue of the party as well as the opposition becoming weak. He also shared views on other pressing issues within the party.
G23 vs Rahul Gandhi? 'Congress becoming weak,' dissenters raise common concern in Jammu
India | Feb 27, 2021, 07:10 PM IST
In the first-ever show of strength, the dissenters in the Congress (G23) shared a public platform in Jammu and participated in the Shanti Sammelan, raising internal issues of the Congress like party becoming weak in the past decade, leadership, while at the same time, sharing a piece of advice for the young generation.