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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.

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Rahul Gandhi knows more about Europe's night clubs than problems of Indian farmers: Subramanian Swamy
National | Sep 06, 2016, 05:43 PM IST
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy today took a pot-shot at Rahul Gandhi’s 2,500 km-long ‘Kisan Yatra’ and said that the Congress vice-president knows more about the night clubs in Europe compared to the condition of farmers in In
Khaat Sabha: Chaos at Rahul Gandhi's rally as people fight for cots
National | Sep 14, 2016, 05:29 PM IST
Commotion broke out as locals fought for Khatiyas(wooden cots) after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's 'Khat Sabha' ended in Uttar Pradesh's Deoria today. Over 200 cots were arranged for Rahul Gandhi's rally where Congress Vice
Rahul Gandhi kicks off 2,500 km Kisan Yatra from Deoria, promises loan waiver and cheap power tariff
National | Sep 14, 2016, 05:30 PM IST
In a bid to capture power in the politically important state of Uttar Pradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched his 2,500 km-long ‘Kisan Yatra’ from Rudrapur in the state's eastern district Deoria.

Rahul Gandhi to hold ‘Khaat Sabhas’ during 2500 km-long Kisan Yatra from Deoria to Delhi
National | Sep 06, 2016, 10:43 AM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will today kick-start 2500 km-long Kisan Yatra from Deoria, a district in eastern Uttar Pradesh. During his month-long yatra, which will culminate in Delhi, the Congress leader will hold ‘Khaat Sabhas’ to have one
Shashi Tharoor backs Rahul Gandhi, says Gandhi killers were from RSS
National | Sep 06, 2016, 07:48 AM IST
Former Union minister and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor threw his weight behind his party vice-president Rahul Gandhi stating that historical evidences suggests that Godse was a member of RSS and that the organization distributed sweets
In Amethi stronghold, 200 angry Anganwadi workers raise slogans against Rahul Gandhi, block cavalcade
National | Sep 02, 2016, 02:35 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today faced protests by local residents in his own constituency Amethi where he arrived on Wednesday on a three-day visit.

All India Radio mocks Rahul Gandhi, tweets ‘How he became daring again to defame RSS?’
National | Sep 02, 2016, 01:01 PM IST
Public broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) kicked-up a row on Thursday after it mocked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for withdrawing his plea in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the defamation case filed against him
A true Hindu would not have killed Mahatma Gandhi, says Congress after Rahul Gandhi tells SC he is ready to face trial
National | Sep 02, 2016, 12:08 AM IST
After Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told the Supreme Court that he was ready to face trial in the RSS defamation case, his party on Thursday sought to take the battle to the Sangh’s court saying,
‘RSS killed Mahatma’: Rahul Gandhi toughens stand, tells SC he is ready to face trial
National | Sep 01, 2016, 04:19 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today told the apex court that he stands by his remarks blaming RSS for Mahatma Gandhi's assassination and is ready to face trial for it.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi today
National | Aug 31, 2016, 06:59 AM IST
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh today and will be there till September 2. Rahul Gandhi tweeted on his official account: "Will be in Amethi from 31st Aug-2nd
UP polls: Rahul Gandhi's 2,500km roadshow to focus on plight of farmers
National | Aug 30, 2016, 06:08 PM IST
The Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is all set to launch his mega roadshow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh from September 6.
National Herald Case: Notice issued to Sonia, Rahul by Delhi court on Swamy’s plea
National | Aug 27, 2016, 05:06 PM IST
A notice has been issued to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and others accused in the National Herald case by a Delhi Court. The court also asked the congress and Associated

‘Coward’ Rahul Gandhi must quit politics to save Congress: Subramanian Swamy
National | Aug 26, 2016, 06:37 PM IST
Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy today blasted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his frequent U-turns on issues of national importance and advised him to quit politics to save the future of his party.
'Which words do you stand by?' RSS taunts Rahul Gandhi; asks him to apologise
National | Aug 26, 2016, 06:06 PM IST
The Rasthriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) today demanded clarification from Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on his comment about the organisation’s involvement in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Taking on the Congress VP on major social
RSS seeks clarification from Rahul over his remark on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination
National | Aug 26, 2016, 02:28 PM IST
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today questioned Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his remark of standing by every word he said about the outfit’s role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

Stand by every word I said: Rahul Gandhi on blaming RSS for Mahatma Gandhi’s murder
National | Aug 25, 2016, 05:35 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dismissed suggestions that he had made a U-turn on RSS role in killing Mahatma and insisted that he stood by every single word said by him.
RSS didn’t kill the Mahatma, says Rahul Gandhi; Twitter goes crazy on Congress VP’s U-turn
National | Aug 24, 2016, 09:35 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday became the butt of all jokes on Twitter after he told the Supreme Court that he never blamed the RSS as an institution for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi
Are Dalits and backwards not nationalists, Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi
National | Aug 24, 2016, 06:01 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today asked PM Modi to explain if ‘Dalits’ and ‘backwards’ were not nationalists in his eyes.
Never blamed RSS, as an institution, for Mahatma Gandhi’s killing: Rahul Gandhi tells SC
National | Aug 24, 2016, 03:48 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today told the Supreme Court that he never blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as an institution, for assasination of Mahatma Gandhi.
What happened when Rahul Gandhi was ‘ragged’ in his high school
National | Aug 22, 2016, 10:53 AM IST
While many of us have experienced ragging in our school or college life, it is hard to believe that even a member of the Gandhi family, India’s most powerful political family, could not escape it.