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Rahulgandhi

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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Congress VP Rahul Gandhi recounts his 'short-lived singing career'
National | Aug 21, 2016, 12:05 AM IST
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today revisited his short effort at singing during his high school days and hoped it would be the last time he will sing in public. Gandhi began his speech at
Rahul Gandhi tweets a prayer for PM Modi in response to his ‘BJP faced more adversity’ remark
National | Aug 19, 2016, 05:44 PM IST
Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that BJP faced more adversity in independent India compared to what Congress faced during British rule, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today tweeted a prayer for him.
Freedom can never be for the few: Rahul Gandhi
National | Aug 15, 2016, 01:09 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that “freedom can never be for the few” and asked Indians to aspire for a country where ideas are not "crushed violently" by the forces of hate and mediocrity.

Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM, says ‘No govt of Modi, by Modi, for Modi’
National | Aug 13, 2016, 04:45 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Supreme Court pulled up central governmenton the issue of appointment of judges on Friday.
News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Aug 06, 2016, 08:09 PM IST
News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
Rahul Gandhi summoned by Assam Court in defamation case filed by RSS
National | Aug 06, 2016, 04:42 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was today summoned by an Assam court in connection with a defamation case for his alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Sonia Gandhi stable, recovering well: Ghulam Nabi Azad
National | Aug 03, 2016, 07:49 AM IST
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had to cut short her visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi after she was taken ill, returned here late yesterday night and was taken to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital.
Sacrificing ‘scapegoat’ Anandiben won’t save BJP: Rahul Gandhi
National | Aug 02, 2016, 12:07 PM IST
Reacting to the resignation offer of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that the BJP was making Anandiben a scapegoat but sacrificing her will not save the party in the state.
‘Akhilesh theek ladka hai’, feels Rahul Gandhi; Samajwadi Party seeks apology
National | Jul 30, 2016, 11:51 AM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi feels that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is a ‘well-meaning’ boy, but he couldn’t deliver much during his chief ministership because of ‘goondagardi’ (hooliganism) in the party. “Akhilesh theek

After ‘Arhar Modi’, Rahul flays PM for Bullet trains, questions its viability
National | Jul 29, 2016, 05:54 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi continued his offensive against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the second consecutive day questioning the viability of Bullet trains. He was addressing party workers in Lucknow. Criticising the Prime Minister
This is how Twitter reacted to Rahul Gandhi’s #ArharModi speech
National | Jul 28, 2016, 09:29 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday cracked up social networking sites after his jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a new slogan- Arhar Modi- in a reference to rising daal prices in the country.
'Bluster not a substitute of statistics': Jaitley responds to Rahul's 'Arhar Modi'
National | Jul 28, 2016, 11:10 PM IST
Responding to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s 'Arhar Modi' jibe directed at the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit back and slammed UPA's record on inflation. "There was policy paralysis during the UPA regime and

‘Arhar’ Modi: After ‘suit boot’ and ‘fair & lovely’, Rahul Gandhi’s latest jibe at PM
National | Jul 28, 2016, 05:35 PM IST
Taking a jibe at the Narendra Modi-led NDA government at Centre for the soaring prices of pulses, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi gave a new slogan- ‘Arhar Modi, har har Modi’. “A new slogan is being
Cops can't probe private defamation case against Rahul Gandhi, rules SC
National | Jul 27, 2016, 05:49 PM IST
The Supreme Court today deferred till August 23 the hearing on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s plea seeking quashing of a complaint filed against him for his remark stating that the RSS had a role in Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination.
Congress sounds poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh, launches ‘27 saal UP behaal’ bus yatra
National | Jul 23, 2016, 03:19 PM IST
The Congress party today launched its poll campaign in Uttar Pradesh with party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi flagging off a three-day bus yatra ‘27 saal UP behaal’ from the party headquarters here.

UP polls: Rahul Gandhi to kick off Congress campaign from Lucknow on July 29
National | Jul 22, 2016, 01:18 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will launch his party’s election campaign for the upcoming UP Assembly polls from Lucknow on July 29 when he will inaugurate a massive meeting of party workers.
Dalit victim re-admitted to hospital before Rahul Gandhi's visit under 'political pressure'
National | Jul 22, 2016, 11:47 AM IST
Rajkot: What appears to be curious case of political gimmickry, a Dalit victim of public flogging in Gujarat's Una town, who had been discharged from one hospital was admitted to another under 'political pressure', hours
Rahul Gandhi meets victims of Una-violence, assures them of justice
National | Jul 21, 2016, 02:10 PM IST
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met the family members of the Dalit family who were brutally thrashed by Gau Rakshak workers over allegations of skinning a dead cow in Una town of Gir-Somnath district in Gujarat.
20th July News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Jul 20, 2016, 07:39 PM IST
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As Parliament discusses Una Dalit assault, Rahul Gandhi hits ‘sleep’ mode
National | Jul 20, 2016, 04:57 PM IST
New Delhi: On a day of heated debates over alleged atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat’s Una district, Rahul Gandhi left the Congress party rather embarrassed in Parliament today. The Congress vice-president, who is set to