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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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Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi's barbs at NDA Government
National | Jul 02, 2016, 11:08 PM IST
BJP president Amit Shah today attacked Rahul Gandhi after the Congress Vice President questioned the NDA government's achievements
Priyanka Gandhi set to play a bigger role for Congress in UP Assembly polls: Sources
National | Jun 28, 2016, 11:26 PM IST
Priyanka Gandhi has agreed to play a bigger role for the party in the upcoming assembly polls in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, sources said.
Sheila Dikshit ‘turns down’ Congress’ offer to be CM face for UP polls: report
National | Jun 27, 2016, 03:27 PM IST
Sheila Dikshit is unlikely to be projected as the Congress party's chief ministerial face for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2017 after the party veteran turned down the offer

Rahul Gandhi is in London with a ‘special friend’: Subramanian Swamy
National | Jun 25, 2016, 06:39 PM IST
Subramanian Swamy, holding forth on various Congress leaders, said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is with a "special friend" in London.
I did not raise Nehru-Gandhi family issue to get favours, Rishi Kapoor tells Aap Ki Adalat
National | Jun 25, 2016, 07:18 PM IST
Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has said that he did not question the naming of public assets after Gandhi-Nehru family in order to get favours from the Modi government.
‘#FailedModiDiplomacy’: Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Modi over NSG membership bid
National | Jun 25, 2016, 09:26 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a took at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after India lost Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership bid in Seoul. Rahul Gandhi took it to Twitter

MP BJP leader announces Rs one lakh reward for locating Rahul Gandhi
National | Jun 23, 2016, 07:51 PM IST
Poking fun at Rahul Gandhi's "energising" foreign trips, a Madhya Pradesh BJP leader today announced a reward of Rs one lakh to anyone who locates or provides information about Congress Vice-President, who has left for a short visit abroad.
‘Don’t come back’, says Twitter as Rahul Gandhi flew off to another mysterious trip
Life | Jun 21, 2016, 05:48 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress VP Rahul Gandhi has been constantly trolled on various social media platforms. Whatever he does or says is closely inspected by users usually to make a joke or two out of it.
From corporate to politicos, who said what on Raghuram Rajan's exit
Jun 20, 2016, 04:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Ending months of speculation, India's central bank governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said he will step down when his term ends in early September. This decision caught many by surprise and also led

Post birthday, Rahul Gandhi on another sabbatical, says going abroad for a few days
National | Jun 20, 2016, 11:37 AM IST
New Delhi: A day after turning 46, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today announced that he will travel out of the country for a "few days". The Congress leader also thanked all who met and
PM Narendra Modi wishes Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his 46th birthday
India | Jun 19, 2016, 10:35 AM IST
New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning took to Twitter and wished Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his 46th birthday. The Prime Minister wished Gandhi a long and healthy life. PM tweeted,"Birthday
Rahul Gandhi not to be made leader of Uttar Pradesh: Ghulam Nabi Azad
National | Jun 16, 2016, 09:32 PM IST
Newly-appointed AICC in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the 2017 Assembly elections in UP will be a fight between "secular and communal forces" and dismissed suggestions that Rahul Gandhi will be made leader of the state.

Tough time for Sonia, Rahul Gandhi as Congress faces rebellions in the states
National | Jun 14, 2016, 07:19 PM IST
So the Congress party will once again be reduced to 44 seats in the Lok Sabha. The party’s strength had gone up to 45 seats after the victory of its candidate in Ratlam LS by-polls.
Rahul Gandhi is carrying 'anti-Sikh' family legacy: Punjab CM
National | Jun 14, 2016, 06:57 PM IST
India TV Politics Desk Bhaagsar (Muktsar): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today launched a scathing attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and accused him of carrying the Nehru-Gandhi family’s notorious legacy of “anti-Punjab
Not Rahul Gandhi but Congress will have a CM face for UP elections: Ghulam Nabi Azad
National | Jun 14, 2016, 12:15 PM IST
The Congress party has made it clear that it will project a CM candidate for UP Assembly elections although the party has clarified that Rahul Gandhi is a national leader and there is no question of him being declared as the CM candidate.

Will end the drug problem within a month of coming to power, say Rahul Gandhi in Punjab
National | Jun 13, 2016, 02:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today promised to end the drug problem in Punjab within a month if his party is voted to power in assembly elections next year. While speaking at a
Rahul Gandhi to lead protest against drugs problem in Punjab
National | Jun 13, 2016, 01:07 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will lead a protest in Punjab's Jalandhar today highlighting drug abuse and the "collapse" of law and order in the state in hopes of building up a strong
Dual citizenship row: Ethics Committee of Parliament to summon Rahul Gandhi
National | Jun 08, 2016, 06:59 PM IST
New Delhi: The Ethics Committee of the Parliament will summon Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over allegations of dual citizenship, Arjun Ram Meghwal, a member of the panel, confirmed the news to India TV.
Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief, should become de jure: Jairam Ramesh
National | Jun 05, 2016, 02:54 PM IST
New Delhi: Asserting that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is virtually leading the party, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh today said that "Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure".
Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief, he should become de jure: Jairam Ramesh
National | Jun 05, 2016, 02:27 PM IST
New Delhi: "Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure" and make the party battle ready without waiting for anti-incumbency to build up against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior party