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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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Don't want to politicise Kolkata flyover collapse, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Apr 02, 2016, 02:04 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met the injured people and the families of the victims of the March 31 flyover collapse incident that took place in city's Girish Park area.
31st March News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day
India | Mar 31, 2016, 08:52 PM IST
Important news stories
Why Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi still abroad, Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi
National | Mar 31, 2016, 04:25 PM IST
Digboi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi talked about bringing back black money from overseas, then why liquor baron Vijay Mallya and former IPL chief Lalit Modi are still abroad, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi asked today.

Never sought or acquired British citizenship, allegation a political conspiracy: Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 31, 2016, 02:17 PM IST
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today denied the allegation that he once held British citizenship terming the charge as a ‘political conspiracy’ to tarnish his image.
Can Prashant Kishor guide a demoralised Congress to victory in Uttar Pradesh after 27-long years?
National | Mar 31, 2016, 12:25 AM IST
can Prashant Kishor bring to an end Congress party’s 27-year long exile from corridors of power in Uttar Pradesh even if he succeeds in bringing Priyanka as the party’s face in upcoming state elections?
Assam will be run from Nagpur if BJP comes to power: Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 29, 2016, 05:44 PM IST
Assam will be run from Nagpur if BJP comes to power: Rahul Gandhi

Amit Shah assails Rahul over 'Gandhi ours, Savarkar yours' remark
National | Mar 27, 2016, 05:55 PM IST
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi over his "Gandhi is ours, Savarkar yours" remark, BJP chief Amit Shah today asked the BJP cadres to launch a nation-wide movement against Congress on the issue of nationalism.
Kanhaiya Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi after support over JNU sedition row
National | Mar 22, 2016, 01:17 PM IST
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University student’s union president Kanhaiya Kumar met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhiat later's residence on Tuesday. Accompanied by delegations from the JNUSU and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), Kanhaiya
Uttarakhand: Congress expels Vijay Bahuguna's son for 6 years, Rebel MLAs to meet prez today
National | Mar 21, 2016, 06:50 PM IST
New Delhi: The ongoing power tussle of Uttarakhand has shifted to Delhi with 28 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs from the state along with the nine rebel Congress leaders scheduled to meet the president Pranab

Rahul Gandhi biggest enemy of Punjab: Sukhbir Badal
National | Mar 20, 2016, 05:45 PM IST
Sukhbir Singh Badal today said Rahul Gandhi is the "biggest enemy" of Punjab for "branding" the state's youth as drug addicts and claimed the Congress vice president has given enough proof of being "anti-Punjab and anti-Sikh".
Toppling govts by blatant misuse of money BJP’s new model: Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 20, 2016, 03:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday mounted a sharp attack on the Prime Minister and the BJP in the wake of the Uttarakhand crisis, saying it has exposed the “true face of
Another assault by PM Modi on middle class: Rahul Gandhi on interest cut
National | Mar 19, 2016, 07:14 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today came down hard on the government for slashing the interest rates on small savings, including PPF, dubbing it as yet another assault on the middle class. "Slashing interest rates on

PM lacks vision, jumps from one position to another: Rahul Gandhi on Modi’s foreign policy
National | Mar 16, 2016, 05:49 PM IST
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today made a stinging attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the government’s Pakistan policy, saying that PM Modi lacks vision and jumps from one position to another.
‘Fair and Lovely’ phrase is racist, says FM
National | Mar 14, 2016, 10:48 PM IST
‘Fair and Lovely’ phrase is racist: FM Arun Jaitley
We’ll deal with it: Rahul Gandhi on Par panel notice on citizenship row
National | Mar 14, 2016, 07:16 PM IST
The Parliament Committee on Ethics, headed by senior BJP leader LK Advani, has issues a notice to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in connection with dual citizenship row.

Rahul Gandhi to visit Giroudhpuri in Chhattisgarh today
National | Mar 14, 2016, 08:13 AM IST
Raipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Giroudhpuri Dham - a popular scheduled caste Satnami community's pilgrim centre - in Chhattisgarh today. "Rahul Gandhi is expected to arrive at Raipur's Swami Vivekanand
Rahul targets govt over Mallya, Jaitley reminds Cong of Quattrocchi
National | Mar 10, 2016, 03:18 PM IST
Responding to Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s comments accusing the government of helping people like liquor baron Vijay Mallya, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today told the House that there was ‘a proper legal process that needs to be f
BJP slams Rahul Gandhi, says 'pass GST and take credit for it too'
National | Mar 09, 2016, 02:58 PM IST
BJP today mocked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for taking credit for the rollback of Employees Provident Fund tax on EPF withdrawal, saying he can take credit for GST too if he lets it pass in Parliament.
Please consider your track record: FM on 'Fair & Lovely' jibe
National | Mar 09, 2016, 07:25 AM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today led a strong counter in the Rajya Sabha against the Congress' jibes on the black money window announced as part of the budget, saying it was not an
'My pressure worked': Rahul seeks credit for EPF tax rollback
National | Mar 08, 2016, 06:54 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday sought credit for the government's rollback of proposed move to tax EPF withdrawals. In a series of tweets, Gandhi said the government was “forced” to listen to