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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 principal misleader of Indian politics: BJP
National | Feb 18, 2016, 07:53 AM IST
New Delhi: Attacking Rahul Gandhi who accused the ruling party of muzzling the youth, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday called him a "principal misleader" of Indian politics and said it showed his "willingness" to
Rahul Gandhi lashes out at RSS, BJP over patriotism issue
National | Feb 15, 2016, 08:08 PM IST
Titabor: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said the RSS and the BJP dub as a traitor whosoever speaks or goes against their ideology."It seems only the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
JNU row: Amit Shah slams Cong, says Rahul supporting anti-nationals
National | Feb 15, 2016, 10:34 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today slammed Congress for blatantly supporting the arrested JNU students who have allegedly shouted anti-India slogans during an event organised for parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.Launching a scathing attack

Rahul Gandhi is insulting our nation by supporting anti-nationals: BJP
National | Feb 13, 2016, 11:51 PM IST
New Delhi: Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for addressing a student's meet organised to protest against the police crackdown on the JNU campus and the arrest of the students' union president in a sedition case,
JNU event row: Anand Sharma attacked in JNU by ABVP goons, says Cong
National | Feb 13, 2016, 10:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma was today allegedly attacked by unknown assailants while participating in a protest meet held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) against the police crackdown in the
Anti-nationals suppressing voice of students: Rahul Gandhi at JNU
National | Feb 13, 2016, 09:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus today to extend his support to agitations against the arrest of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition. Rahul was shown

NDA government bullying JNU, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Feb 13, 2016, 07:22 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of "bullying" an institution like the Jawaharlal Nehru University because it will not toe to its line.In tweets, Gandhi said that
SC exempts Sonia, Rahul from personal appearance in NH case
National | Feb 12, 2016, 08:50 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expunged some objectionable remarks of Delhi High Court in connection with the National Herald case involving Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi.The apex court, however, dismissed the
SC to hear Sonia, Rahul plea in Herald case today
National | Feb 12, 2016, 12:58 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday is likely to hear Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others' petition challenging the Delhi High Court order rejecting their plea against their summoning by

Rahul Gandhi a leader with negative mindset: BJP
National | Feb 12, 2016, 07:55 AM IST
Indore: The Bharatiy janata party (BJP) on Thursday termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as a leader with "negative mindset" and accused him of "stalling" the development agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by obstructing
Herald case: SC to consider plea by Sonia, Rahul tomorrow
National | Feb 11, 2016, 09:36 PM IST
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear the pleas of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi against the Delhi High Court verdict refusing to quash summons issued to them in the National Herald
Modi government is anti-students, anti-poor, accuses Rahul Gandhi
National | Feb 09, 2016, 10:13 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today slammed the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of being against farmers, labourers, students and the poor. He also described the Left Front's ideology as "obsolete".Addressing Congress workers at

Rahul Gandhi to sound Congress poll bugle in Kerala tomorrow
National | Feb 08, 2016, 02:21 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will reach Kerala on Tuesday to virtually kickstart the ruling UDF's campaign for the coming assembly elections."He is expected to make some important announcements," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said
PM should not make excuses: Rahul Gandhi on Modi's remarks
National | Feb 05, 2016, 07:05 PM IST
New Delhi: "Job of the Prime Minister is not to make excuses" and he should start running the country, a combative Rahul Gandhi asserted today hitting back at Narendra Modi for targeting the Gandhi family.The
PM Modi slams Gandhis, says 'one family' disrupting Parliament
National | Feb 06, 2016, 08:22 AM IST
Moran: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a veiled jibe at the Gandhi family, blaming repeated disruptions in Parliament on ‘one family'. Indirectly targeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, Modi accused them

National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul move Supreme court
National | Feb 04, 2016, 01:02 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court on Thursday against a Delhi high court decision that turned down the the pleas for exemption from personal appearance in
Allying with Trinamool Congress in 2011 was mistake, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Feb 02, 2016, 08:07 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi during a meeting with partymen from West Bengal on Monday conceded that it was "not a wise decision" to contest so few seats in the 2011 assembly elections
Rahul using students as 'political fodder': HRD minister Smriti Irani
National | Feb 01, 2016, 10:55 PM IST
Dharamshala: Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Smriti Irani today trained her guns at the Congress party, in particular, at vice president Rahul Gandhi over his protests at Hyderabad Central University.Irani accused Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi using students as political tool: BJP
National | Jan 31, 2016, 07:19 PM IST
New Delhi: Accusing Rahul Gandhi of using students as a "political tool", BJP today said he was shedding "crocodile tears" over a Dalit scholar's suicide and mocked his day-long fast, saying he was used to
Rohith Vemula suicide: ABVP blames Rahul Gandhi for doing 'politics over dead bodies'
India | Jan 30, 2016, 10:44 AM IST
HYDERABAD: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Saturday called for a bandh of colleges in Telangana in protest against the “politics over dead bodies” done by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in the Hyderabad Central