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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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RTI activist who exposed Vyapam scam meets Sonia, Rahul Gandhi over Whistleblowers Protection Act
National | Dec 24, 2015, 02:53 PM IST
Bhopal: Protesting against proposed amendments in Whistle blowers Protection Act-2011, an RTI activist from Madhya Pradesh, who exposed the Vyapam scam, met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi over the issue. "We met Congress
DDCA row: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi over Kirti Azad's suspension
National | Dec 24, 2015, 12:40 PM IST
Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today pilloried Prime Minister Narendra Modi over suspension of BJP MP Kirti Azad who has been leading a campaign against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on alleged corruption in Delhi
PM Modi to visit Russia, 4 other events of the day
India | Dec 23, 2015, 10:46 AM IST
PM Modi to visit Russia, talks on Nuclear energy, Defence on agendaNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Russia today for a two-day visit that is part of the annual summit talks with President

Uma Bharti criticises Sonia, Rahul for stalling Parliament over Herald case
National | Dec 20, 2015, 07:47 PM IST
Indore: Hitting out at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi over stalling of Parliament on National Herald issue, Union Minister Uma Bharti today said the Congress leaders in their show of bravado have forgotten their responsibility towards
When Subramanian Swamy asked Kapil Sibal to say 'please'
National | Dec 20, 2015, 09:53 AM IST
New Delhi: Believed to have an ace up his sleeve at all times, BJP leader and the petitioner in the National Herald case Subramanian Swamy refused to be bogged down by the Patiala House court's
Court grants bail to Sonia, Rahul; Congress claims political victory
India | Dec 19, 2015, 04:39 PM IST
New Delhi: The Congress party today claimed a major victory over its political opponents, the ruling BJP government, after the Patiala House Court granted bail to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul

'Rahul's dream of becoming PM will prove to be Mungerilal's pipedream'
National | Dec 19, 2015, 02:50 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has lashed out at the Congress saying it was "subverting democracy by stalling Parliament, resorting to drama to gain people's sympathy", but "Rahul Gandhi's ambition of becoming
Court grants bail to Sonia, Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case
National | Dec 19, 2015, 03:21 PM IST
New Delhi: The Patiala House Court today granted bail to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 and one surety each. The next hearing for
All eyes on court as Gandhis appear in Herald case today
National | Dec 19, 2015, 12:08 AM IST
New Delhi: All eyes now turn to court where Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi are set to appear in the National Herald case at around 3 pm today. The appearance comes after the

National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul may not seek bail
National | Dec 17, 2015, 06:51 PM IST
New Delhi: In a bid to show strong public support for party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi,the Congress is preparing for a mass mobilisation during their appearences in a trial court on
Congress will fight for tea-garden workers: Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 16, 2015, 03:12 PM IST
New Delhi: Vowing to fight for their rights, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds 'chai pa charcha' but does not "talk or care" about the tea producing workers who
RSS, BJP rubbish Rahul Gandhi's claim on Assam Vaishnavite monastery entry
National | Dec 15, 2015, 08:21 AM IST
New Delhi/Guwahati: The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP have refuted the allegation by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi that he was stopped from entering a Satra -- a Vaishnavite monastery -- in Barpeta

Personally requested Satra head for Rahul's entry: Tarun Gogoi
National | Dec 15, 2015, 07:53 AM IST
Guwahati: As a controversy erupted over alleged denial of entry of Rahul Gandhi into Barpeta Satra, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday night issued a statement, saying he had personally requested the head of the
Assam temple priest counters Rahul's claim of being denied entry
India | Dec 14, 2015, 09:29 PM IST
Guwahati: Countering Rahul Gandhi's claims of being denied entry into a Vaishnavite monastery by the RSS during his Assam visit, the head of the Barpeta Satra Basistha Sarma today said there was no RSS agent in
Delhi slum demolition: Seven major developments you need to know
India | Dec 14, 2015, 08:30 PM IST
New Delhi: Politicians continued to make a beeline for the slums in Shakur Basti area of Delhi as the residents struggled to fight the cold and the devastation that a demolition drive carried out by

I will fight your battle: Rahul Gandhi to slum dwellers
National | Dec 14, 2015, 02:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Centre and Kejriwal government over the razing of a slum cluster by railways where a baby died, as he visited the site in Shakur Basti area of West
I was stopped from entering Assam temple: Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 14, 2015, 01:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today claimed that he was stopped from entering a temple in Barpeta by RSS workers during his recent visit to Assam.Rahul also targeted the BJP saying this was
Rahul Gandhi is still a kid, says Arvind Kejriwal
National | Dec 14, 2015, 11:57 PM IST
Live: * Despite repeated notices, the encroachers did not vacate the place. The whole exercise was completely peaceful. There was no mid-night operation as reported: Suresh Prabhu in Lok Sabha* Child had died before the demolition
Congress leaders stuck in their own Chakravyuh: Arun Jaitley
National | Dec 13, 2015, 07:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday accused Congress of holding democracy to ransom over the National Herald case. Without naming Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi, Jaitley said the Congress leaders have got
Should Cong disrupt Parl because Sonia is Indira's daughter-in-law?
National | Dec 13, 2015, 09:40 AM IST
New Delhi: The founding fathers of Indian constitution would never have imagined that the sanctum sanctorum of world's largest democracy would one day be used to settle legal disputes. Even those Political commentators who generally