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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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Time up for 60-plus leaders in Congress: Jairam Ramesh
National | Oct 18, 2015, 04:28 PM IST
Hyderabad: Rahul Gandhi would bring with him a new team for Congress when he takes over as its President by March next year or even earlier, senior leader Jairam Ramesh today said, indicating that leaders
Rahul Gandhi's young team will take over by March 2016: Jairam Ramesh
National | Oct 18, 2015, 02:47 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi would bring with him a new team for Congress when he takes over as its president by March next year or even earlier, senior leader Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday, indicating
National Herald case: Delhi HC terms applications of Sonia, Rahul Gandhi as 'infructuous'
National | Oct 15, 2015, 02:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday termed as "infructuous" the applications moved by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and some other party leaders alleging a "different treatment" was meted out to a

National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi wants hearing to be transferred
National | Oct 14, 2015, 11:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi moved the Delhi High court seeking the transfer of hearing in the national herald case to the judge who had earlier heard the arguments
PM Modi to address rally in Kaimur today
India | Oct 13, 2015, 11:27 AM IST
PM Modi to address rally in Kaimur todayKaimur: PM Narendra Modi to address rally in Kaimur todayFirst day of Navratri begins from todayNew Delhi: One of the most celebrated Hindu festivals, Navratri, began today.After MLAs,
Bihar polls: 13 per cent turnout recorded in first 2 hours
India | Oct 12, 2015, 10:48 AM IST
Bihar polls: 13 per cent turnout recorded in first 2 hoursPatna: Around 13 per cent turnout was recorded in the first two hours of polling in 49 assembly constituencies of Bihar in a peaceful atmosphere.PM

Narendra Modi weakening farmers to get their lands: Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 10, 2015, 06:22 PM IST
Haveri (KTK): In a fierce attack on Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that in a bid to help his industrialist friends he was weakening the "crying" farmers of the country so that
Rahul Gandhi on padyatra, meets and comforts distressed farmers
National | Oct 10, 2015, 01:26 PM IST
Haveri (Karnataka): Undertaking a padyatra and interacting with farmers, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today counselled the peasants not to commit suicide as it was no solution to their problems.On the second day of his tour
President to visit Israel, Palestine, Jordan today
India | Oct 10, 2015, 11:04 AM IST
President to visit Israel, Palestine, Jordan todayNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will be embarking on a six-day historic visit today to Israel and Palestine, becoming the first Head of Indian State to visit these two

PM Modi alone running country from PMO: Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 09, 2015, 11:17 PM IST
Bengaluru: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday flayed Narendra Modi for "running" the country from the Prime Minister's Office and with the help of bureaucrats, besides not giving a chance to party MPs from
Rahul Gandhi dismisses PM's remarks in the light of Dadri incident
National | Oct 09, 2015, 05:40 PM IST
Mandya (Karnataka): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today dismissed Prime Minister's remarks on the Dadri lynching incident, while accusing Modi and BJP of "polarising the country" and having a "strategy" to make Hindus and Muslims
Crops uprooted in Karnataka for Rahul Gandhi's public meeting
National | Oct 09, 2015, 09:24 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress workers in Karnataka have forcefully seized farmers land in the Gudaguru village of Haveri district for party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's public meeting.Reports suggested that maize and cotton crops have been cleared before

PM Modi changed clothes 16 times on US visit: Rahul Gandhi
National | Oct 07, 2015, 11:16 PM IST
Begusarai/Sheikhpura: Reviving his "Suit boot ki Sarkar" barb against the Narendra Modi government, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Prime Minister for being surrounded by corporate bigwigs and bureaucrats in 'suit boot'
Congress slams RSS, says Rahul didn't take allowance during leave
National | Oct 07, 2015, 07:03 AM IST
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the RSS of "spreading lies", and said party vice president Rahul Gandhi did not draw daily allowance during the time when he did not attend parliament. In a statement,
National Herald case: 2nd HC judge recuses himself
National | Oct 05, 2015, 12:55 PM IST
New Delhi: Justice Sunil Gaur has recused himself from hearing the appeal filed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to quash the summons issued by trial court in the National Herald

Bihar polls: Sonia, Rahul unlikely to share dais with Lalu
National | Oct 05, 2015, 12:03 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to share the stage with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav during ongoing campaign for the Bihar Assembly polls.A Times
Rahul Gandhi meets family of man lynched over rumour of beef eating
National | Oct 03, 2015, 06:22 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today visited Bishada village in Greater Noida and met the family members of a man lynched for allegedly eating beef there."In Dadri to meet Mohammad Akhlaq's family," he
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi to address over a dozen rallies in Bihar
National | Sep 28, 2015, 10:18 PM IST
New Delhi: With the Congress-RJD-JD(U) 'grand alliance' facing a tough challenge in Bihar, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address a series of rallies in the state next month ahead of
Rahul Gandhi tweets his picture attending conference in the US
National | Sep 28, 2015, 08:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Putting an end to all speculations about his whereabouts, the office of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today tweeted his photograph to give a proof that he is attending a conference in Aspen,
Will not be cowed down by Congress's legal notice: Smriti Irani
National | Sep 26, 2015, 03:49 PM IST
Lucknow: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said she will not be cowed down or threatened by the legal notice served on her by the Congress and asserted that one cannot stop a person from