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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 is spoiled child of Indian politics: BJP
National | Sep 26, 2015, 10:59 AM IST
Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi a 'spoiled child' of Indian politics.Party spokesperson MJ Akbar yesterday said that the Congress party is behaving with 'complete irresponsibility' under Rahul's overall
We don't send seniors on 'compulsory leave': Congress
National | Sep 26, 2015, 12:06 PM IST
New Delhi : Congress does not believe in sending its senior leaders on “compulsory leave” and putting them in ‘Margdarshak Mandal', the party today said, dismissing reports of clash between new PCC chiefs brought by
Rahul Gandhi shows neither interest nor talent, cousin Varun Gandhi shows both
National | Sep 25, 2015, 06:18 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi's photos adorn the shoulders of mainstream newspapers but he is in Aspen, Colorado, apparently to attend a conference. BJP spokesman Sambit Patra made a valid point: Rahul has never attended such intellectually challenging

BJP takes a swipe at Rahul gandhi foreign trip ahead of Bihar polls
National | Sep 23, 2015, 04:11 PM IST
New Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday took pot shots at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for going on a foreign trip ahead of the Bihar assembly election.The party also took a jibe at him
Bihar elections round the corner but Rahul Gandhi proceedes on leave
National | Sep 23, 2015, 10:48 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has once again proceeded on leave, triggering speculation that he has gone on another sabbatical.This has come when crucial Bihar polls are around the corner. The Congress VP is
Venkaiah Naidu hits back on Rahul Gandhi over land policy
National | Sep 22, 2015, 03:51 PM IST
New Delhi: Hitting out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over the land acquisition policy, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said lakhs of acres of land were acquired during UPA regime without four-time

Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS, says PM Modi's popularity slipping
National | Sep 22, 2015, 06:37 AM IST
Mathura : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP-led government of toeing the RSS ideology, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity was dipping fast.Admitting that the Congress was the "number chaar
Congress must work like Steve Job's Apple: Rahul Gandhi
National | Sep 21, 2015, 09:51 PM IST
Mathura: Firing yet another salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today claimed that the PM is scripting his own "downfall" as he has "failed" to fulfill promises made to the people.In a pep-up
Rahul Gandhi is taking PM Narendra Modi's name to remain in news: Venkaiah Naidu
National | Sep 20, 2015, 04:01 PM IST
Bengaluru: Attacking Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his ‘suit-boot ki sarkar' remark against Narendra Modi, Union minister M Venkaiah Nadu said on Sunday he was using the PM's name to remain in news.Naidu termed Gandhi's

UP Congress sends legal notice to Smriti Irani for 'false' charges
National | Sep 20, 2015, 08:17 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress in Uttar Pradesh today issued a legal notice to Union Minister Smriti Irani over her "false and malicious" allegation that Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust has grabbed land of farmers in Amethi, the
Rahul calls Modi 'feku' over poll promises, BJP says 'immature'
National | Sep 20, 2015, 07:07 AM IST
Patna/New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his poll promises and called him a "feku" (someone who bluffs) at a rally in Bihar's Champaran. The
FTII strike enters 100th day amid hope given by offer of talks
India | Sep 19, 2015, 11:49 PM IST
Pune: As Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) strike against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman, enters its 100th day, a ray of hope is seen by the students

No one takes Rahul 'baby' seriously, says BJP
National | Sep 19, 2015, 09:01 PM IST
New Delhi: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, BJP today sought to describe him as the "baby" of Congress and claimed that neither his party nor allies take him seriously and that is why he has
Want to save Bihar from PM Modi's suited-booted friends, says Rahul
National | Sep 19, 2015, 10:36 PM IST
Ramnagar (Bihar): Kicking off the Congress campaign in poll-bound Bihar, Rahul Gandhi today raked up the ‘suit boot ki sarkar' jibe to target the Modi government, warning people that they would lose their land and
Man detained ahead of Rahul Gandhi's rally venue in West Champaran
National | Sep 19, 2015, 03:03 PM IST
Patna: A man with an air gun was on Saturday detained when he tried to enter Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's rally venue in Bihar's West Champaran district, police said."A bearded man with an air

Rahul Gandhi to begin campaign in Bihar from today; 4 other events of the day
India | Sep 19, 2015, 11:12 AM IST
Rahul Gandhi to begin campaign in Bihar from today New Delhi: Invoking Dalit icons BR Ambedkar and Jagjivan Ram, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will kick off his election campaign in Bihar with rally on
Bihar Assembly polls: Nitish, Lalu to skip Rahul's rally today
National | Sep 19, 2015, 11:11 AM IST
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will not be present at the rally of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in West Champaran district today as the two would be
ED may soon file complaint of money laundering in National Herald case
National | Sep 18, 2015, 11:17 PM IST
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate may now register a complaint of money laundering in the National Herald case, days after a senior official of the agency had noted that there was no case made out
After Lalu, Nitish too cancels on Rahul Gandhi's September 19 rally
National | Sep 18, 2015, 12:00 AM IST
New Delhi: It seems that all is not well in the ‘grand secular alliance' of Bihar.Days after Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Yadav expressed inability to attend Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's rally in Bihar,
Narendra Modi cannot go against RSS: Rahul Gandhi
National | Sep 16, 2015, 11:48 PM IST
New Delhi: RSS "imposes" its views and no one in BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi can oppose them, Rahul Gandhi today told a closed door meeting of the two-day national executive of Youth Congress,