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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.

Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Rajasthan from tomorrow
National | Jul 15, 2015, 02:53 PM IST
Jaipur: Preparations have been made for Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Rajasthan starting from tomorrow, state PCC vice-president Archna Sharma said today."Preparations for the visit have been made accordingly," she said.Rahul Gandhi will
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan meet to chalk out strategy for Parliament session
National | Jul 14, 2015, 10:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress top brass including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh today held a meeting to chalk out the party's strategy for Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next Tuesday.The party is attempting to
Subrmanian Swamy, Rahul Gandhi against Centre on criminal defamation in SC
National | Jul 14, 2015, 08:45 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP's Subrmanian Swamy and Congress' Rahul Gandhi today came out in unison to assail the criminal defamation law before the Supreme Court which said that lodging of cases for political speech and debates

Rahul Gandhi meets street vendors in Delhi
National | Jul 13, 2015, 05:21 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met street vendors in the Raghubir Nagar area of Delhi."The vendors called me saying that they don't have enough facilities,” Rahul said, adding that ‘the poor workers
Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi over corruption, Why no action against Shivraj?
National | Jul 09, 2015, 07:52 PM IST
New Delhi: Reminding Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his poll promise to end corruption, Rahul Gandhi today asked why is he not taking action against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is embroiled
Rahul Gandhi misguiding people on food park issue, alleges Union Minister Sadhvi Jyoti
National | Jul 05, 2015, 09:09 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Sunday alleged that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was misguiding people and farmers by raking up the issue of food park proposed in

Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal at cremation of journalist Akshay Singh
National | Jul 05, 2015, 09:32 PM IST
New Delhi: The last rites of investigative TV journalist Akshay Singh, who was covering Vyapam scam, were held today in the capital where Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those present,
Rahul Gandhi meets internet entrepreneurs, business leaders
National | Jul 04, 2015, 06:48 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met a group of internet entrepreneurs and business leaders to discuss the "challenges and opportunities that lie ahead" and hailed the spirit of innovation demonstrated by them.After the
Rahul Gandhi was a beneficiary of my hospitality, claims Lalit Modi
National | Jul 05, 2015, 07:29 AM IST
New Delhi: In yet another startling disclosure , former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was a beneficiary of his hospitality during IPL matches.Lalit Modi has tweeted a photograph in

Rahul Gandhi 'out of touch' with reality: Hansraj Bhardwaj
National | Jul 02, 2015, 03:24 PM IST
New Delhi: Former Union minister Hansraj Bhardwaj has slammed his own party Congress over a number of issues including the statement of a few leaders threatening to disrupt the functioning of Parliament if no action
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi returns from trip abroad
National | Jul 01, 2015, 06:13 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul and Priyanka are back to the national capital after their "short international visit".While Rahul Gandhi arrived today, Sonia and Priyanka, who had left before Rahul, returned yesterday.On
40YearsofEmergency: Dynastic politics does not go well with democracy, says Kuldip Nayar
National | Jun 24, 2015, 02:26 PM IST
New Delhi: India is unlikely to see the imposition of another Emergency due to changes made in the Constitution and people being more vigilant, veteran journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar has said, noting that

Rahul Gandhi's concern for farmers a political stunt: Badal
National | Jun 22, 2015, 04:07 PM IST
Muktsar: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the “sudden” concern of Rahul Gandhi for farmers was merely a “political stunt” as he blamed the Congress party and Gandhi family for farmers' plight across
IIT admission fees of UP brothers will be waived: Smriti Irani
National | Jun 21, 2015, 08:13 AM IST
New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani today announced that IIT admission fees of Partapgarh brothers Raju and Brijesh, sons of a daily wager, would be waived even as support poured in from several quarters including
Vidarbha: After Rahul Gandhi's visit, Congress helps dead farmers' families pay off loans
National | Jun 20, 2015, 03:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress workers have adopted the households of nine debt-ridden Vidarbha farmers, who had committed suicide, and paid off their loans after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi visited them in April during his ‘padyatra' over

Case filed against BJP MP for calling Sonia, Rahul name
National | Jun 20, 2015, 03:14 PM IST
Patna : A case was filed on Saturday against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashwani Kumar Choubey for making offensive remarks about Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, a Bihar government lawyer
BJP MP compares Sonia Gandhi to demon 'Putna', calls Rahul a parrot
National | Jun 20, 2015, 06:36 AM IST
Nawada, Bihar: BJP parliamentarian Ashwini Kumar Choubey has described Congress president Sonia Gandhi as the demonic mythical character 'Putana' and called Rahul Gandhi a parrot. He also attacked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD president
Like. Laugh. Love- Rahul Gandhi
Life | Jun 19, 2015, 04:48 PM IST
It's #Vishwapappudivas today. Wonder why it's trending? Because everyone loves making fun of him. From his baby jokes to Rani Mukherjee and Lady Gaga fangirling over him, we have brought along some of the most
PM Modi greets Rahul Gandhi on his birthday
National | Jun 19, 2015, 10:58 AM IST
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended birthday greetings to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who turned 45 today. “Wishing the Congress Vice President, Shri Rahul Gandhi a Happy Birthday. I pray for his good health
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib today; 8 other news events of the day
India | Jun 19, 2015, 09:53 AM IST
Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah to visit Anandpur Sahib todayChandigarh: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh along with BJP president Amit Shah will visit Anandpur Sahib on the occasion of the 350th anniversary celebrations of the holy