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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.

No foreign birthday bash for Rahul Gandhi this year
National | Jun 19, 2015, 09:07 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is celebrating his 45th birthday today.The party workers have made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the birthday Rahul.His today's presence in capital is significant as it for the first in
Congress workers to cut 45-kg cake on Rahul Gandhi birthday tomorrow
National | Jun 18, 2015, 09:41 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress workers have made elaborate arrangements to celebrate the birthday of party Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who turns 45 tomorrow. Party supporters will cut a birthday cake weighing 45-kg outside his residence 12
Rahul Gandhi visits family of farmer who committed suicide in Punjab
National | Jun 18, 2015, 10:37 AM IST
Fatehgarh Sahib: Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of a debt-ridden farmer, who committed suicide last week, barely a month after he had met the Congress Vice President to apprise him of farmers' woes.Rahul will

Rahul Gandhi slams BJP, AAP for making hollow promises
National | Jun 17, 2015, 02:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on BJP-led Narendra Modi government at the Centre and AAP government in Delhi for not addressing the grievances of poor and making only hollow
PM has jumped to the rescue of Lalit Modi: Rahul
National | Jun 16, 2015, 09:03 PM IST
Janjgir (Chhattisgarh): Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Lalit Modi controversy, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the man who had promised to bring back black money has now "jumped to the rescue"
Rahul Gandhi slams PM Narendra Modi for ignoring poor, says bullet trains only for people with 'suit-boot'
National | Jun 16, 2015, 11:36 PM IST
Janjgir (Chhattisgarh): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of ignoring the poor and the tribals, saying that although the government speaks of bullet trains, "only people with suit-boot" can enter these

Rahul Gandhi begins 10-km foot march in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir Champa
National | Jun 16, 2015, 11:39 AM IST
Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today began his 10-kilometre ‘padyatra' (foot march) in Chhattisgarh's Janjgir-Champa district to reach out to farmers and tribals affected by land acquisition for various projects.He kicked off his
PM Modi protecting Lalit Modi; Swaraj must go, says Rahul
National | Jun 15, 2015, 09:24 PM IST
Korba (Chhattisgarh): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj over the Lalit Modi controversy as he rejected her “humanitarian” ground argument and mounted a fresh attack
6 disadvantages of Rahul Gandhi compared to Narendra Modi
National | Jun 15, 2015, 03:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is leaving no stone unturned in emerging as a true alternative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Unfortunately, there are certain facts that put him at disadvantage compared to PM Modi.Let's have a

Rahul Gandhi meets sanitation workers for the second day
National | Jun 13, 2015, 10:09 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Latching on to the salary issue of sanitation workers, Rahul Gandhi on Saturdy made a strong pro-poor pitch assuring them that he will give his “whole life to fight” for the rights of
AAP, BJP out for photo-op now: Congress on garbage crisis
National | Jun 13, 2015, 06:35 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress today stepped up attack on BJP-led government at the Centre and AAP's Delhi government over the garbage crisis in the city as a number of sanitation workers called on Rahul Gandhi to
Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre, Delhi govt over sanitation workers issue
National | Jun 12, 2015, 05:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Reaching out to striking sanitation workers in the city, Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on the Centre and Delhi Government for “failing to deliver” on their “tall promises” and accused them

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Anantapur
National | Jun 11, 2015, 04:31 PM IST
New Delhi : Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh by the month-end to console families of farmers who committed "suicide" or "migrated" to other places in search of
Delhi-based journalist accuses Twitter user of defamation, files FIR
India | Jun 11, 2015, 11:12 AM IST
New Delhi: Delhi-based journalist, Swati Chaturvedi, has lodged a complaint against an anonymous Twitter user, accusing him of "defamation" and "character assassination" on the social networking website.Chaturvedi lodged a complaint yesterday at the Vasant Vihar
Farmer who briefed Rahul on crop loss kills self
National | Jun 10, 2015, 10:45 PM IST
Fatehgarh Sahib: A debt-stressed farmer, who recently met Rahul Gandhi and told him about agrarian problems, on Wednesday allegedly committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance.The family of the farmer 60-year-old Surjit Singh, a resident of

Congress chief ministers' meeting begins
National | Jun 09, 2015, 12:56 PM IST
New Delhi: A meeting of Congress chief ministers, the first since the party lost the Lok Sabha elections last year, began here on Tuesday.Participants in the meeting are likely to discuss "economic mismanagement" and "anti-people"
Rahul Gandhi may go on a padyatra to meet farmers in TN
National | Jun 08, 2015, 05:36 PM IST
Chennai: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi plans to undertake a 15-km padyatra in Tamil Nadu later this month to meet farmers and get a first hand account of their problems, weeks after he undertook
IIT-M ban revocation: Modi govt on 'back foot', says Rahul Gandhi
National | Jun 08, 2015, 05:11 PM IST
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Narendra Modi government is "on the back foot" after the lifting of a ban on a students' group at IIT Madras even as he hailed the
Nitish Kumar defends meeting with Rahul Gandhi
National | Jun 08, 2015, 04:14 PM IST
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today justified his meeting with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi saying that the latter has emerged in a leadership role within his party and will have a key place
Let Rahul Gandhi try to understand life of people: M Venkaiah Naidu
National | Jun 07, 2015, 06:03 PM IST
Chennai: In a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his visits to various parts of the country, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said he should try to understand the life