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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.

Nitish Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi as alliance talks gain momentum
National | Jun 07, 2015, 04:11 PM IST
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met Rahul Gandhi at his residence here as the talks on alliance to take on BJP in Bihar polls gained momentum.Kumar had reached Delhi yesterday. RJD chief
Rahul Gandhi to sharpen attack on Modi govt at Congress CMs' meet
National | Jun 07, 2015, 01:20 PM IST
New Delhi: Having repeatedly shown his aggressive side since his return from a 56-day sabbatical, Rahul Gandhi is likely to unleash a fresh assault on the Narendra Modi government at a conference of Congress Chief
Nitish Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi ahead of crucial Janata Parivar meet
National | Jun 07, 2015, 07:18 PM IST
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met Rahul Gandhi at his residence here as the talks on alliance to take on BJP in Bihar polls gained momentum. Kumar had reached Delhi yesterday. RJD

Rahul Gandhi's dig at Mamata Banerjee's Bangladesh Visit
National | Jun 07, 2015, 07:27 AM IST
Kolkata: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday raised questions over the "friendship" between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joining him in the visit to Bangladesh."When our (UPA) government
Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi on yoga now
National | Jun 06, 2015, 06:53 PM IST
Kolkata: Rahul Gandhi today directed his fire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of hopping from scheme to scheme and the focus on the yoga event later this month and "failure" to fulfil
Rahul Gandhi questions friendship betweem Modi and Mamata
National | Jun 06, 2015, 06:28 PM IST
Kolkata: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of trying to deflect attention away from the NDA government's "unfulfilled promises", and also targeted West Bengal Chief

Rahul's plan to revitalize Congress will show results in next 1-2 months, Jyotiraditya tells Aap Ki Adalat
National | Jun 08, 2015, 04:25 PM IST
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi has a clear blueprint to revitalize Congress and "the results will show in the next 1-2 months".Replying to a volley of questions
Left, Trinamool stunted West Bengal's growth: Rahul Gandhi
National | Jun 06, 2015, 02:16 PM IST
Rishra (West Bengal): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Left Front and the ruling Trinamool Congress for stunting growth of West Bengal.Interacting with jute mill workers at the Wellington Jute Mill complex
Modi on a two-day visit to Bangladesh; Other major events of the day
India | Jun 06, 2015, 10:16 AM IST
1) PM Narendra Modi on a two day visit to BangladeshPrime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Bangladesh beginning June 6 with an aim to inject new momentum in the bilateral

Rahul Gandhi backs civil society activists, meets Greenpeace's Priya Pillai
National | Jun 05, 2015, 12:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Opening another front against the Narendra Modi Government, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met members of civil society including Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, who had a running feud with NDA dispensation and expressed solidarity
Piyush Goyal accuses Congress of raking "divisive issues"
National | Jun 04, 2015, 06:29 PM IST
New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal today accused Congress of raking "divisive issues", days after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the "ideology that pits one against the another"."The
Rahul Gandhi ignored farmers in Amethi: Smriti Irani
National | Jun 03, 2015, 05:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Upping the ante against Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani today slammed him for ignoring farmers in his Amethi constituency charging the Congress leader with failing to address their grievances. Irani, who led

Rahul Gandhi reaches out to Dalits, slams PM Modi govt over IIT-M row
National | Jun 02, 2015, 10:56 PM IST
Mhow (MP): Reaching out to Dalits from the birth place of B R Ambedkar, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today opened another front against the Narendra Modi government accusing it of trying to "silence" a student
At Ambedkar birth anniversary, Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at BJP
National | Jun 02, 2015, 09:02 PM IST
Mhow: Invoking Dalit icon B R Ambedkar's idea of “annihilation of caste”, Rahul Gandhi today made a strong pitch to end social discrimination and took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the “ideology that
RBI monetary policy review today; 7 other major events of the day
India | Jun 02, 2015, 10:00 AM IST
1. RBI monetary policy review; central bank may slash rates by 25 bpsMumbai: Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank of India is expected to cut its key policy rates by at least 25 basis points in its

Sonia Gandhi writes PM Modi on atrocities on Dalits
National | Jun 01, 2015, 10:39 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging the "distressing rise" in incidents of Dalit atrocities and demanded that a bill to prevent such crimes is brought in the
Even 100 Rahul Gandhi's cannot match Modi: Sena
National | Jun 01, 2015, 12:45 PM IST
Mumbai: Mocking at the ‘suit-boot ki sarkar' jibe of the Congress Vice President, Shiv Sena today said such a government is better then a “suitcase one” and stressed that even 100 Rahul Gandhis cannot match
BJP never commented on Nehru's clothes: Shahnawaz Hussain
National | May 30, 2015, 08:36 PM IST
New Delhi: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his "suit-boot ki sarkar" jibe, BJP on Saturday said such criticism shows that Congress has become "direction-less" even as it claimed that it had never commented on
Coal secretary hid facts from Manmohan Singh; Know top 5 news headlines of today
India | May 29, 2015, 09:36 PM IST
Delhi HC backs L-G but asks him to consider proposals sent by Delhi govt.Delhi High Court today backed L-G Najeeb Jung in his tussle with Kejriwal government.The High Court turned down the plea challenging the
Rahul Gandhi must ask Robert Vadra to return land: BJP
National | May 29, 2015, 09:06 PM IST
Bahraich: Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Laxmikant Bajpai has hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his "suit-boot ki sarkar" remark against Narendra Modi government, saying if the Congress vice-president is "real sympathiser of farmers", then he