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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.

People don't take Rahul Gandhi seriously: M Venkaiah Naidu
National | May 29, 2015, 06:39 PM IST
Hyderabad: A day after Rahul Gandhi had a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his meeting with Manmohan Singh, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said that if anybody criticises the meeting between the
IIT Madras row: Twitter battle breaks out between Smriti Irani and Rahul Gandhi
National | May 30, 2015, 08:05 AM IST
New Delhi: A series of tweets have been exchanged between Rahul Gandhi, Congress Vice-President and Smriti Irani, Union Minister. It all started after the Office of Rahul Gandhi tweetedIIT student group banned for criticizing Modi
Union Minister lashes out Rahul Gandhi for utterances against RSS
National | May 29, 2015, 06:14 PM IST
Coimbatore: Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan today lashed out at Rahul Gandhi for his remarks against RSS and asked the Congress Vice-President to attend RSS shakhas to know about the organisation."If he (Rahul) wants to know

RSS ideology of 'murdering individuality' now running India: Rahul Gandhi
National | May 29, 2015, 06:44 AM IST
New Delhi: Stepping up the offensive, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at BJP's ideological mentor RSS saying its belief was "murdering" individuality and that thought process is now running the country in which only
PM Modi took lessons from Manmohan on economy: Rahul Gandhi
National | May 29, 2015, 07:58 AM IST
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with his successor Narendra Modi had fuelled intense speculation but Rahul Gandhi had a different take— the Prime Minister took “lessons” on economy.In keeping with his new-found
Rahul accuses PM Modi of running govt like RSS shakha , Top 5 News Headlines of today
India | May 28, 2015, 09:22 PM IST
I consciously avoided choosing “populist course”: PM ModiPrime Minister Narendra Modi has said that he has consciously avoided choosing a “populist course” and had instead opted for a “more difficult path” of correcting the defective

PM Modi trying to run India like an RSS shakha: Rahul Gandhi
National | May 28, 2015, 06:50 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday compared the RSS to the Nazis and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to run India like an RSS 'shakha' by "silencing the voices of
Now Rahul Gandhi poses for Selfie
National | May 27, 2015, 07:24 PM IST
New Delhi : Rahul Gandhi, has become the latest political leader to be bitten by the selfie bug.The vice president of Congress party on his second day of his Kerala visit today took selfies with
Congress is the opposite of progress:Narendra Modi
National | May 27, 2015, 06:18 PM IST
New Delhi: In a dig at the Congress party, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that "if con is the opposite of pro, then Congress is the opposite of progress". He was responding during an

Rahul Gandhi vows to fight for fishermen's rights over trawler ban
National | May 27, 2015, 01:23 PM IST
Chavakkad (Kerala): Vowing to fight for rights of fishermen, Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to take away their access to seas in the same way it has been "taking away
Rajnath Singh to take part in 'Jan Kalyan Parv' in Jammu today; 8 others news events of the day
India | May 27, 2015, 10:28 AM IST
Home Minster Rajnath Singh to visit JammuJammu: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will today visit Jammu to attend ‘Jan Kalyan Parv', an event to highlight one-year achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at Centre.BJP
Stop making speeches, start action: Rahul tells PM Modi
National | May 26, 2015, 09:41 PM IST
Kozhikode (Kerala): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to stop making speeches and start action.In a hard-hitting speech, Gandhi, who arrived here on a two-day visit, time and again

PM Modi to launch DD Kisan channel, 12 other major events of the day
India | May 26, 2015, 04:39 PM IST
1. PM Narendra Modi to launch DD Kisan channelNew Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will today launch DD Kisan channel from Vigyan Bhawan 4pm2. Smriti Irani to visit Amethi on first anniversary of Modi governmentAmethi: Union
Rahul Gandhi likely to visit Gujarat in August
National | May 25, 2015, 11:27 PM IST
Ahmedabad: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Gujarat in August, the state unit president of the party, Bharatsinh Solanki said here today."We are talking to the party leadership. He might visit Gujarat
Rahul Gandhi doesn't know difference between 'pyaaz and pizza': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
National | May 25, 2015, 11:26 AM IST
Bhopal: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched a scathing attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Bhopal on Sunday, saying that he does not understand the difference between onion and pizza or brinjal and

May 25th: Top News Events for the day!
India | May 25, 2015, 09:58 AM IST
1. PM Modi to address mammoth gathering in MathuraMathura/Agra: PM Narendra Modi will be visiting Mathura today to commemorate the completion of a year of the NDA government.Modi will address a mammoth gathering in Nagla
'Modi, a man mesmerised by own persona'
National | May 25, 2015, 09:48 AM IST
Title: How Modi Won It, Notes from 2014 Election; Author: Harish Khare; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 242; Price: Rs.599(Book Review)Man is wise in hindsight. This is certainly true for journalists. Harish Khare, editor and commentator
Naidu hits back at Rahul over "zero out of 10" remark
National | May 24, 2015, 04:49 PM IST
Hyderabad: Launching a counter offensive against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for giving the Modi government "zero out of 10" for handling farmers' issues, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said "zeroes cannot see beyond
'PM's 'Man ki Baat' inspired by Rahul Gandhi's youth dialogue'
National | May 24, 2015, 02:42 PM IST
Jaipur: Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi today claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Man Ki Baat' programme was inspired by Rahul Gandhi who started a dialogue with youths in 2004.“It was Rahul Gandhi's initiative to engage
'Amazing transformation' of Rahul Gandhi: Omar
National | May 24, 2015, 12:43 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi preferred silence during the UPA regime as speaking his mind would have meant either being critical of the Prime Minister or his mother, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said and termed