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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 meets ex-servicemen on OROP
National | May 23, 2015, 05:05 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met a delegation of ex-servicemen and promised them that he and his party would put pressure on the government for implementation of the one rank one pension
Congress to pressurise govt to act on one-rank-one-pension issue
National | May 23, 2015, 02:55 PM IST
New Delhi: Attacking the government over non-implementation of ‘one-rank-one-pension' scheme, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said he will “pressurise” the Centre to act on the issue at the earliest. After meeting a delegation from
Rahul's elevation as Cong chief to help him as main rival of Modi: Digvijay Singh
National | May 22, 2015, 11:31 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress President will help him emerge as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party indicated on Friday."What new thing you are saying?", Congress General Secretary Digvijay

UPA's land Act was against rural areas: Jaitley
National | May 22, 2015, 04:36 PM IST
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the land Act enacted by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was against rural areas whereas the bill introduced by the NDA government had
Government confident of land bill passage
National | May 22, 2015, 04:04 PM IST
New Delhi: Government today exuded confidence that land bill will be passed in the next Parliament session, saying “the numbers are very clear”.Addressing a press conference to highlight the achievements of Narendra Modi government in
Najeeb Jung, Arvind Kejriwal responsible for Delhi 'mess': Congress
National | May 22, 2015, 03:03 PM IST
Jammu: Claiming that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung were responsible for the “mess” in Delhi, Congress today said both of them have “crossed their limits” and were “not following set rules

Modi running a government of 'suit, boot and loot': Raj Babbar
National | May 22, 2015, 02:45 PM IST
Patna: Congress leader Raj Babbar today added the word “loot” to Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's slogan of “suit, boot ki sarkar” targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre and said it was
Ramdev heaps praise on Rahul, calls Modi ministers 'arrogant'
National | May 21, 2015, 07:29 AM IST
New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has sprung a surprise by praising Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's effort to revive the grand old party.When asked about Rahul's aggressive campaigns from last few weeks, in an interview
All of us are proud Indians: Rahul Gandhi on Modi comment
National | May 21, 2015, 07:14 AM IST
Lucknow/Amethi: Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that Indians used to feel ashamed of their birth earlier and asserted that "I am a proud Indian"."I am a proud Indian

Modi govt stalling Amethi projects to get back at me: Rahul Gandhi
National | May 20, 2015, 06:48 PM IST
Amethi: Hitting out at Modi government, Rahul Gandhi today alleged it was trying get back at him by creating hurdles in implementation of development schemes in his constituency and was hurting the interests of farmers
Expect Rahul to become Congress president this year: Jairam Ramesh
National | May 20, 2015, 05:09 PM IST
Hyderabad: Rahul Gandhi is expected to become the party president this year and intends to build the outfit similar to the one that existed during Nehru's time by promoting regional faces, senior Congress leader Jairam
Rahul writes to Rajnath over scrapped food park project
National | May 19, 2015, 09:47 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, seeking revival of the mega food park project in his constituency Amethi and rejecting the contention of Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur that lack

Rahul Gandhi meets train accident victims' family members
National | May 19, 2015, 08:45 PM IST
Amethi: Continuing the tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today met family members of those who lost their lives in the Bachrawan rail accident on March 20.Traversing through the dusty lanes
Govt stalling development, taking credit for UPA works: Rahul
National | May 19, 2015, 05:22 PM IST
Amethi (UP): Firing a fresh salvo, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of stalling development works and taking credit for things done during the previous UPA rule. On the second
May 19: Major News Events of the day!
India | May 19, 2015, 10:03 AM IST
1. PM Narendra Modi to attend Asian Leadership ConferenceSeoul: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today attend Asian Leadership Conference, tour the Cheonggyecheon stream, attend CEO's Forum and Business Meet, hold one to one meeting with

Rahul Gandhi is misleading people on food park issue: BJP
National | May 19, 2015, 08:47 AM IST
Lucknow: Hitting back at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for accusing the Narendra Modi government of engaging in "politics of revenge" over the cancelling of a mega food park in Amethi, BJP MP Anurag Thakur on
VHP leader slams Narendra Modi over China trip
India | May 18, 2015, 11:33 PM IST
Vadodara: Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his visit to China, senior VHP leader Acharya Dharmendra Maharaj today said the neighbouring country was not "trustworthy" and the PM should instead focus on strengthening relations with
Rahul Gandhi gives Narendra Modi govt '0 out of 10'
National | May 18, 2015, 04:15 PM IST
Amethi: Accusing the Narendra Modi government of engaging in "politics of revenge", Rahul Gandhi on Monday vowed to fight to get back a mega food park project to his constituency here as he said that
Mukul Roy met Rahul Gandhi, wants to join Congress: Adhir
National | May 18, 2015, 02:00 PM IST
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy, who has a strained relation with party supremo Mamata Banerjee, has expressed his desire to join Congress and also met the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, West Bengal
Rahul Gandhi takes food park fight to Amethi; accuses PM Modi of ignoring farmers' woes
National | May 18, 2015, 01:59 PM IST
Amethi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cancelling his pet food park project in his constituency, Amethi.Rahul, who arrived here today on a three-day visit, said,