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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 to speak on Amethi Food Park in Lok Sabha
National | May 07, 2015, 11:29 AM IST
Lucknow: After month- long return from his sabbatical, Congress president Rahul Gandhi will today address Amethi's cause in Parliament. He is expected to make interference on Amethi's Mega Food Park project that was put on
Congress scion Rahul Gandhi comes on Twitter
National | May 07, 2015, 11:28 AM IST
New Delhi: The Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday joined the social media platform Twitter. His Twitter handle is by the name @OfficeofRG.Currently, the account does not have any bio on it, though; around 10.1
Amethi to be developed as Smart City
National | May 07, 2015, 02:12 PM IST
Amethi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi is set to be developed as a Smart City by the Narendra Modi-led government.The Centre has written to the Akhilesh Yadav led state government in this regard

Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi moves Supreme Court
National | May 06, 2015, 11:36 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the Bombay High Court order dismissing his plea for quashing a defamation case against him for allegedly blaming RSS
Key posts vacant as govt wants to 'grab' land from common people: Rahul
National | May 06, 2015, 05:53 PM IST
New Delhi: Stepping up his attack on the Modi government, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today questioned why it was keeping the posts of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and Chief Vigilance Commissioner vacant.Gandhi also reiterated his
Real estate bill to go to Rajya Sabha's select committee
National | May 06, 2015, 12:49 PM IST
New Delhi: Following pressure from opposition parties, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government is set to send the real estate bill to a select committee of the Rajya Sabha.The formation of the committee, comprising 20

Rahul Gandhi to visit Telangana next week, interact with farmers
National | May 06, 2015, 07:44 AM IST
Hyderabad: After visiting Punjab and Maharashtra, where he reached out to farmers and listened to their woes, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi would tour Telangana next week to interact with agriculturists. He would undertake a
Sena slams Rahul Gandhi over 'padyatra'
National | May 05, 2015, 01:12 PM IST
Mumbai: Shiv Sena today criticised Rahul Gandhi for his ‘padyatra' in drought-prone Vidarbha district, saying he should have wiped away tears of farmers when the Congress was in power.The Sena also hit out at Chief
Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi condole deaths in MP bus accident
National | May 04, 2015, 10:15 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi have expressed grief over the bus accident in Panna district of Madhya Pradesh today in which 21 persons were charred to death. In

Sadananda Gowda asks Rahul Gandhi to study the new real estate bill
National | May 04, 2015, 07:44 AM IST
Mangaluru: Union Law and Justice Minister D V Sadananda Gowda yesterday lambasted Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Real Estate Regulatory Authority Bill. Talking to reporter's yesterday evening,
Congress would win next elections, Rahul Gandhi to be PM: Mani Shankar Aiyar
National | May 04, 2015, 07:45 AM IST
Kumbakonam: Amid speculation over Rahul Gandhi's elevation, a senior congress leader and former union minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on Sunday predicted that the Congress would win the next elections and Gandhi would be the next
With BJP at Centre, borders are more safe: Amit Shah
National | May 02, 2015, 09:23 PM IST
Amritsar: BJP chief Amit Shah today said that the borders of the country were safer with his party at the helm, as he attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying "Italian glasses" on his eyes were

Rahul Gandhi now takes up the cudgels against government real estate bill
National | May 02, 2015, 06:19 PM IST
New Delhi: A combative Rahul Gandhi today kept up his attack on Narendra Modi government, accusing it of working against middle class home-buyers by "diluting" a bill on regulating real estate sector and making
Rahul banking on perpetuating poverty to revive Congress?
National | May 02, 2015, 02:52 PM IST
From being caught snoozing in parliament to spending time in a mysterious hideout to the current photo-ops with tillers of the soil, Rahul Gandhi has been acquiring a whole range of political experience. The problem
Rahul Gandhi meets aspiring flat owners, slams NDA govt's Real Estate Bill
National | May 02, 2015, 01:47 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met a delegation who booked residential flats in and around the National Capital Region at the patty headquarters in New Delhi.He listened to their woes and complaints against

Rahul Gandhi to visit earthquake-hit Bihar today
National | May 02, 2015, 07:20 AM IST
Patna: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will visit earthquake-hit areas of Bihar today to meet victims and to take stock of the ongoing rescue and relief operations, party leaders said."Rahul Gandhi will visit Raxaul, Darbhanga, and
#PappuCantWriteSala: Rahul Gandhi trolled on twitter for 'copycat' act in Nepal Embassy!
Mouthful | May 01, 2015, 11:19 PM IST
Social media trolling is back for Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who seems to be in a love and hate relationship with the controversies.Already facing questions over his mysterious disappearance for 56 days, the Gandhi
Top Five News Headlines of May 1
India | May 01, 2015, 09:00 PM IST
NSA Ajit Doval, Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar meet PM Sushil Koirala; offer all help to NepalTop Indian officials today took stock of the situation in the battered country as they assured Nepal of all possible
Rahul likely to visit Ambedkar's birthplace, meet Dalits
National | May 01, 2015, 08:21 PM IST
Indore: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Mhow, the birth place of B R Ambedkar, and interact with Dalits on May 29 during his one-day visit to Madhya Pradesh.The visit is being
Sakshi Maharaj kicks up another row, calls Rahul œmad
National | May 01, 2015, 08:15 PM IST
Etah (UP): Controversy prone BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj today kicked up another row when he called Rahul Gandhi “mad” while trying to ridicule the Congress Vice President's attempts to reach out to distressed farners in