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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 cancels Mizoram visit
National | Mar 19, 2014, 12:24 PM IST
Aizawl: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has cancelled his proposed visit to Aizawl today in view of the ongoing Assembly session, party sources said. Thanglawra Ngurte, member of the state PCC Media Cell, said his
BJP's divisive policy spoiling country's secular fabric: Rahul
National | Mar 18, 2014, 04:30 PM IST
Hapoli (Arunachal): Rahul Gandhi today alleged that BJP's “divisive” policy was responsible for spoiling the country's secular fabric and incidents of hate crime, while stressing that Congress' ideology was to unite the people irrespective of
Rahul's poll win dream like filling balloon with holes: Sena
National | Mar 18, 2014, 04:34 PM IST
Mumbai: Launching a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena today said the Congress vice president's dream of victory in the Lok Sabha elections is like filling gas in balloons with holes.“It's hilarious that Congress,

Live reporting: Rahul Gandhi addresses Arunachal Pradesh rally
National | Mar 18, 2014, 12:40 PM IST
Ziro(Arunachal Pradesh): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today promised more development for Arunachal Pradesh, if the Congress returned to power at the Centre. Addressing a rally here, Rahul Gandhi said, the real strength of Arunachal Pradesh
Mamata should be more critical of Modi: Imam
National | Mar 18, 2014, 12:21 PM IST
Kolkata: Accusing BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of being an “opportunist”, prominent city cleric Maulana Barkati today asked Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to be more critical of Modi in order to prove her
Rahul will lose heavily in Amethi, says AAP leader Kumar Vishwas
National | Mar 18, 2014, 06:30 AM IST
Amethi (Uttar Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will lose "by a big margin" in the Lok Sabha polls here, AAP leader and candidate Kumar Vishwas says.The Arvind Kejriwal associate also said in an interview

Rahul cut off from reality, Congress a sinking ship: Jaitley
National | Mar 18, 2014, 06:31 AM IST
New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday termed the Congress "a sinking ship" and took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, contending the Congress vice president was "completely cut off from reality".In an article on the
Congress a sinking ship, even senior leaders deserting it: Jaitley
National | Mar 17, 2014, 07:26 PM IST
New Delhi: Terming Congress a “sinking ship”, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said even its senior leaders have decided to desert the party while some are refusing to contest the Lok Sabha elections. “Faced
Rahul invoking Gujarat riots issue for Muslim votes: BJP
National | Mar 17, 2014, 11:38 AM IST
Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP today sharply reacted over Rahul Gandhi's remark about Narendra Modi's role in 2002 riots saying it was an attempt by the Congress to garner Muslim votes.“Instead of giving answers about their failures

Rahul says, Modi must be held legally accountable for 2002 Gujarat riots
National | Mar 17, 2014, 07:37 AM IST
New Delhi: Hitting out at Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today demanded "legal accountability" for the "clear and inexcusable failure" of governance during the 2002 Gujarat riots and dismissed talk of clean chit to him as
Congress not underdog: Rahul
National | Mar 16, 2014, 05:14 PM IST
New Delhi: An upbeat Rahul Gandhi today rejected the view that the Congress party was an “underdog” or that it faced an “uphill” task in the Lok Sabha polls, affirming that there would be a
Rahul Gandhi to hold rally in Arunachal
National | Mar 16, 2014, 02:14 PM IST
Itanagar: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Arunachal Pradesh on March 18 to kick start the party's poll campaign for April 9 simultaneous Parliament and Assembly elections in the state. The Congress leader

Congress an 'underdog' in LS polls: Chidambaram
National | Mar 16, 2014, 11:26 AM IST
Chennai: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today admitted that Congress was the “underdog” in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections but averred that in a multi-cornered contest, an underdog too could win several seats. “I know it
Rahul Gandhi promises to address problems of street vendors
National | Mar 16, 2014, 08:59 AM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi yesterday promised to a group of street vendors that grievances of the community will be addressed and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will meet them “directly” to listen and settle
Varun Gandhi not to campaign in cousin Rahul's constituency
National | Mar 15, 2014, 10:40 PM IST
Sultanpur (UP): Proving that blood is indeed thicker than water, BJP leader Varun Gandhi today said he would not campaign for his party candidate in cousin Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency Amethi.“In every sphere of

Amethi: Kumar Vishwas's cavalcade attacked
National | Mar 15, 2014, 11:02 AM IST
Lucknow: The motorcade of AAP leader Kumar Amethi was attacked late Friday in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said. AAP has blamed the Congress for the attack.Vishwas, a poet-turned-politician, alleged that many Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Live updates: Rahul Gandhi says, Congress getting 100 seats is a joke, asks workers not to trust opinion polls
National | Mar 15, 2014, 03:02 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi speaking to Youth Congress workers across the country via Google Hangout today appealed to them not to trust opinion polls. When a Youth Congress workers from Assam asked what
Modi's life dominates publishing space
National | Mar 14, 2014, 02:39 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's controversial political journey and secretive personal life has provided literary fodder to many authors to write on his "charismatic" personality and "controversial" past and books on him
From tea-stalls to drawing rooms, politics reigns supreme
National | Mar 14, 2014, 10:58 AM IST
New Delhi: Be it a Metro train or a tea stall, drawing rooms to restaurants, market gossip to office banter, politics has undoubtedly become the main topic of social conversation in a politically conscious India.With
Varun not to campaign against cousin Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 14, 2014, 10:39 AM IST
Lucknow: BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi has ruled out campaigning against his estranged cousin and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency.The 34-year-old leader, likely to contest on a Bharatiya Janata Party