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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 to hold video conference with UP leaders
National | Mar 13, 2014, 04:59 PM IST
Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will interact with party leaders in Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing March 15, a Congress spokesman said Thursday.The Gandhi scion, hard pressed for time owing to his election campaigns
Advani attacks Congress for 'slanderous campaign' against Sangh
National | Mar 13, 2014, 01:04 PM IST
New Delhi: BJP leader L K Advani today quoted Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi to claim that RSS was not linked to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and attacked Congress for mounting a “slanderous campaign”
Hitler's steps inspired Indira's Emergency: Jaitley
National | Mar 13, 2014, 10:55 AM IST
New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Wednesday sought to rubbish Rahul Gandhi's comparison of Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler and alleged that the steps taken by the Nazi leader inspired Indira Gandhi during the Emergency.In

BJP poll committee may decide seats for Modi, Rajnath
National | Mar 13, 2014, 10:38 AM IST
New Delhi: The BJP's central election committee will meet here Thursday amid speculation that the party could take a decision on Lok Sabha seats for prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and party president Rajnath Singh.While
Uttarakhand CM Rawat compares Sonia, Rahul with gods
India | Mar 13, 2014, 08:34 AM IST
Haridwar: Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday compared Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi to gods inside a temple. "They are just like gods inside a temple. The priests may change,
Jethmalani says, Kejriwal is close to Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 13, 2014, 05:47 PM IST
New Delhi: Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani today lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party describing it as a "B" team of Congress. He also alleged that AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal was close to Congress vice-president

'Modi wave' stronger than 'Atal wave': Thakur
National | Mar 13, 2014, 09:08 AM IST
New Delhi: Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha president Anurag Thakur feels that the ‘Modi' wave is stronger than the ‘Atal wave' as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate has already set an example of “good” governance and development.
JP Agarwal wins primary, to be Congress candidate from NE Delhi
National | Mar 12, 2014, 12:48 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress MP Jai Prakash Agarwal won the elections for candidature from the Northeast Delhi Lok Sabha seat under primaries project, piloted by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. After getting 252 out of 305 votes,
Rahul Gandhi booked for defaming RSS
National | Mar 12, 2014, 11:57 AM IST
Lucknow: A defamation case was filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for saying at a rally in Maharashtra March 6 that the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) killed Mahatma Gandhi.The case was filed in Uttar

Congress names chiefs of Seemandhra, Telangana units
National | Mar 12, 2014, 10:38 AM IST
Hyderabad: The Congress Tuesday named N. Raghuveera Reddy and Ponnala Lakshmaiah as the presidents of its Seemandhra and Telangana units respectively.Uttam Kumar Reddy will be the working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, according to
Rahul hits out at Modi, says Gujarat not shining for poor
National | Mar 12, 2014, 06:36 AM IST
Balasinor : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday lashed out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said Gujarat was shining not for the poor but only for a handful of "rich industrialists".Addressing a
In Pics: Rahul Gandhi's rally in Gujarat
National | Mar 12, 2014, 06:23 AM IST
Balasinor (Gujarat): In a hard-hitting attack on Narendra Modi on his home turf, Rahul Gandhi today accused his government of “stealing” farmers' land and charged the BJP with appropriating credit for schemes launched by the

"I will not contest", says Vasan
National | Mar 11, 2014, 05:08 PM IST
Chennai: Pushed to the wall in the wake of his party's failure to renew electoral pact with DMK in Tamil Nadu, Congress leader and Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan today ruled himself out of
Live reporting: Rahul Gandhi compares Modi with Hitler
National | Mar 11, 2014, 05:37 PM IST
Balasinor (Gujarat): In a hard-hitting attack on Narendra Modi on his home turf, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today compared the BJP prime ministerial candidate with Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Without directly naming Modi, Rahul Gandhi
Samajwadi Party may not field candidates against Sonia, Rahul
National | Mar 11, 2014, 10:57 AM IST
Lucknow : The ruling Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh Monday said it may not put up candidates against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi in Rae Bareli and

Nobody hears the voice of poor and downtrodden, says Rahul after meeting mine workers in Rajasthan
National | Mar 11, 2014, 07:57 AM IST
Bikaner: Rahul Gandhi yesterday visited Kolayat town of Bikaner district and interacted with clay mine labourers. A group of workers told Gandhi that they have been deprived of rightful wages and benefits and are bound
Mystery: Why did Rahul Gandhi end his speech in Rajasthan in 6 minutes?
National | Mar 10, 2014, 10:56 PM IST
Tonk (Rajasthan): In this dusty bowl of Rajasthan, more than 10,000 people, mostly young men and women, were ferried in buses and vehicles by senior Congress leaders for what had been billed as a big
Modi a good speaker, but he should learn from Rahul, says Misa Bharati
National | Mar 10, 2014, 01:15 PM IST
Patna: Misa Bharati, the feisty daughter of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad, today clarified that Narendra Modi was good speaker, no doubt, but that does not necessarily mean that he would be a good
Rahul Gandhi to address Rajasthan rally today
India | Mar 10, 2014, 09:09 AM IST
Jaipur: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will begin the Lok Sabha campaign for his party in Rajasthan today with a public meeting in Deoli town of Tonk district.The rally will begin at around 1 pm
BJP complains to EC against Rahul Gandhi
National | Mar 09, 2014, 04:37 PM IST
New Delhi: Accusing the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Congress of flouting the Model Code of Conduct, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday complained to the Election Commission over his remarks linking RSS to Mahatma