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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.

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Pawar won't contest Lok Sabha polls, to take RS route
National | Jan 05, 2014, 09:24 PM IST
Mumbai: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar today ruled out contesting the coming Lok Sabha election, saying “people wanted new faces”, and is all set to take the Rajya Sabha route.“I have decided to stop. This will
It's immaterial whether Rahul or Modi becomes PM, price rise is more important: Kejriwal
National | Jan 04, 2014, 08:28 AM IST
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said it was immaterial whether Rahul Gandhi or Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister, the nation is fed up of corruption and pricerise.Speaking to reporters on Friday,
Have given support to AAP manifesto, not to party: DPCC chief
National | Dec 29, 2013, 06:07 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress has decided to extend support to the AAP government as it respects the popular verdict, but the party's role would be that of a constructive opposition, president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress

Modi, Kejriwal nothing in front of Rahul: Lalu
National | Dec 29, 2013, 05:39 PM IST
Muzaffarnagar: On a visit to relief camps of riot victims here, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today blamed both the BJP and the SP for the communal violence here even as he heaped praise on Rahul
Congress serious about fighting corruption: Rahul
National | Dec 28, 2013, 06:18 AM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said his party "is serious about fighting corruption" and urged the opposition to help the government pass the anti-graft bills pending in parliament."It's about a system. The
Rahul Gandhi interacts with CMs of 12 Congress-ruled states
National | Dec 27, 2013, 01:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today held a strategy session with Chief Ministers of 12 Congress rules states and other top leaders of the party to review the preparedness for upcoming general elections

Rahul to discuss LS poll strategy with Congress CMs tomorrow
National | Dec 26, 2013, 11:30 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will hold interactions with Chief Ministers of 12 Congress-ruled states here tomorrow as the party braces for next Lok Sabha polls after a debacle in recent state Assembly elections.The meeting being
Rahul future leader of Congress, but decision on PM candidate at right time: Dwivedi
National | Dec 24, 2013, 08:07 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is the future leader of Congress but the question of their prime ministerial candidate will be decided at an appropriate time, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said today amid talk that
Meeting of Congress CMs to fine tune strategy ahead of LS polls
National | Dec 24, 2013, 07:41 PM IST
New Delhi: Smarting under the defeat in four state polls, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has called a meeting of party Chief Ministers this week to fine tune the strategy for Lok Sabha polls in

Swami Ramdev to actively campaign against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 24, 2013, 12:10 PM IST
Lucknow: Swami Ramdev has announced that he will actively campaign against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi in upcoming parliamentary elections in order to ensure their defeat Announcing this at an event
Communal divide: Muzaffarnagar riot victims tell Rahul, we won't return home
India | Dec 23, 2013, 05:17 PM IST
Shamli: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi came face to face with the bitter reality of the deep communal divide in the sugar belt of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli as he made an unannounced visit to the relief
Rahul lashes at SP govt over child deaths in relief camps
National | Dec 23, 2013, 06:24 AM IST
Muzaffarnagar: Rahul Gandhi yesterday lashed out at Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh for the “poor” conditions in the relief camps for the riot-affected and death of children belonging to displaced families. “The condition in

Rahul to meet members of minority communities in poll prepration
National | Dec 22, 2013, 09:41 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will interact with over 200 representatives from various minority communities, including Muslims, tomorrow to solicit their views and find out their demands and aspirations which may find a
Rahul Gandhi meets Muzaffarnagar riot victims, wants them to go home
India | Dec 22, 2013, 03:44 PM IST
Malakpur (Shamli): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today asked the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots living in relief camps here to go back to their homes, saying those engineering communal riots want them to remain in
Rahul Gandhi is the ultimate leader: Veerappa Moily
National | Dec 22, 2013, 11:40 AM IST
Mumbai: Describing Rahul Gandhi as "the most competent and ultimate leader" in the country, Union Oil Minister Veerappa Moily has said the Congress vice-president is "fit to be the Prime Minister"."He is the most competent,

BJP accuses Rahul of hypocrisy on corruption
National | Dec 21, 2013, 08:13 PM IST
New Delhi: The BJP Saturday accused Rahul Gandhi of hypocrisy, after the Congress vice president said the biggest problem faced by the country was corruption."You don't speak a word on the Commonwealth Games corruption, you
Rahul Gandhi: Will he, won't he?
National | Dec 21, 2013, 02:44 PM IST
As spelt out by Sharad Pawar, the Congress has learnt some home truths from its recent electoral reverses. One was, as the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader said, that the country doesn't like weak leaders.
Right time to declare Rahul as Congress's PM candidate: Virbhadra
National | Dec 20, 2013, 10:59 PM IST
New Delhi: Amid heightened speculation about Rahul Gandhi's nomination as Congress' prime ministerial candidate, senior party leader and Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said it is the “right time” that he is declared.Downplaying
BJP accuses Congress of double standards on anti-corruption issue
National | Dec 20, 2013, 10:49 PM IST
New Delhi: In the wake of Maharashtra government rejecting a probe report on Adarsh scam, BJP todaysaid while Congress and its vice president Rahul Gandhi have tried to take credit for passage of anti-corruption Lokpal
Rahul competent to be the PM: Hooda
National | Dec 19, 2013, 12:01 AM IST
Chandigarh: As Congress hailed its Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's “key role” in the passage of the Lokpal Bill, which was cleared by Parliament today, Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said that theNehru-Gandhi scion was competent