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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.

NCP, NC, RLD oppose Rahul, Cabinet to review ordinance on convicted MPs, MLAs today
National | Oct 02, 2013, 12:08 PM IST
New Delhi: The fate of the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers is expected to be sealed at the meeting of the Union Cabinet today with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi having attacked the measure and the
Rahul should apologize to PM: Akali Dal leader
National | Oct 02, 2013, 06:45 AM IST
Chandigarh: Condemning the recent remarks on the ordinance on convicted leaders by Rahul Gandhi as an insult to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia Tuesday said the Congress vice president
No question of resigning, but will speak to Rahul, says PM
National | Oct 01, 2013, 09:25 PM IST
On Board Prime Minister's Special Aircraft: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ruled out his resignation in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's carping attack on his government on the issue of ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.“There

Cabinet to discuss tomorrow ordinance, trashed by Rahul as 'nonsense'
National | Oct 01, 2013, 06:58 PM IST
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is meeting tomorrow and may decide to withdraw the controversialordinance on convicted lawmakers in the wake of its denunciation by Rahul Gandhi, who has dubbed it as “complete nonsense” and
Rahul's comments may spread anarchy: Rajnath Singh
National | Sep 30, 2013, 04:52 PM IST
Kolkata: Criticising Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for calling a cabinet-approved ordinance "complete nonsense" which should be "torn up and thrown away", BJP president Rajnath Singh Monday said the remarks would spread anarchy.Describing Gandhi's outburst
Rahul, Priyanka hold meeting with Congress workers in Amethi
National | Sep 30, 2013, 04:45 PM IST
Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi today held a closed door meeting with party workers in his parliamentary constituency Amethi.Rahul and Priyanka held a meeting with the newly-elected 31-member district

As Rahul trashes ordinance, Sonia praises Manmohan's governance
National | Sep 29, 2013, 11:22 PM IST
Thiruvananthapuram: In an apparent bid to assuaging his feelings following Rahul Gandhi's denunciation of the government, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi today praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying schemes launched under his “able leadership” have helped
Rahul Gandhi did not insult prime minister: Congress
National | Sep 29, 2013, 03:54 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress leader Rashid Alvi Sunday asserted that party vice president Rahul Gandhi did not insult Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he spoke against a proposed ordinance aimed at shielding convicted lawmakers which had
Political storm over Rahul's outburst refuses to die down
National | Sep 29, 2013, 11:18 AM IST
New Delhi: The political storm over the blunt attack by Rahul Gandhi on the Ordinance on convicted lawmakers refused to subside with BJP insisting Saturday that the dignity of the Prime Minister's office has been

Rahul Gandhi meets industrialists
Sep 28, 2013, 05:34 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today met a small group of industrialists including RP-Sanjeev Goenka Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka and banker Shikha Sharma.Others who were part of the meeting include Bengal Ambuja Housing
Nitish Kumar backs Rahul on ordinance
National | Sep 28, 2013, 04:04 PM IST
Patna: Strongly backing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's opinion on the controversial ordinance on disqualification of convicted lawmakers, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw it at once.”The
Inside story of how Rahul Gandhi dropped the ordinance bomb on UPA govt
National | Sep 28, 2013, 03:16 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's sudden denunciation of the UPA govt's draft ordinance protecting convicted MPs and MLAs on Friday was not an on-the-spur reaction. The scripting of this was done on Thursday

Sonia talks to PM after Rahul's criticism over ordinance on convicted lawmakers
National | Sep 28, 2013, 12:11 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today spoke over telephone to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hours after Rahul caused political tremors with his denunciation of the ordinance on lawmakers and sharp attack on the government
Rahul writes to PM, says he has highest respect for him
National | Sep 28, 2013, 12:38 PM IST
New Delhi : Hours after his strong public criticism of the controversial ordinance, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying he has the "highest respect" for him and hoped
Rahul writes letter to PM for his remarks on ordinance for convicted lawmakers
National | Sep 27, 2013, 11:43 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that his views on the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers is not in harmony with the Cabinet decision or the Core Group's view.Gandhi, who had

Sonia talks to PM after Rahul's criticism over ordinance on convicted lawmakers
National | Sep 27, 2013, 11:33 PM IST
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today spoke over telephone to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hours after Rahul caused political tremors with his denunciation of the ordinance on lawmakers and sharp attack on the government
Rahul, Left on same page on ordinance on convicted lawmakers
National | Sep 27, 2013, 08:22 PM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi and the Left are on the same page on the issue of government's decision topromulgate a controversial ordinance on convicted sitting MPs and state legislators.This became clear when CPI(M) leader Sitaram
Opposition rubbishes Rahul's blunt attack, BJP calls it belated
National | Oct 01, 2013, 11:04 AM IST
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's blunt denouncement of the Ordinance on lawmakers was today rubbished by the Opposition with the BJP calling it a “desperate and belated” damage control exercise and saying Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
It's a grandstanding, a charade by Rahul Gandhi, says Arun Jaitley
National | Sep 27, 2013, 03:40 PM IST
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley today lashed out at the Congress for what he called "a grandstanding, a charade" by Rahul Gandhi publicly opposing the ordinance protecting convicted MPs, MLAs.
Does Rahul Gandhi thinks people of India are fools, tweets Arvind Kejriwal
National | Sep 27, 2013, 04:09 PM IST
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, who had a led a delegation to the President today to oppose the ordinance to protect convicted MPs, MLAs, today hit out at Congress vice president Rahul