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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 visit Madhya Pradesh today
National | Apr 24, 2013, 09:15 AM IST
New Delhi, April 24: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Madhya Pradesh for two days starting today. He will be visiting state capital Bhopal and Dhar district.In Dhar, Gandhi will meet office bearers of
Rahul meets Delhi Congress leaders in preparation for polls
National | Apr 18, 2013, 09:25 AM IST
New delhi, Apr 18: With Congress seeking to retain power for the fourth time in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi yesterday held consultations with the state party leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.Assemble elections in Delhi
Rahul Gandhi to hold consultations with Bihar leaders today
National | Apr 17, 2013, 11:10 AM IST
New Delhi, Apr 17: Rahul Gandhi will hold consultations with newly-elected PCC chief of Bihar Ashok Choudhary and CLP leader Sadanand Singh today in the backdrop of fissures in NDA over Nitish Kumar's "secular" pitch

I won't die till my dream of making Rahul PM is not fulfilled: Beni Prasad Verma
National | Apr 14, 2013, 11:15 PM IST
Gonda, UP, Apr 14: Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma today said he would not die till he fulfilled his dream of making Rahul Gandhi as India's prime minister. Verma was addressing Congress workers in his
Karnataka poll: PM, Sonia, Rahul to campaign
National | Apr 14, 2013, 07:15 PM IST
Bangalore, Apr 14: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi will campaign in Karnataka for party candidates for the May 5 assembly polls, the state unit said Sunday.Singh will
Rahul wants to enjoy power without accountability: BJP
National | Apr 13, 2013, 10:37 AM IST
Allahabad, Apr 13: The BJP on Friday attacked Rahul Gandhi for his comments about Prime Ministership saying it smacked of "shirking responsibility and enjoying power without accountability"."Rahul Gandhi's comments about Prime Ministership confirm that he,

CPI-M says Modi, Rahul selling 'dreams'
National | Apr 11, 2013, 08:01 PM IST
New Delhi, April 11: The CPI-M Wednesday accused Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of selling "wares ... completely dislocated from the ground realities of real India".Calling them "dream merchants", an
Ramdev praises Modi, says Rahul has no vision
National | Apr 11, 2013, 07:43 PM IST
Shirdi, Maharashtra, Apr 11: Yoga guru Ramdev on Wednesday praised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi but took potshots at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi in the context of Prime Ministerial candidates."There is a long queue of
War of words breaks out on Twitter over #Feku versus #Pappu battle
National | Apr 09, 2013, 06:30 AM IST
New Delhi : A war of words broke out in the cyberspace over Narendra Modi's hour-long interaction organised by the FICCI Ladies Organisation with his speech dissected in great detail by sympathisers and opponents.Trending in

Governance is losing credibility, says Narendra Modi
National | Apr 09, 2013, 06:19 AM IST
New Delhi, Apr 9 : In an oblique attack on the UPA government, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said there was lack of trust in governance in the country which poses a "grave danger"
Where will honey come from, without a beehive, asks Nitish Kumar
National | Apr 08, 2013, 09:00 PM IST
Patna, Apr 8 : Apparently referring to Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's remark that India was a beehive, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today questioned where honey would come from if there was no beehive."Madhumakkhi ka
Modi says, India may be a beehive for Rahul, for me it's Mother India
National | Apr 06, 2013, 10:29 PM IST
Gandhinagar, Apr 6: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for terming India a "beehive", saying he was shocked that someone could describe `mother India' thus."I happened to listen to a

Rahul Gandhi not running for any post: Congress
National | Apr 06, 2013, 07:43 PM IST
New Delhi, April 6: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will lead the party in the 2014 general elections but he is not running for any post, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Sachin Pilot said
Can Rahul reform his party - and system?
National | Apr 11, 2013, 06:56 PM IST
New Delhi, Apr 6: The recent reaffirmation by the Congress of its governing model of dual centres of power, notwithstanding party general secretary Digvijaya Singh's caveat, was further substantiated by Manmohan Singh's and Rahul Gandhi's
Rahul Gandhi has given direction: Congress
National | Apr 06, 2013, 10:43 AM IST
New Delhi, April 5: A day after Rahul Gandhi shared his views with industry leaders on development, the Congress Friday said he has given a direction to progress."Rahul Gandhi has given a direction. His speech

I will welcome Rahul Gandhi as PM any day, says PM
National | Apr 06, 2013, 10:41 AM IST
New delhi, April 5: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today emphatically said that he would welcome Rahul Gandhi as prime ministery "any day". Asked by mediapersons after the Padma awards investitute ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhavan,
Rahul invokes Gita, Buddha at CII meet
National | Apr 04, 2013, 05:13 PM IST
New Delhi, April 4: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday invoked the Bhagavad Gita, the sacred Hindu text, saying compassion was key to peace and development. He noted that Mahatma Gandhi and Lord Buddha too
Becoming PM, getting married are all irrelevant questions: Rahul
National | Apr 04, 2013, 04:36 PM IST
New Delhi, Apr 4: "These are irrelevant questions. It's all smoke." This was how Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today described speculation about his becoming the Prime Minister and getting married while addressing business barons of
Rahul is confused, suffering from Modi phobia : BJP
National | Apr 04, 2013, 04:16 PM IST
New Delhi, April 4: BJP today described Rahul Gandhi's speech at a CII programme as that of a "confused leader" which reflected fear of the emergence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in national politics.The
Talk about my becoming PM is 'all smoke': Rahul
National | Apr 04, 2013, 06:31 PM IST
New Delhi, April 4: Amid suspense over who would be the Congress' next Prime Ministerial candidate, Rahul Gandhi today dubbed as “irrelevant” and “all smoke” the debate on the issue as he insisted that no