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.
Read MoreUnion Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju, in an exclusive chat with India TV, took aim at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and accused him of instigating the poor. He even termed his rhetoric 'senseless' in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
Rahul Gandhi has stirred a fresh controversy in Maharashtra’s political circles, after conceding that Congress wasn’t a key decision-maker in the western state, which has been severely struggling to cope with the rising number of coronavirus cases
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday paid tribute to his father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 29th death anniversary. The Congress leader took to Twitter and shared a heartfelt note for his father.
FM Sitharaman in a presser responded to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism on government's policy towards helping migrants saying that it would have been better for the Congress leader to ask his party-ruled states to arrange for more trains for migrants with more facilities to help them.
"Did he remember migrant labourers only after 50 days? Our government, at Centre and in states, has been arranging food, trains for them... He met them just for photo-op. There should be some sensitivity," said Union Minister RK Singh
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday interacted with a group of migrant labourers in New Delhi. Gandhi was sitting on the footpath near the Sukhdev Vihar flyover and speaking with the migrant labourers about their ordeal. Gandhi asked Congress workers to make arrangements for the return of the migrant workers.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Centre should stop acting like a "money lender" for its children by giving them credit instead of cash, and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the COVID-19 economic stimulus package.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the government to be transparent on its actions of handling COVID-19 situation and lockdown exit strategy in the country.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in his series of interaction with economic leaders have now spoken to Nobel laureate Abhijeet Banerjee who has suggested that people should be given money directly if the government wish to revive the economy fast.
Aarogya Setu is a powerful companion which protects people, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said in his response to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who raised doubts over the coronavirus tracker app.
Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that India can take global leadership role in fight against the coronavirus. Responding to former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on one of his questions, Rajan said India would needs Rs 65,000 crore to help the poor in the times of pandemic and considering its total GDP, it can afford to do that.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday called upon centre to revoke the Goods and Service Tax on masks and sanitisers among others
Taking a swipe at Rahul Gandhi over his statement that lockdown is not a solution to containing coronavirus, the BJP on Thursday asked the Congress as to why states, where his party is in power, extended it before the central government did so.
Rahul Gandhi on Thursday addressed a video conference on coronavirus saying he disagrees with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a number of issues but now is not the time to fight, need to unite and defeat the virus.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said that lockdown is not the only solution to defeat coronavirus but it is a way to buy time to ramp up testing, get ventilators that are required to prepare the country to fight the virus.
The economic slowdown accompanying the coronavirus outbreak in the country has weakened many Indian companies and made them vulnerable to takeovers by foreign companies, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi said
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called for giving relief to farmers during the COVID-19 lockdown by allowing them to harvest crops while maintaining safety, saying this is the only way out as they are facing a double whammy.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Thursday said the Centre's announcement of a Rs 170,000 crore worth of relief package for the weaker sections of the society from the economic fallout of COVID-19, was the "first step in the right direction."
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called for immediate steps to revive the country's economy on Saturday and said there was a need for a big financial package
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday slammed the government for 'ignoring' the coronavirus issue and also said that the Indian economy will be destroyed if strong action is not taken.
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