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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Congress leaders led by Sonia Gandhi, party chief Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh, held deliberations with Ahmed Patel, A K Antony and others as they geared up for a possible hung Parliament.
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the year-on-year growth of national income has plunged from 14 per cent in 2005-06 to 11.6 per cent in 2018-19.
The Lok Sabha polls are just a few days away and the parties are leaving no stone unturned to garner as much as attention and affection from the crowds as possible. To this end, PM Narendra Modi embarked on a two-day visit to Kedarnath and Badrinath in Uttarakhand from today.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a swipe at the BJP over its leaders making controversial remarks on Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse, saying the BJP and the RSS are not "God-ke Lovers" but "God-se Lovers".
Ahead of the final phase of Lok Sabha election 2019, we saw BJP and Congress have a go at each other. Amit Shah and Prime Minister Modi addressed a press conference where Modi thanked the people of the country. At the same time, Congress President Rahul Gandhi also addressed the reporters claiming the Congress Party will end Narendra Modi's time in office on May 23.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi has never left any opportunity to deride Prime Minister Narendra Modi even as he claims his "love" for PM. In an exclusive interview to India TV's Senior Executive Editor Saurav Sharma, the Congress chief predicted an imminent defeat of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Lok Sabha elections, saying that the game was over for Narendra Modi.
Rahul Gandhi had claimed on Wednesday that a new word, modilie, had been added to English dictionary.
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While Ramesh Kumar Sharma, an Independent candidate from Patliputra in Bihar, is in pole position with declared assets worth over Rs 1,107 crore, the second, third, fourth and fifth positions are captured by the Congress nominees.
Rahul Gandhi was accompanied by Ashok Gehlot, Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, party state incharge Avinash Pandey and Alwar Congress candidate, Bhanwar Jitendra Singh.
The EC's move came after it received certain "complaint", sources aware of the development said on Thursday, adding that the user later removed the tweet.
"Modilie" -- a jibe at PM Modi -- is defined as "to constantly Modify the truth".
May 16 was full of political activities as expected. All political camps are gearing up to take a shot at government forming as counting day (May 23) approaches. Take a look at what happened.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday contrasted Manmohan Singh who led the UPA government and Narendra Modi, saying the prime minister wouldn’t have “destroyed” the economy if he had taken advice from his predecessor.
This doctor-turned-scribe from Karnataka has a different hobby--contesting elections against political bigwigs.
The Delhi Police Wednesday told a city court that no "cognisable offence" was made out against Congress President Rahul Gandhi on a complaint against him for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016.
Congress President Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Alwar to meet the gang-rape victim here on Wednesday was cancelled due to bad weather
In order to garner the votes for the party candidate Ajay Rai, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra held a mega roadshow in Varanasi, the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
His remarks come amidst a slanging match between parties during the campaign of Lok Sabha elections with leaders also resorting to personalised attacks.
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