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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Lucknow, Dec 10: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said it was for the first time after 1991 that the party was contesting polls in Uttar Pardesh in a “real sense” and appealed to party
Lucknow, Dec 10: Against the backdrop of Anna Hazare attacking Rahul Gandhi on Lokpal Bill, Law Minister Salman Khurshid today defended the Congress General Secretary saying it was he who had asked him to bring
New Delhi, Dec 10: On the eve of day-long fast to protest against the Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Lokpal Bill, Gandhian Anna Hazare today outrightly blamed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for the weak Lokpal
New Delhi, Dec 8: Rahul Gandhi today blamed Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh governments for lack of development in Bundelkhand and accused them of improper channelisation of funds meant for centrally-sponsored welfare schemes.“Today poor people
New Delhi, Dec 7: A Parliamentary Committee today left it to the “wisdom” of Parliament the issue of inclusion of Prime Minister in Lokpal's ambit but a Rahul Gandhi aide and two other Congress members
Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 3: A combative Anna Hazare today clearly said he would go and sit on fast inside jail, if he was denied permission by Delhi Police to sit on fast in Ramlila Maidan
Lucknow, Dec 3: BSP on Friday took strong exception to Congress party's reported remarks that FDI in retail was not an issue in coming Uttar Pradesh Assembly election. “Congress leaders are trying to divert attention
New Delhi, Dec 2: Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today cracked the whip on all party MPs and ministers from UP to concentrate on the current poll campaign in the state and forget the FDI
Ralegan Siddhi, Dec 2: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare today lashed out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying he "suspected" that the government was working under his pressure on the Lokpal Bill issue. Addressing a press
New Delhi, Nov 28: Amid speculation that Rahul Gandhi may take up a larger role in the party, Home Minister P Chidambaram today said elders at some point of time must step back and give
New Delhi, Nov 28: Holding that the “biggest corruption” was within the country's political system, Rahul Gandhi today made a passionate plea to youths to take a plunge into politics to clean the system and
Chandauli (UP), Nov 28 : The Samajwadi Party on Sunday said it might reconsider extending support to the UPA government at the Centre if Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continued his verbal attacks on SP.“If Rahul
New Delhi, Nov 27: The Congress leadership appears to be divided over the issue of FDI push in retail sector aas a section of the leadership feels that the decision may affect the party's prospects
Kushinagar (UP), Nov 26: Activists of Samajwadi Party today clashed with Congress workers during a public meeting of Rahul Gandhi at Padrauna here today.About a dozen SP workers managed to sneak into the security zone
Siddharthngar(UP), Nov 25: Making a veiled attack on Chief Minister Mayawati, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said an “elephant” in Lucknow was eating away all the money sent by the Centre for the poor in
Balrampur (UP), Nov 24: Alleging that the BSP and Samajwadi Party have failed to live up to the expectations of the people, Rahul Gandhi today said a change was needed by forming a government which
Bahraich (UP), Nov 23: Targeting UP Chief Minister Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, Rahul Gandhi today said they have “forgotten” the people after becoming big leaders and they “don't feel for them”.
Lucknow, Nov 22: Taking strong exception to Rahul Gandhi's remarks against Chief Minister Mayawati, BSP today said the “Congress' yuvraj” should “learn politics” before issuing statements.“Congress ‘yuvraj's' remarks that Chief Minister said that there was
Ramnagar (Barabanki), Nov 22: Unfazed by criticism from various quarters, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today stuck to his controversial remarks on people from Uttar Pradesh begging in other states, terming it as an “unpleasant
Barabanki, Nov 22: In a measured tone while addressing district party workers here today, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi promised to make a "big start" if the party is returned to power in UP. He promised
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