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Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi

Height: 1.71 m DOB: 19 June 1970

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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Twitter responds after Congress says Rahul Gandhi's account temporarily suspended

India | Aug 07, 2021, 11:08 PM IST

This comes a day after Twitter removed a controversial post of Gandhi with a picture of him meeting the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl who died following an alleged sexual assault. A message from Twitter read that the tweet had violated its rules.

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Twitter temporarily suspends Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's account

India | Aug 07, 2021, 09:01 PM IST

Twitter, on Saturday, has suspended Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's account. The Congress party, on its official handle tweeted that the leader's account has been temporarily suspended and due process is being followed for its restoration.

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Twitter takes down Rahul Gandhi's post that revealed identity of rape-murder victim's relatives

India | Aug 07, 2021, 07:10 AM IST

On Wednesday morning, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi met the family of the minor girl who was allegedly raped, murdered and cremated without her parents' consent in Delhi's Old Nangal crematorium.

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TMC, BSP, AAP stay away from Opposition's protest on farm laws at Jantar Mantar

India | Aug 06, 2021, 04:17 PM IST

Farmers under the banner of Samyukta Kisan Morcha are protesting at Jantar Mantar. They have been allowed to protest at Jantar Mantar till August 9, but only on weekdays.

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Delhi girl death: Rahul Gandhi in trouble for sharing photo of victim's family

India | Aug 05, 2021, 08:26 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday met family of the girl and asserted that he is with them on the path to justice and "will not back down even an inch".

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Opinion | PM Modi : No challenge, no vacancy?

India | Aug 04, 2021, 03:52 PM IST

In Delhi, efforts are going on in political circles to carry out permutation and combinations among parties with an eye on next year’s assembly elections in UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand and two other states in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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'Selectivism', BJP blasts Rahul Gandhi for his silence on rape cases in Rajasthan, Punjab

India | Aug 04, 2021, 03:21 PM IST

The BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi of using the case of alleged rape and murder of a Dalit girl in southwest Delhi for "furthering" his political agenda.

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Rahul Gandhi, Kejriwal meet family of minor girl allegedly raped, killed in Delhi

India | Aug 04, 2021, 12:50 PM IST

The Delhi Commission for Women has launched an inquiry into the incident and summoned the city police after the girl’s parents alleged that she was raped and her body was forcibly cremated.

Rape of 9-yr-old in Delhi: 'Culprits should be hanged,'

Rape of 9-yr-old in Delhi: 'Culprits should be hanged,' says CM Arvind Kejriwal

India | Aug 04, 2021, 01:45 PM IST

The four accused persons, including a priest, allegedly cremated the body of the girl without her parent's consent or informing the police. The matter surfaced after the victim's family staged a protest along with the local people on Sunday night.

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Congress, Shiv Sena to contest 2024 elections together? Sanjay Raut drops big hint

India | Aug 03, 2021, 12:59 PM IST

Sanjay Raut has said that Rahul Gandhi has assured him that he will visit Maharashtra soon.   

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Pegasus row: After breakfast meeting, Rahul Gandhi, Opposition leaders ride bicycles to Parliament

India | Aug 03, 2021, 12:32 PM IST

The Opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices every day.

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Rahul Gandhi invites parties for breakfast meeting to discuss Opposition's strategy over Pegasus

India | Aug 02, 2021, 03:20 PM IST

The opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices every day. 

'Heard you were one of those 13 crore vaccinated in July':

'Heard you were one of those 13 crore vaccinated in July': Mandaviya in jibe at Rahul

Politics | Aug 01, 2021, 04:52 PM IST

​Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who alleged shortage of Covid vaccines in July.

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July is gone, COVID vaccine shortage hasn't gone away: Rahul Gandhi

India | Aug 01, 2021, 11:54 AM IST

In a tweet in Hindi, Gandhi said, "July is gone, the vaccine shortage hasn't gone away. #WhereAreVaccines (July chala gaya hai, vaccine ki kami nahin gayi.)"

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Rahul Gandhi takes first COVID-19 vaccine dose; skips Parliament session: Sources

India | Jul 31, 2021, 11:06 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi had tested positive for coronavirus in April this year.

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Cases of COVID rising in Kerala worrying: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jul 30, 2021, 11:33 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi's remarks came after Kerala witnessed a spike in the number of Covid cases in recent days.

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Prashant Kishor to join Congress? Rahul Gandhi brainstorming with senior leaders, say sources

India | Jul 29, 2021, 07:44 PM IST

Prashant Kishor had met Rahul Gandhi on July 13 in presence of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. Since this meeting, there has been speculation about Kishor joining the Congress.

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Govt not allowing Opposition to discuss issues of national importance in Parliament: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jul 29, 2021, 12:07 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi has asked the government not to waste more time of Parliament and let the opposition raise issues of inflation, farmers and Pegasus in the House.

BJP hits back at Opposition, says 'Rahul Gandhi and

BJP hits back at Opposition, says 'Rahul Gandhi and responsibility can't go together'

India | Jul 28, 2021, 07:25 PM IST

Referring to the Pegasus controversy, the BJP said that the Opposition is making an issue out of a non-issue.

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'Anti-national, akin to treason': Rahul Gandhi-led Opposition corners Govt over Pegasus

India | Jul 28, 2021, 02:14 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Modi government of using Pegasus spyware against the country's institutions.

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