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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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Rahul Gandhi should join hands with Pawar to bring oppn parties together: Shiv Sena

India | Jun 24, 2021, 01:21 PM IST

The Sena editorial on Thursday said, "Rahul Gandhi should join hands with Pawar to align all opposition parties." The tea party of opposition leaders should have been organised by Gandhi, it opined

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Rahul Gandhi reaches court to record statement in defamation case

India | Jun 24, 2021, 10:58 AM IST

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday morning arrived at a Surat court to record his statement in a criminal defamation case.

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'Gyani baba': Smriti Irani slams Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of Modi govt's handling of pandemic

India | Jun 22, 2021, 03:04 PM IST

Union Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday called Rahul Gandhi a 'gyani baba' who is 'dishing out pearls of wisdom' to others.

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Congress to contest 2022 Punjab polls under leadership of Sonia, Rahul Gandhi: Mallikarjun Kharge

India | Jun 22, 2021, 02:39 PM IST

Asked why Sidhu did not come to attend the meeting called by the panel, Kharge said: "It is not like that at all, we have called Captain Amarinder for some clarification."

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Have Gandhis been vaccinated? Congress should clarify: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 22, 2021, 02:14 PM IST

Senior BJP leader Sambit Patra said the whenever a 'decisive point comes in India's battle against COVID-19, Congress tries to politicise it'.

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PM's tears did not save lives but oxygen could have: Rahul launches frontal attack on govt

India | Jun 22, 2021, 12:57 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi said that the purpose of white paper is not to point finger at government, but to help the nation to prepare for the third wave of Covid-19.

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Rahul Gandhi slams Centre for not paying compensation to kin of Covid victims

India | Jun 21, 2021, 01:06 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday hit out at the government for not paying ex-gratia compensation to families of those who died of Covid.  

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Reform is not achieved by questioning something one has 'taken advantage of': Khurshid slams G-23

India | Jun 20, 2021, 01:14 PM IST

Days after G-23 leader M Veerappa Moily stressed the need for a "major surgery" on the party to make it electorally more competitive, Khurshid said these "wonderful phrases" are not the answer as party leaders need to sit down and come up with solutions to the challenges that have arisen in the last 10 years.

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'PhD in tax recovery': Rahul Gandhi's jibe on Centre, as fuel prices continue to rise

India | Jun 20, 2021, 12:39 PM IST

Taking a jibe at the central government for the continued increase in fuel prices, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday termed it a "PhD in tax recovery".  

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DMK chief MK Stalin meets Sonia, Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 18, 2021, 12:26 PM IST

This is the first meeting between Stalin and Sonia Gandhi after the DMK-Congress alliance was elected to power in the just-concluded assembly elections in Tamil Nadu.

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PM should acknowledge his mistakes, seek expert help to rebuild India: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 17, 2021, 03:09 PM IST

He said this while citing a report quoting World Bank's data on poverty where India has a share of 57.3 per cent in rise in global poverty during the Covid pandemic.

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Ghaziabad assault case: BJP MLA files complaint against Rahul Gandhi, Asaduddin Owaisi

India | Jun 17, 2021, 10:16 AM IST

BJP MLA from Loni, Nandkishor Gurjar, has filed a police complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi in connection with the assault case of an elderly Muslim man. 

His remarks come as large parts of India appear to be

Amid dose gap charge, Rahul says, ‘India needs quick and complete vaccination, not BJP's lies

India | Jun 16, 2021, 07:03 PM IST

He also alleged that the government was trying to save the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attempts that are facilitating the virus and costing people's lives.

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'You should be ashamed': Adityanath responds to Rahul Gandhi on Ghaziabad incident

India | Jun 16, 2021, 09:01 AM IST

Ghaziabad Police have ruled out any communal angle in the incident, saying Sufi Abdul Samad was attacked by 6 men - Hindus and Muslims - who were unhappy over the amulets he had sold to them.

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Assault on UP man: Yogi hits back at Rahul, says ‘stop spreading poison through lies’

India | Jun 15, 2021, 10:24 PM IST

Matter relates to an incident where an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad was allegedly beaten up and asked to chant 'Jai Shri Ram'. The Congress leader reacting sharply to the incident had said, ‘such cruelty is shameful for both society and religion’.

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Rahul Gandhi urges everyone to get vaccinated as soon as possible

India | Jun 15, 2021, 01:16 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged everyone to follow safety rules and get vaccinated saying no one is safe till the time everyone is.

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'Adharm': Rahul Gandhi on alleged Ayodhya land deal fraud

Politics | Jun 14, 2021, 05:07 PM IST

​Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the "corruption" in purchase of land in Ayodhya by the Ram Temple trust was parallel to "iniquity".

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GOI's most efficient ministry of Lies & Empty Slogans: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 13, 2021, 01:13 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi continued his tirade against the union government, alleging that the government's most efficient ministry is of "Lies & Empty slogans.

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Weaker section getting relief from MGNREGA to deal with financial crunch: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 12, 2021, 12:21 PM IST

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Centre over scheme for economically weaker section people, adding 'public interest is our responsibility.'

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Farmers true to their stance despite several deaths: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre

India | Jun 09, 2021, 01:12 PM IST

Hundreds of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting against the three farm laws since November 26 last year at several borders of the national capital.

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