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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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COVID-19 surge: Rahul Gandhi announces cancellation of poll rallies in Bengal

Elections | Apr 18, 2021, 12:47 PM IST

The Congress has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for holding political rallies amid the rise in coronavirus cases in the country.

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COVID vaccine is need of country, everyone has right to safe life: Rahul Gandhi

India | Apr 12, 2021, 01:30 PM IST

Batting for coronavirus vaccine for all, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it is the need of the country as everyone has the right to a safe life.

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'Has he already taken vaccine during his 'undisclosed' foreign trip?' BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi

India | Apr 09, 2021, 05:22 PM IST

In his letter to PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi urged to “open up vaccination to everyone who needs it", and added that vaccine exports must be stopped immediately.

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Rahul Gandhi attacks govt on Rafale jet deal

India | Apr 06, 2021, 12:50 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday took a swipe at the government over the Rafale fighter jet deal, saying karma is the ledger of one's action and no one can escape it.

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Chhattisgarh anti-naxal operation was poorly designed: Rahul Gandhi

India | Apr 05, 2021, 11:24 AM IST

Officials on Sunday had said that a CRPF inspector is still missing. Thirty-one security personnel were also injured in the ambush by Naxals. The security personnel were ambushed by Naxals when they were out on a combing operation in a forest along the border of the Bijapur and Sukma districts of the state.

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Rahul Gandhi visits Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, targets BJP

Elections | Mar 31, 2021, 01:00 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited the famed Kamakhya temple in Guwahati and offered puja.

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Ex-MP calls Rahul Gandhi "unmarried trouble-maker", courts controversy in Kerala

India | Mar 30, 2021, 12:25 PM IST

The former Left independent MP's remarks came days after Gandhi had given Aikido lessons at the famed St Teresa's college in Kochi based on the request of a student.

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'Fighter' Rahul Gandhi only acceptable name in Congress for president's role: Bhupesh Baghel

India | Mar 26, 2021, 03:32 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi took over as interim Congress president after Rahul Gandhi resigned in the wake of the party's Lok Sabha debacle in May 2019.

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'Society in India treats you very badly...': Rahul Gandhi to students in Kochi

India | Mar 22, 2021, 08:08 PM IST

Interacting with students in Kochi, Rahul Gandhi urged them to take on the forces that have been 'treating them badly.'  

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Congress releases list of 39 candidates for Bengal polls 2021

Elections | Mar 21, 2021, 12:16 AM IST

The Congress party on Saturday released a list of 39 candidates for West Bengal assembly elections 2021. Bengal polls will be held in 8 phases beginning March 27 while the final phase will be conducted on April 29. The counting of votes will be held on May 2.

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You must have heard about toolkit... conspiracy was hatched against Assam: PM Modi attacks Congress

India | Mar 21, 2021, 12:23 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the Congress of openly supporting forces that are out to finish the identity of Assam tea and destroy the tea industry.

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Assam polls 2021: Rahul Gandhi to address rally in Tinsukia, interact with tea estate workers

Elections | Mar 19, 2021, 10:54 AM IST

Assembly elections in Assam are slated in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6, to elect the 126 member house. The results will be out on May 2.

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Snubbed! Congress keeps G-23 leaders out of Bengal polls campaigning

Elections | Mar 13, 2021, 12:33 AM IST

Congress has released its list of 30-star campaigners for the forthcoming West Bengal. According to the list, party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi, ex-PM Dr Manmohan Singh and party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Sachin Pilot, Navjot Singh Sidhu, others will campaign for the party.

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India is no longer a democratic country, tweets Rahul Gandhi

India | Mar 11, 2021, 04:29 PM IST

"India is no longer a democratic country," Rahul Gandhi said in his tweet as he shared a news clipping which read 'India now as autocratic as Pakistan, worse than Bangladesh: Sweden institute's Democracy Report'.

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'I wish...': Jyotiraditya Scindia responds to Rahul Gandhi's 'backbencher' remark

India | Mar 09, 2021, 03:00 PM IST

The former Congress president said that the BJP will never make Jyotiraditya Scindia CM and that he has become a 'backbencher' in the saffron party.

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'Don't know whether he has lost his memory': Giriraj Singh on Rahul's fisheries ministry remark

India | Mar 09, 2021, 02:53 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi during his Puducherry visit had claimed that there is no dedicated ministry to address the problems of fishermen. He reiterated the same during an interaction with the fishing community in Kerala's Kollam a few days later.

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India must prepare for borderless war: Rahul Gandhi

India | Mar 09, 2021, 01:06 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the country must prepare for a borderless war as the past practice of a 2.5-front war has become obsolete.

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'Should have waited for his turn': Rahul Gandhi breaks silence over Scindia leaving Congress

India | Mar 08, 2021, 04:17 PM IST

Interacting with young party leaders during Indian Youth Congress(IYC) national executive meeting, Rahul Gandhi said Congress has always given importance to patience and ideology.

Don't let anyone stop you: Rahul Gandhi to women on International Women's Day

Don't let anyone stop you: Rahul Gandhi to women on International Women's Day

India | Mar 08, 2021, 10:16 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday extended his greetings on the occasion of International Women's Day.

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Congress to release star campaigners list for assembly polls. Will 'G23' leaders find a place

India | Mar 04, 2021, 11:10 PM IST

The Congress is yet to release the list of its star campaigners for the assembly polls in which Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka are likely to be included. All eyes will be on the names of the leaders led by Ghulam Nabi Azad whose Rajya Sabha term ended recently.

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