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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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Congress won't relent till farm laws are repealed: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jan 15, 2021, 03:01 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi said that Congress will not relent till the three farm laws are repealed by the Modi government.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with DMK Youth Wing Secretary Udhayanidhi Stalin witnesses Jallikattu a

Govt suppressing farmers and helping handful of businesses: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jan 14, 2021, 02:53 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday warned "those who run rough shod" over Tamil culture.

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Rahul Gandhi in Madurai today, to witness Jallikattu in bid to lend 'moral' support to farmers prote

India | Jan 14, 2021, 08:43 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit Tamil Nadu on Thursday, the Pongal day and witness a bull taming event, 'Jallikattu,' the party's state president K S Alagiri earlier said.

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Rahul Gandhi to return from foreign trip tonight, likely to visit TN for 'Jallikattu' tomorrow

India | Jan 13, 2021, 12:09 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi would lend his moral support to farmers protesting against the new farm laws across the country by witnessing the sport at Avaniapuram in Madurai district.

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'My family, my benefits' first for political dynasts, nation comes second: PM Modi

India | Jan 12, 2021, 08:14 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the ideology of dynastic politics saying it is a disease and terming it the biggest enemy of democracy.

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'Tareekh Pe Tareekh...': Rahul Gandhi's swipe at Modi govt over deadlock on farm laws

India | Jan 08, 2021, 11:43 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi alleged that the government was working as per a planned strategy to deliberately stretch talks with protesting farmer unions.

Why Rahul Gandhi's personal foreign visits are under scrutiny?

Why Rahul Gandhi's personal foreign visits are under scrutiny?

India | Jan 06, 2021, 09:11 PM IST

Ahead of the party's Foundation Day in December, Gandhi went abroad on a personal visit and it was party General Secretary and spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala who announced that he was not in the country.

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Sonia Gandhi, Rahul skip Congress Foundation Day event

India | Dec 28, 2020, 02:48 PM IST

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former party chief Rahul Gandhi on Monday gave the party's 136th Foundation Day event a miss with senior party leader A K Antony unfurling the flag at the AICC headquarters here.

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Congress fields KC Venugopal to counter BJP barbs on Rahul Gandhi’s foreign visit

India | Dec 28, 2020, 02:42 PM IST

According to PTI sources, Rahul Gandhi left for Milan in Italy on a Qatar Airways flight on Sunday morning.

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Rahul Gandhi, on foreign trip, sends message on Congress' 136th foundation day

India | Dec 28, 2020, 11:07 AM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, currently on a foreign visit, on Monday greeted the party workers on the occasion of the Congress' 136th foundation day.  

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Rahul Gandhi leaves for a 'short personal visit' abroad

India | Dec 27, 2020, 10:03 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday left for abroad on a "short personal visit", party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said.

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Some people in Delhi trying to teach me democracy: PM Modi hits back at Rahul Gandhi

India | Dec 26, 2020, 05:36 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hit out at the Congress party saying some people in Delhi are trying to teach him democracy. His statement comes after Rahul Gandhi's remark that democracy in India was now imaginary.

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Blaming Priyanka Gandhi, senior UP Congress leader quits party

India | Dec 25, 2020, 04:10 PM IST

Senior Uttar Pradesh Congress leader and convener of the Brahmin Mahasabha, Pandit Vinod Mishra resigned from the party on Friday. Mishra is a former general secretary of the UP Congress, who also held the charge of Lucknow district during the Raj Babbar tenure.

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Cong steps up attack on Modi govt using farmers' shoulders; 'imaginary democracy', says Rahul Gandhi

India | Dec 25, 2020, 01:31 AM IST

The Congress' team headed by Rahul Gandhi handed over a memorandum signed by 'two crore farmers' against the farm laws.

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BJP challenges Rahul Gandhi for debate: What Congress did for farmers' welfare?

India | Dec 24, 2020, 07:37 PM IST

The BJP on Thursday challenged Rahul Gandhi for an open debate on what the Congress did for farmers' welfare when in power and what the Modi government has done for them, as it rejected his allegations against the Centre as "baseless and illogical".

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'No democracy left in India': Rahul Gandhi after meeting Prez demanding farm laws withdrawal

India | Dec 24, 2020, 02:13 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded from the Modi government to convene a special session of the Parliament and withdraw the three farm laws.

When will India's turn come: Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi on COVID-19 vaccinations

When will India's turn come: Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi on COVID-19 vaccinations

India | Dec 23, 2020, 12:26 PM IST

In a Twitter post, the former Congress president also shared a 'Covid vaccinations' chart showing China ahead followed by the United States, United Kingdom and Russia.

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Ahead of internal elections, Congress could rejig several state units

Politics | Dec 21, 2020, 05:00 PM IST

In Bihar, where Congress emerged as the weak link in the grand alliance, the Congress could also give the responsibility to a new face.

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At Congress big meet, Kamal Nath makes old vs new reference - Here's what Rahul Gandhi responded

India | Dec 20, 2020, 10:42 AM IST

Leaders like Randeep Singh Surjewala, KC Venugopal and Rajeev Sattav who are considered to be close confidantes of former Congress president were not a part of the meeting. 

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Rahul Gandhi hints at 'comeback' as Congress chief amidst solidarity exercise in party

India | Dec 20, 2020, 08:48 AM IST

After several months due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Sonia called a meeting of top leaders of the party in which seven leaders of the disgruntled faction also attended. A total of 19 leaders including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi were present.

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