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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 will remain Congress President: Surjewala

Rahul Gandhi will remain Congress President; core committee dissolved

India | Jun 12, 2019, 04:14 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi will remain the Congress President, the party said on Wednesday, adding that the Congress Core Committee had been dissolved after the rout in the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi 

Uttar Pradesh CM behaving foolishly: Rahul Gandhi goes tough on arrest of Kanojia, others

India | Jun 11, 2019, 12:20 PM IST

Gandhi also claimed that if every journalist who files a false report or peddles fake, vicious RSS/BJP sponsored propaganda about him is put in jail, most newspapers or news channels would face a severe staff shortage.

Punjab minister Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi, apprises him of

Days after tussle with Punjab CM Amarinder Singh, Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi; hands him a 'letter'

India | Jun 10, 2019, 12:50 PM IST

The cricketer-turned-politician also posted a picture in which he has seen along with Rahul Gandhi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and senior leader Ahmed Patel.

Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

Bihar Congress passes resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to continue as party chief

India | Jun 09, 2019, 10:49 PM IST

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) on Sunday passed a unanimous resolution requesting Rahul Gandhi to continue as Congress president.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi picks holes in PM's 'Kerala dear to me' remark, accuses him of bias

India | Jun 09, 2019, 02:51 PM IST

In his speech, thanking the voters of the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency for electing him, Rahul Gandhi claimed that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was blinded by "hatred and anger" and viewed those not following the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideology as not Indians, while vowing to fight it.

The Facebook post said Rajamma was a nurse at the Holy

Rahul Gandhi meets his delivery nurse; the lady who cuddled him even before Rajiv, Sonia Gandhi

India | Jun 09, 2019, 05:59 PM IST

It was a special moment for 72-year-old Rajamma Vavathil, a retired nurse, when Congress president Rahul Gandhi hugged and held her hand here on Sunday, 49 years after she took him in her hands as a newborn at a Delhi hospital.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi meets various delegations

Modi won Lok Sabha polls by lying: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 08, 2019, 05:58 PM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi said here on Saturday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Lok Sabha elections by telling lies.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, 

Rahul Gandhi meets delegations, receives complaints at Wayanad Collectorate

India | Jun 08, 2019, 12:15 PM IST

Representatives of farmers, tribals and other marginalised sections of the high-range constituency were among those who visited and appraised him about their issues.

Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad

People brave heavy rain as they welcome Rahul to Wayanad

India | Jun 07, 2019, 07:34 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad in recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections

Aslam Sher Khan

Main bhi president: Former Olympian writes to Rahul Gandhi, offers to be Congress chief

India | Jun 07, 2019, 06:42 PM IST

Aslam Sher Khan, former hockey player and former Congress MP, said that he can be Congress president for a fixed term of 2 years

The Congress president arrived at Kozhikode airport around

Rahul Gandhi arrives in Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency on three-day thanksgiving visit

India | Jun 07, 2019, 04:05 PM IST

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad by a margin of over 4.31 lakh votes, a state record, even as he lost Congress stronghold Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to BJP's Smriti Irani.

Aligarh minor murder

Aligarh two-year-old murder case: Rahul, Priyanka tweet for justice; probe under SIT

India | Jun 07, 2019, 01:49 PM IST

The mutilated body of the minor was discovered after a pack of stray dogs had been spotted carrying what appeared to be human body parts.

Congress party

Congress mulls proposal for two working presidents; new set-up likely before Budget session of Parliament

India | Jun 07, 2019, 10:16 AM IST

The party had earlier considered a proposal for three working presidents, one each from the north, south and eastern India, and perhaps a fourth from western India.

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi to visit Wayanad today, first time after winning Lok Sabha election

India | Jun 07, 2019, 09:19 AM IST

Congress President Rahul Gandhi will pay a two-day visit to Wayanad in Kerala, his Parliamentary constituency, today. he will visit to thank the voters of Wayanad who made him win the 2019 Lok Sabha election from the seat.

Robert Vadra 

ED confronts Vadra with voluminous statements, documents in money laundering case

India | Jun 04, 2019, 08:20 PM IST

The ED Tuesday confronted Robert Vadra with multiple statements of people reportedly known to him and voluminous paper evidences gathered over the time, as he appeared before it in connection with a money laundering case linked to purchase of alleged illegal assets abroad, officials said.

In an RTI application, the ministry was asked to provide a

Home ministry refuses to share details on notice to Rahul Gandhi on complaint questioning citizenship

India | Jun 04, 2019, 02:53 PM IST

In April, the Home Ministry served a notice to Gandhi, asking him to clarify within a fortnight his "factual position" on a complaint by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy questioning his citizenship status.

Raj Babbar reveals that loss of Amethi seat has pained

Amethi not just constituency but family for Rahul, loss has affected him: Raj Babbar

India | Jun 03, 2019, 01:22 PM IST

In his first interview after the election results, Raj Babbar said Gandhi considered Amethi not just as his parliamentary constituency, but his family.

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi 

Sonia Gandhi praises Rahul for 'valiant, relentless' Lok Sabha campaign

India | Jun 01, 2019, 03:51 PM IST

United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Saturday praised Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his "valiant and relentless" campaign in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, saying he toiled night and day for the party, demonstrated his "fearless leadership" and took on the Narendra Modi government head on.

Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi

Congress reviewing defeat of Rahul Gandhi in Amethi

India | Jun 01, 2019, 01:49 PM IST

UP Congress Committee member Rajiv Singh said, "The review will take place even at village level. The members of the review team will hold meetings with heads of blocks and panchayat."

Congress will be a strong opposition under Sonia Gandhi:

Congress will be a strong opposition under Sonia Gandhi: Rahul

India | Jun 01, 2019, 01:43 PM IST

His remarks came soon after Sonia Gandhi was elected as CPP leader unanimously as the newly-elected Lok Sabha members of the party elected her to the post once again during their first meeting on Saturday.

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