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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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Former President Pranab Mukherjee

Pranab Mukherjee to attend Congress' Iftar party

India | Jun 12, 2018, 08:01 AM IST

The grand old party's last Iftar was hosted by then Congress President Sonia Gandhi in 2015. ​

Congress President Rahul Gandhi met former Prime Minister

Congress President Rahul Gandhi visits Atal Bihari Vajpayee at Delhi's AIIMS

India | Aug 16, 2018, 12:10 PM IST

Vajpayee was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS for a routine check-up on Monday morning at 10 am.

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Rahul Gandhi's speech on origins of Coca Cola, McDonald's: Here's how Twitterati react with jokes

India | Jun 11, 2018, 07:05 PM IST

“Coca-Cola wala America mein shikanji bechta tha”, “McDonald’s wala dhaba chalata tha”, Gandhi said addressing the OBC national convention of the party at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi.

Opposition will unite in six months to a year says Rahul

India cannot be run by three people, opposition will unite in six months to a year: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 11, 2018, 05:31 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will soon see the strength of India, said Rahul Gandhi.

Rahul Gandhi

‘Coca-Cola founder sold shikanji in America, McDonald’s owner ran dhaba’: Rahul Gandhi at OBC meet

India | Jun 11, 2018, 06:28 PM IST

“Coca-Cola wala America mein shikanji bechta tha”, “McDonald’s wala dhaba chalata tha”, Gandhi said addressing the OBC national convention of the party at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi.

Can the Grand Alliance stop the Modi Wave in 2019 Lok Sabha

Opinion: The Road to 2019

Jun 11, 2018, 03:25 PM IST

The ABP-CSDS Group opinion poll has predicted that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by PM Modi will get around 274 seats (while in 2014 it got 336 seats and the BJP alone got 282) while that of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will get around 164 seats. This clearly indicates that NDA will get a second term and for Congress, it’s a distant dream to make a government at the Centre.

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Country has no dearth of skilled people but they aren't given attention: Rahul Gandhi

India | Jun 11, 2018, 02:29 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi's speech at the Talkatora Stadium at 11 a.m. is aimed to woo the Other Backward Classes in the country ahead of the 2019 General Elections.

Rahul Gandhi, Congress, Iftar

Delhi: Congress to host Iftar party on June 13

India | Jun 11, 2018, 06:46 AM IST

The party's last Iftar was hosted by then Congress President Sonia Gandhi in 2015.

BJP President Amit Shah

Shah attacks Rahul over Congress' poor track record, eyes 65 seats in Chhattisgarh assembly polls

Politics | Jun 10, 2018, 04:51 PM IST

Sounding the bugle for the year-end elections in Chhattisgarh, Shah questioned Gandhi for seeking an account of the work done by the BJP-led government at the Centre in the last four years.

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RSS defamation case: Congress President Rahul Gandhi to appear in Thane court on June 12

India | Jun 09, 2018, 09:24 PM IST

Rahul will appear in connection with the RSS defemation case, days after former President and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee attended a Sangh event in Nagpur

Rahul Gandhi

After two years gap, Congress to hold Iftar next week; Rahul to play host

India | Jun 09, 2018, 07:04 PM IST

For Rahul Gandhi this will be the first occasion to host an Iftar since he took charge as the Congress chief

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has hit back strongly

'How much does he know': Jaitley trashes Rahul Gandhi's allegations against Modi government

India | Jun 06, 2018, 11:25 PM IST

In an article, posted on his Facebook page titled 'How much does he know', Jaitley said; "Every time I listen to the view of Shri Rahul Gandhi, both inside and outside Parliament, I ask myself the same question – How much does he know? When will he know?

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Rahul Gandhi in Mandsaur: ‘Loan of MP farmers will be waived within 10 days if Cong comes to power’

India | Jun 06, 2018, 05:57 PM IST

Rahul slammed the central and state government over the plight of the agriculturists and asserted that the decision to waive off farmers’ loan will not get stretched to even the 11th day.

Rahul Gandhi in Mandsaur

Rahul Gandhi in Mandsaur: 'Forget Rs 15 lakh, PM Modi has not given even Rs 5 to anyone'

Politics | Jun 06, 2018, 05:47 PM IST

PM Modi has betrayed the youth of the country. Forget Rs 15 lakh, PM Modi has not given even Rs 5 to anyone, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a rally in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh.

 
The Congress chief also tagged a video of Modi's

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of giving scripted answers: 'Good he doesn't take real questions'

India | Jun 04, 2018, 07:25 PM IST

After Modi answered a question in Hindi, the interpreter started reading from a piece of paper, prompting speculation that the script may be "pre-planned".

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Rahul Gandhi supports farmers' nationwide protest, to address rally in Mandsaur on June 6

India | Jun 02, 2018, 05:54 PM IST

The Congress president took to twitter to announce that he would address the farmers’ rally to support their ongoing nationwide protest and highlight the agrarian issues in the country.

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Parties should learn valuable lessons from victories and defeats: Rahul Gandhi on bypoll results

Elections | May 31, 2018, 10:44 PM IST

"Congratulations to all the winners in the by polls, across India. Valuable lessons to be learnt from the victories and defeats for all parties. I want to thank all the workers and leaders of the Congress party for their hard work and dedication in these elections. God bless you all," he said on Twitter.   

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If one paisa cut in fuel prices is PM Modi's 'prank', it is ‘childish and in poor taste’: Rahul Gandhi

India | May 30, 2018, 04:24 PM IST

The Congress president said the one paisa cut in petrol rates was not a "suitable response" to the fuel challenge he threw to the prime minister a few days ago.

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