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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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Ready to take over as Congress president, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Sep 12, 2017, 02:10 PM IST

Speaking about the reason for his party's debacle in previous elections, Rahul said that his party had around 2012 ‘stopped having conversations with people’ and thus it caused problem for it in the 2014 general elections.

Rahul Gandhi

Modi's policies caused 'tremendous damage' to Indian economy: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Sep 12, 2017, 02:09 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi said demonetisation and the hastily implemented GST caused "tremendous damage to the Indian economy"

Rahul Gandhi

Modi regime not concerned about public healthcare: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Sep 09, 2017, 08:27 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi said that the UPA regime had always focused on increasing the amount of money for health care.

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi blasts Modi government for sharp spike in farmers’ suicides

Politics | Sep 08, 2017, 04:26 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi tried to took credit of farm loan waivers in UP and Maharashtra, saying ‘it was the outcome of the pressure from the Congress’.

The leaders met Congress VP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday

Rebellion in Bihar’s Congress unit? Report says 19 of its 27 MLAs want split with RJD

Politics | Sep 08, 2017, 11:53 AM IST

The MLAs have told Rahul Gandhi that Congress had been unable to perform well in the state as Lalu kept the Muslim-Yadav constituencies with his party and remained critical of the upper castes

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi meets Bihar Congress MLAs amid fears of split in state unit

Politics | Sep 06, 2017, 09:59 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi today met Bihar Congress MLAs amid fears of a rebellion in party's unit

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi targeted PM Modi over Gauri

‘Modi a skilled Hindutva politician’: Rahul targets PM over Gauri Lankesh killing

Politics | Sep 06, 2017, 02:18 PM IST

BJP termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's comments against PM Modi as 'shameful'

File pic of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi

Will PM Modi own up demonetisation failure, loss of lives, asks Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Nov 03, 2017, 03:04 PM IST

According to RBI, Rs 15.44 lakh crore of notes taken out of circulation, Rs 15.28 lakh crore, or almost 99 pc, had returned to the system by way of deposits by the public.

Rahul Gandhi

SC judgement on right to privacy a rejection of BJP's ideology: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 24, 2017, 02:28 PM IST

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court held that the right to privacy is a fundamental right and is an integral part of the right to life and liberty.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

Dent to Lalu Yadav’s ‘show of strength’ as Sonia, Rahul and Mayawati pull out of anti-BJP rally

Politics | Aug 23, 2017, 09:50 PM IST

The rally suffered successive setbacks on Tuesday as Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi expressed their inability to attend the rally

Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Gorakhpur on Saturday

Gorakhpur deaths 'govt-made tragedy', CM should not cover up: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 19, 2017, 07:55 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi today met some bereaved families of children who died at the Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College last week and expressed his sympathies.

Yogi Adityanath

Will not permit Gorakhpur to become picnic spot, Yogi Adityanath warns Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 19, 2017, 02:33 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi is visiting BRD hospital in Gorakhpur today. More than 70 infants have died in this state-run hospital since August 7 allegedly due to disruption of oxygen supply – a claim the state government has dismissed.

Rahul Gandhi

Watch: ‘Indira Canteen’ is ‘Amma Canteen’, says Rahul Gandhi, and other errors in Bengaluru speech

Politics | Aug 16, 2017, 05:21 PM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched the Karnataka government's subsidised food canteens 'Indira Canteen' in Bengaluru.

Rahul Gandhi

‘Narendra Modi should start acting and operating like a PM’: Rahul Gandhi blasts govt on Kashmir

India | Aug 16, 2017, 05:23 PM IST

Rahul, who was in Bengaluru to inaugurate the party’s initiative to launch ‘Indira canteens’ that promise to offer lunch and dinner to poor people at subsidised rates, asked Narendra Modi to ‘start acting and operating like a Prime Minister’.

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi inaugurates ‘Indira Canteen’ in Bengaluru , free meal on day one

India | Aug 16, 2017, 01:49 PM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will inaugurate the first canteen on Kanakanapalya Main Road in Jayanagar. He is also scheduled to address a public rally after inaugurating the Indira Canteen.

Rahul Gandhi

‘Modi govt making hollow and false promises’: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 12, 2017, 09:26 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Modi government over farmer and unemployment issues, accusing it of making "hollow" and "false" promises".

Rajnath Singh said that Rahul Gandhi refused to follow

Why no security for Rahul during foreign trips? Rajnath to Congress on Gujarat stone-pelting

Politics | Aug 08, 2017, 12:56 PM IST

The Home minister said the nation as well as the House want to know what Rahul Gandhi wants to hide by not taking SPG protection along, when he left India on six occasions totalling 72 days

'Rahul Gandhi missing' posters come up in Amethi

'Rahul Gandhi missing' posters come up in Amethi

Politics | Aug 08, 2017, 05:03 PM IST

Gandhi has not visited his parliamentary constituency for six months now, leading to anger and disappointment among the voters, people in Amethi said

Congress VP Rahul Gandhi

Chandigarh stalking case: BJP govt must punish the guilty, not collude with them, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 06, 2017, 09:59 PM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today condemned the Chandigarh stalking incident and urged the BJP government to "punish the guilty."

P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram hits out at BJP for not condemning attack on Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 05, 2017, 06:21 PM IST

Rahul faced protests in the flood-hit Gujarat district yesterday and a cement brick was hurled at his car, breaking its window panes.

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