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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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Meenakshi Lekhi

‘Nehru family to blame for mess in J&K’: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi for questioning PM Modi's Kashmir policy

Politics | Jul 13, 2017, 09:23 AM IST

Calling Rahul Gandhi an immature person, BJP Spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said that the Congress vice president was not aware of the history of his own family.

Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi on Amarnath Yatra attack

‘Modi’s policies have created space for terrorists in Kashmir’: Rahul Gandhi on Amarnath Yatra attack

Politics | Jul 12, 2017, 04:12 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi today targeted the BJP-led government at the Centre saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "policies have created space for terrorists in Kashmir."

Nitish Kumar

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi thank Nitish Kumar for supporting opposition’s VP candidate

Politics | Jul 12, 2017, 02:35 PM IST

Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the unanimous choice of 18 opposition parties for vice president, also called Nitish Kumar to express his thanks.

Sonia Gandhi

Attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims 'crime against humanity', says Sonia Gandhi

Politics | Jul 11, 2017, 07:21 AM IST

Demanding decisive action against the perpetrators of the attack, Sonia Gandhi said that the government should order a thorough probe into any security lapses.

Congress today confirmed Rahul Gandhi's meeting with

After flip-flop, Congress finally confirms Rahul Gandhi's meeting with Chinese envoy

Politics | Jul 10, 2017, 04:03 PM IST

While the Congress has vehemently denied that the meeting ever took place, the Chinese embassy first issued a short press release stating that the meeting did happen on July 8, but then removed it shortly after

Congress denies Rahul Gandhi meeting Chinese envoy

Congress denies Rahul Gandhi meeting Chinese envoy

India | Jul 10, 2017, 12:01 PM IST

The Congreess on Monday denied media reports as "fake news" that its Vice President Rahul Gandhi met a Chinese envoy here amid the China-India border stand off at Doklam in Sikkim.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi questions PM Modi’s ‘silence’ on China

Politics | Jul 07, 2017, 05:08 PM IST

India and China have been engaged in a standoff in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan trijunction for the past 19 days after a Chinese Army's construction party came to build a road.

File pic of Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gandhi

Rahul seeks to mollify miffed Nitish, tells Cong leaders ‘not to criticise Bihar CM’

Politics | Jul 06, 2017, 07:12 PM IST

Rahul was absent when the Congress-JD(U) spat broke out. The sparring began after Azad attacked Kumar for breaking ranks with the opposition and supporting NDA's presidential pick Ram Nath Kovind.

Rahul calls PM Modi 'weak' for accepting US use of

‘India has a weak PM’: Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi for accepting US use of ‘India-administered Kashmir’

Politics | Jul 05, 2017, 02:52 PM IST

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “a weak PM”, for accepting the term ‘India-administered Kashmir’ used by the US

File pic of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi

UP Congress leader Vinay Pradhan, who called Rahul Gandhi 'Pappu', expelled for 6 years

Politics | Jul 02, 2017, 06:42 AM IST

Last month, Pradhan was suspended from all party posts after he allegedly called Rahul Gandhi ‘ Pappu’ on the party's WhatsApp group.

File pic of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

National Herald case: Court asks Sonia, Rahul to reply on Subramanian Swamy's plea

Politics | Jul 01, 2017, 06:15 PM IST

The Gandhis and the other accused -- AICC members Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes and Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda -- have denied the allegations levelled against them.

GST being executed by an incompetent, insensitive govt,

Like demonetisation, GST being executed by incompetent, insensitive govt: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 30, 2017, 06:05 PM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today dubbed the implementation of GST as a "tamasha", saying that just like demonetisation, the tax reform is being executed by an "incompetent and insensitive" government.

PM Modi remarks against cow vigilantism publicity stunt:

PM Modi remarks against cow vigilantism publicity stunt: Congress

Politics | Jun 29, 2017, 09:16 PM IST

Ghulam Nabi Azad dubbed Modi's remarks as "yet another publicity stunt" which had "no meaning".

Rahul Gandhi

Meira Kumar represents values that bind us as a nation, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 28, 2017, 12:34 PM IST

"Against the ideology of divisiveness, she represents the values that bind us as a nation and a people. Proud to have @meira_kumar ji as our candidate," Rahul Gandhi tweeted.

File pic of Deputy SP Md Ayub Pandit

Police officer's lynching 'marks new low' in J&K: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 23, 2017, 04:13 PM IST

The slain officer belonged to Khanyar area in Srinagar's Old City. Khanyar is adjacent to the Jamia Masjid where he was killed.

PM Modi greets Rahul Gandhi on birthday

'Pray for his long and healthy life': PM Modi greets Rahul Gandhi on birthday

Politics | Jun 19, 2017, 01:17 PM IST

PM Modi today greeted Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on his 47th birthday.

Congress leader sacked for referring to Rahul Gandhi as

Congress leader sacked for referring to Rahul Gandhi as ‘Pappu’ on WhatsApp

Politics | Jun 14, 2017, 02:07 PM IST

Congress' Meerut district president Vinay Pradhan has been removed from all party posts.

Rahul Gandhi to travel abroad to spend time with grandmother

Rahul Gandhi tweets vacation plan, to travel abroad to spend time with grandmother

Politics | Jun 13, 2017, 04:41 PM IST

Taking a break from politics, Congress vice-president will be taking a short vacation ahead of the Parliament Monsoon session set begin from July 12

File pic of Rahul Gandhi

‘Sadak ka goonda’ row: No politician should comment against Army Chief, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 12, 2017, 06:57 PM IST

Rahul said that Army serves the country and ‘no politician should comment against the Army Chief’.

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi accuses Modi government muzzling media, says journalists can’t write freely

Politics | Jun 12, 2017, 05:52 PM IST

Rahul said that ‘thousands of journalists were not being allowed to write what they want’. “I meet them and they tell me that they are being silenced.”

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