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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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Time for decisive action, not rhetoric: Congress on Kupwara attack

Politics | Apr 27, 2017, 05:27 PM IST

Speaking in the same vein, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said that the repeated terrorist attacks on army camps are extremely worrying.

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Rahul Gandhi ‘intellectually bankrupt’, Congress not his personal fiefdom: expelled Cong leader Barkha Singh

Politics | Apr 21, 2017, 06:08 PM IST

Lashing out at Rahul, she said, “He doesn’t know difference between Ram and Rahim.”

Congress sacks Delhi leader Barkha Singh for deriding Rahul

Congress sacks Delhi leader Barkha Singh for deriding Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Apr 21, 2017, 10:34 AM IST

The expulsion decision was taken by the disciplinary committee of Delhi Congress, just before the MCD election slated to held on April 23.

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Rahul Gandhi can’t manage party, needs treatment, says Barkha Singh; quits Congress

Politics | Apr 20, 2017, 04:02 PM IST

Addressing the media here today, Barkha lashed out at the top Congress leadership and suggested that party president Sonia Gandhi arrange for ‘treatment’ for her son Rahul.

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Rahul Gandhi visits AIIMS, meets professor on hunger strike

Politics | Apr 20, 2017, 10:02 AM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday night visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and met Prof Joshil Abraham of GB Pant Engineering College who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for the last two weeks.

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Rahul Gandhi 'non-serious' leader, Congress will get 20 seats in 2019: Vishwajit Rane

Politics | Apr 11, 2017, 12:43 PM IST

Former Congress leader Vishwajit Rane, who resigned from the party and the state assembly to join the BJP, has described Rahul Gandhi as a ‘non-serious’ and an ‘inaccessible’ leader.

No place in India for those who disagree with Modi and RSS:

No place in India for those who disagree with Modi and RSS: Rahul Gandhi targets govt on Alwar assault

Politics | Apr 06, 2017, 02:11 PM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked the government to take strict action against those responsible for the brutal and senseless Alwar incident.

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Rahul Gandhi seeks Sitaram Yechury’s support for amendment to GST bill

Politics | Apr 06, 2017, 10:56 AM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday sought support of Left parties on an amendment to be moved by Jairam Ramesh to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill in Rajya Sabha today.

Rahul, Akhilesh differ on CM Yogi Adityanath’s Rs 36K cr

Rahul, Akhilesh differ on CM Yogi Adityanath’s Rs 36K cr farm loan waiver

Politics | Apr 05, 2017, 11:51 AM IST

A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath waived off loans up to Rs 1 lakh of small and marginal farmers in the state, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi termed the move as a “partial relief” but “a step in the right decision”.

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PM Modi disrespectful to farmers, working only for rich: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 31, 2017, 05:03 PM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being “anti-farmer” and only working in the interest of rich people.

‘Rahul Gandhi cabinet’ Digvijaya Singh

‘Rahul Gandhi cabinet’? Digvijaya Singh ‘restructures’ Congress with Twitter goof-up

Politics | Mar 28, 2017, 01:40 PM IST

Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has yet again managed to grab the limelight, and it’s again because of his gaffe on social media.

Take quick decision on AICC restructure: Digvijay Singh to

Take quick decision on AICC restructure: Digvijay Singh to Rahul

Politics | Mar 25, 2017, 09:57 PM IST

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today urged party vice president Rahul Gandhi to decide fast on restructuring the All India Congress Committee.

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Sonia Gandhi returns from US after health check-up

Politics | Mar 25, 2017, 10:27 AM IST

Congress Prresident Sonia Gandhi on Friday returned to India from the United States where she had gone for health check-up.

Yogi Adityanath makes surprise visit to Lok Sabha

In surprise visit to Lok Sabha, Yogi Adityanath takes a jibe at Rahul, Akhilesh

Politics | Mar 21, 2017, 09:53 PM IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath makes surprise visit to Lok Sabha of which he is a member of.

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Rahul Gandhi can go if he can't lead the party: Kerala youth Congress leader

Politics | Mar 21, 2017, 03:31 PM IST

The Congress party’s poor show in subsequent Assembly polls since its 2014 loss in Lok Sabha have severely hit the morale of party workers who have been working tirelessly on the ground to help the party regain some of its lost glory.

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Rahul Gandhi may soon enter Guinness Book of World Records for this ‘epic’ reason

Politics | Mar 21, 2017, 10:46 AM IST

After humiliating defeats in the Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and falling short of gaining majorities in Manipur and Goa, another embarrassment in knocking at doorsteps of the Congress party.

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Congress to introspect over Assembly poll performance after Rahul's return from abroad

Politics | Mar 21, 2017, 07:51 AM IST

The Congress on Monday said that it will introspect over the party’s performance in the recently concluded Assembly elections in five states once Rahul Gandhi returns to India.

Amit Shah

I will never accept the job of advising Rahul Gandhi, says Amit Shah

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 01:28 PM IST

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Friday said that he will “never accept” the job of advising the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

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‘Sonia Gandhi Congress President for namesake, Rahul running party for last 10 years’

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 01:10 PM IST

Taking pot-shot at the electoral acceptability of Rahul Gandhi, union minister Venkaiah Naidu today said that the Congress vice president has been running the party for last 10 years while her mother Sonia Gandhi remained President only for namesake.

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Rahul Gandhi not acting decisively, he gets angry when I repeat this: Digvijaya Singh

Politics | Mar 18, 2017, 08:48 AM IST

Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that it’s time for party vice president Rahul Gandhi to act decisively in order to make a new Congress with a new charter, a new roadmap and a new style of campaigning.

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