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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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Post alliance, Congress, SP now quibble over seats in

Post alliance, Congress, SP now quibble over seats in Rahul, Sonia's turfs

Politics | Jan 27, 2017, 11:24 AM IST

Congress and Samajwadi Party are haggling over seats in Rae Bareli and Amethi, the parliamentary turf of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul respectively.

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Congress poster prophesises Rahul Gandhi as next prime minister

Politics | Jan 25, 2017, 06:20 PM IST

Every election political parties come up with fresh slogans and unique ideas to garner support for their leaders. The upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh seems no different. And the poll-strategists often draw their ideas

File pic - Writer-historian Ramachandra Guha

Congress can't be revived as major national party anymore, says author Ramachandra Guha

Politics | Jan 24, 2017, 03:18 PM IST

The upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls is an opportunity for the Congress party to revive its lost fortune. From state-wide yatra by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and joining hands with the ruling Samajwadi Party, the party is leaving no st

File photo - Robert Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

As Priyanka draws praise for SP-Cong pact, husband Robert Vadra hails Rahul as ‘dynamic’ leader

Politics | Jan 24, 2017, 01:57 PM IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra today hailed party’s vice-present Rahul Gandhi and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav as ‘two young and dynamic leaders’.

After SP-Congress pact signed, Rahul and Akhilesh might woo

Akhilesh, Rahul to kick off joint SP-Congress campaign in UP: Report

Politics | Jan 24, 2017, 09:04 AM IST

it is now expected that UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will try to woo voters together.

SP, Congress fail to reach consensus over seats, end

UP polls: SP, Congress fail to reach consensus over seats, dilute prospect of alliance

Politics | Jan 21, 2017, 09:12 PM IST

The much talked about alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Indian National Congress for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections seems to have doomed even before it properly saw the light of the day. Failing

After Rahul’s display of torn kurta at rally, BJP workers

After Rahul’s display of torn kurta at rally, BJP workers send him a new one

Politics | Jan 19, 2017, 12:30 PM IST

Three days ago, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi used his torn kurta to make a political point. He said that it didn’t matter to him that his kurta was torn, an attempt to put across his connect with India’s ‘poor’.

Rahul Gandhi, Twitter, Narendra Modi, Demand Draft

Man sends Rs 100 to Rahul Gandhi for fixing his ‘torn kurta’; Twitter explodes with hilarious reactions

Politics | Jan 18, 2017, 09:58 PM IST

In an act of generosity from a man in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, a demand draft of Rs 100 has been sent to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi with an appeal to get his torn kurta stitched.

BJP, Rahul Gandhi, Congress, Election Commission

‘Dear BJP, daro mat’: When Rahul Gandhi took a jibe at saffron party after EC complaint

Politics | Jan 17, 2017, 10:57 PM IST

The vice-president of the Indian National Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, today took a jibe at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the saffron party lodged a complaint against him for violating the model code of conduct

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of undermining RBI's autonomy

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of undermining RBI's autonomy

Politics | Jan 16, 2017, 11:39 PM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with undermining the autonomy of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The Gandhi scion said the central bank was not given due importance while

Gandhi ji, Tricolour, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi

Gandhi ji took three bullets for Tricolour, Modi removed his picture: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 16, 2017, 04:24 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said even Lord Ram would now come wearing a Modi mask in Ramleela.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, Congress, Rahul Gandhi

Sidhu formally joins Congress after meeting with Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 15, 2017, 01:23 PM IST

Former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu today formally joined Congress after a meeting with party vice-president Rahul Gandhi here.

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‘Hitler and Mussolini were also very powerful brands’: Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at Anil Vij

Politics | Jan 14, 2017, 07:04 PM IST

Taking strong exception to Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij’s statement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a better brand than Mahatma Gandhi, Congress vice-president Rahul today reminded him that even Hitler and Mussolini were powerful brands

Rahul Gandhi waves during his address at the party's Jan

Rahul Gandhi's 'hand' remark: BJP moves EC, seeks Congress poll symbol cancelled

Politics | Jan 14, 2017, 12:36 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit here has moved the state Election Commission against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi following his claims of seeing the Congress party’s election symbol in the photos of gods and saints.

Smriti Irani

Rahul Gandhi’s comments against PM Modi reflect his worry, says Smriti Irani

Politics | Jan 12, 2017, 07:15 PM IST

Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani today blasted Rahul Gandhi for his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that the Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is worried over the prime minister’s growing popularity.

Rahul Gandhi Smriti Irani

2G, Coal, CWG, Agusta - Your definition of competence: Irani responds to Rahul 's jab at PM Modi

Politics | Jan 12, 2017, 05:13 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a vigorous attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of being 'incompetent'. However, Rahul's dig has not gone down well with Union Minister for Textiles Smriti Irani who

Rahul Gandhi

RSS hits back at ‘mentally unstable’ Rahul Gandhi, says he has lowest IQ in Nehru-Gandhi family

Politics | Jan 12, 2017, 04:23 PM IST

A day after Rahul Gandhi accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of destroying the core spirit of India, the RSS today hit back at the Congress vice-president by saying that he was mentally unstable.

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BJP mocks Rahul Gandhi for his remarks against ‘demonetisation’, calls him a 'part time politician'

Politics | Jan 11, 2017, 07:08 PM IST

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today mocked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his criticism of ‘demonetisation’ and dubbed him a "part time politician".

Rahul Gandhi, mitron, Narendra Modi, Bachchan

Watch: Rahul mocks Modi with ‘mitron’ reference, says note ban announcement came across as a Bachchan ‘dialogue’

Politics | Jan 11, 2017, 06:41 PM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over demonetisation, making a reference to the PM’s famous mitron catchphrase.

BJP, ideology, Rahul Gandhi, Congress

BJP believes in ideology of fear, we spread message of fearlessness: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 11, 2017, 06:10 PM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the BJP of spreading fear wherever it is in power in the country.

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