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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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Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi today

Politics | Aug 31, 2016, 06:59 AM IST

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will be visiting his constituency Amethi in Uttar Pradesh today and will be there till September 2. Rahul Gandhi tweeted on his official account: "Will be in Amethi from 31st Aug-2nd

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UP polls: Rahul Gandhi's 2,500km roadshow to focus on plight of farmers

Politics | Aug 30, 2016, 06:08 PM IST

The Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is all set to launch his mega roadshow in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh from September 6.

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National Herald Case: Notice issued to Sonia, Rahul by Delhi court on Swamy’s plea

Politics | Aug 27, 2016, 05:06 PM IST

A notice has been issued to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi and others accused in the National Herald case by a Delhi Court. The court also asked the congress and Associated

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‘Coward’ Rahul Gandhi must quit politics to save Congress: Subramanian Swamy

Politics | Aug 26, 2016, 06:37 PM IST

Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy today blasted Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his frequent U-turns on issues of national importance and advised him to quit politics to save the future of his party.

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'Which words do you stand by?' RSS taunts Rahul Gandhi; asks him to apologise

Politics | Aug 26, 2016, 06:06 PM IST

The Rasthriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) today demanded clarification from Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on his comment about the organisation’s involvement in the murder of Mahatma Gandhi. Taking on the Congress VP on major social

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RSS seeks clarification from Rahul over his remark on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination

Politics | Aug 26, 2016, 02:28 PM IST

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) today questioned Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his remark of standing by every word he said about the outfit’s role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Stand by every word I said: Rahul Gandhi on blaming RSS for Mahatma Gandhi’s murder

Politics | Aug 25, 2016, 05:35 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday dismissed suggestions that he had made a U-turn on RSS role in killing Mahatma and insisted that he stood by every single word said by him.

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RSS didn’t kill the Mahatma, says Rahul Gandhi; Twitter goes crazy on Congress VP’s U-turn

Politics | Aug 24, 2016, 09:35 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday became the butt of all jokes on Twitter after he told the Supreme Court that he never blamed the RSS as an institution for the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi

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Are Dalits and backwards not nationalists, Rahul Gandhi asks PM Modi

Politics | Aug 24, 2016, 06:01 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today asked PM Modi to explain if ‘Dalits’ and ‘backwards’ were not nationalists in his eyes.

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Never blamed RSS, as an institution, for Mahatma Gandhi’s killing: Rahul Gandhi tells SC

Politics | Aug 24, 2016, 03:48 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today told the Supreme Court that he never blamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as an institution, for assasination of Mahatma Gandhi.

What happened when Rahul Gandhi was ‘ragged’ in his

What happened when Rahul Gandhi was ‘ragged’ in his high school

Politics | Aug 22, 2016, 10:53 AM IST

While many of us have experienced ragging in our school or college life, it is hard to believe that even a member of the Gandhi family, India’s most powerful political family, could not escape it.

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Congress VP Rahul Gandhi recounts his 'short-lived singing career'

Politics | Aug 21, 2016, 12:05 AM IST

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today revisited his short effort at singing during his high school days and hoped it would be the last time he will sing in public. Gandhi began his speech at

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Rahul Gandhi tweets a prayer for PM Modi in response to his ‘BJP faced more adversity’ remark

Politics | Aug 19, 2016, 05:44 PM IST

Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remark that BJP faced more adversity in independent India compared to what Congress faced during British rule, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today tweeted a prayer for him.

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Freedom can never be for the few: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 15, 2016, 01:09 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that “freedom can never be for the few” and asked Indians to aspire for a country where ideas are not "crushed violently" by the forces of hate and mediocrity.

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Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM, says ‘No govt of Modi, by Modi, for Modi’

Politics | Aug 13, 2016, 04:45 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the Supreme Court pulled up central governmenton the issue of appointment of judges on Friday.

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News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

India | Aug 06, 2016, 08:09 PM IST

News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

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Rahul Gandhi summoned by Assam Court in defamation case filed by RSS

Politics | Aug 06, 2016, 04:42 PM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was today summoned by an Assam court in connection with a defamation case for his alleged remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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Sonia Gandhi stable, recovering well: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Politics | Aug 03, 2016, 07:49 AM IST

Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who had to cut short her visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi after she was taken ill, returned here late yesterday night and was taken to the Army's Research and Referral Hospital.

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Sacrificing ‘scapegoat’ Anandiben won’t save BJP: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 02, 2016, 12:07 PM IST

Reacting to the resignation offer of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that the BJP was making Anandiben a scapegoat but sacrificing her will not save the party in the state.

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‘Akhilesh theek ladka hai’, feels Rahul Gandhi; Samajwadi Party seeks apology

Politics | Jul 30, 2016, 11:51 AM IST

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi feels that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is a ‘well-meaning’ boy, but he couldn’t deliver much during his chief ministership because of ‘goondagardi’ (hooliganism) in the party. “Akhilesh theek

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