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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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Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi's barbs at NDA

Amit Shah hits back at Rahul Gandhi's barbs at NDA Government

Politics | Jul 02, 2016, 11:08 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah today attacked Rahul Gandhi after the Congress Vice President questioned the NDA government's achievements

Priyanka Gandhi

Priyanka Gandhi set to play a bigger role for Congress in UP Assembly polls: Sources

Politics | Jun 28, 2016, 11:26 PM IST

Priyanka Gandhi has agreed to play a bigger role for the party in the upcoming assembly polls in the country’s most populous state Uttar Pradesh, sources said.

File photo of Sheila Dikshit with Congress president Sonia

Sheila Dikshit ‘turns down’ Congress’ offer to be CM face for UP polls: report

Politics | Jun 27, 2016, 03:27 PM IST

Sheila Dikshit is unlikely to be projected as the Congress party's chief ministerial face for the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2017 after the party veteran turned down the offer

Subramanian Swamy

Rahul Gandhi is in London with a ‘special friend’: Subramanian Swamy

Politics | Jun 25, 2016, 06:39 PM IST

Subramanian Swamy, holding forth on various Congress leaders, said that Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is with a "special friend" in London.

Rishi Kapoor in Aap Ki Adalat

I did not raise Nehru-Gandhi family issue to get favours, Rishi Kapoor tells Aap Ki Adalat

Politics | Jun 25, 2016, 07:18 PM IST

Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has said that he did not question the naming of public assets after Gandhi-Nehru family in order to get favours from the Modi government.

Rahul Gandhi tweeted with hashtag #FailedModiDiplomacy

‘#FailedModiDiplomacy’: Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Modi over NSG membership bid

Politics | Jun 25, 2016, 09:26 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday took a took at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after India lost Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) membership bid in Seoul. Rahul Gandhi took it to Twitter

Rahul Gandhi

MP BJP leader announces Rs one lakh reward for locating Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 23, 2016, 07:51 PM IST

Poking fun at Rahul Gandhi's "energising" foreign trips, a Madhya Pradesh BJP leader today announced a reward of Rs one lakh to anyone who locates or provides information about Congress Vice-President, who has left for a short visit abroad.

Rahul Gandhi

‘Don’t come back’, says Twitter as Rahul Gandhi flew off to another mysterious trip

Life | Jun 21, 2016, 05:48 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress VP Rahul Gandhi has been constantly trolled on various social media platforms. Whatever he does or says is closely inspected by users usually to make a joke or two out of it.

Raghuram Rajan

From corporate to politicos, who said what on Raghuram Rajan's exit

Jun 20, 2016, 04:04 PM IST

New Delhi: Ending months of speculation, India's central bank governor Raghuram Rajan on Saturday said he will step down when his term ends in early September. This decision caught many by surprise and also led

Rahul Gandhi

Post birthday, Rahul Gandhi on another sabbatical, says going abroad for a few days

Politics | Jun 20, 2016, 11:37 AM IST

New Delhi: A day after turning 46, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today announced that he will travel out of the country for a "few days". The Congress leader also thanked all who met and

Rahul Gandhi- Narendra Modi

PM Narendra Modi wishes Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his 46th birthday

India | Jun 19, 2016, 10:35 AM IST

New Delhi:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday morning took to Twitter and wished Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on his 46th birthday. The Prime Minister wished Gandhi a long and healthy life. PM tweeted,"Birthday

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Rahul Gandhi not to be made leader of Uttar Pradesh: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Politics | Jun 16, 2016, 09:32 PM IST

Newly-appointed AICC in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the 2017 Assembly elections in UP will be a fight between "secular and communal forces" and dismissed suggestions that Rahul Gandhi will be made leader of the state.

Sonia Gandhi with Rahul

Tough time for Sonia, Rahul Gandhi as Congress faces rebellions in the states

Politics | Jun 14, 2016, 07:19 PM IST

So the Congress party will once again be reduced to 44 seats in the Lok Sabha. The party’s strength had gone up to 45 seats after the victory of its candidate in Ratlam LS by-polls.

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi is carrying 'anti-Sikh' family legacy: Punjab CM

Politics | Jun 14, 2016, 06:57 PM IST

India TV Politics Desk Bhaagsar (Muktsar): Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today launched a scathing attack on Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and accused him of carrying the Nehru-Gandhi family’s notorious legacy of “anti-Punjab

Ghulam Nabi Azad

Not Rahul Gandhi but Congress will have a CM face for UP elections: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Politics | Jun 14, 2016, 12:15 PM IST

The Congress party has made it clear that it will project a CM candidate for UP Assembly elections although the party has clarified that Rahul Gandhi is a national leader and there is no question of him being declared as the CM candidate.

Rahul Gandhi addressed a rally in Jalandhar today

Will end the drug problem within a month of coming to power, say Rahul Gandhi in Punjab

Politics | Jun 13, 2016, 02:52 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today promised to end the drug problem in Punjab within a month if his party is voted to power in assembly elections next year. While speaking at a

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi to lead protest against drugs problem in Punjab

Politics | Jun 13, 2016, 01:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will lead a protest in Punjab's Jalandhar today highlighting drug abuse and the "collapse" of law and order in the state in hopes of building up a strong

Rahul Gandhi

Dual citizenship row: Ethics Committee of Parliament to summon Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 08, 2016, 06:59 PM IST

New Delhi: The Ethics Committee of the Parliament will summon Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over allegations of dual citizenship, Arjun Ram Meghwal, a member of the panel, confirmed the news to India TV.

Jairam Ramesh with Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief, should become de jure: Jairam Ramesh

Politics | Jun 05, 2016, 02:54 PM IST

New Delhi: Asserting that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is virtually leading the party, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh today said that "Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure".

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Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief, he should become de jure: Jairam Ramesh

Politics | Jun 05, 2016, 02:27 PM IST

New Delhi: "Rahul Gandhi is de facto Congress chief but he should become de jure" and make the party battle ready without waiting for anti-incumbency to build up against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior party