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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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Ajit Jogi

Rahul Gandhi effect? Ajit Jogi says Cong working like BJP’s B-team, hints at floating new party

Politics | Jun 02, 2016, 07:24 PM IST

Congress leader and former chief minister of Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi today came down hard on the functioning of the Congress party in the state and even went on to liken the party as the BJP’s B-team.

Smriti Irani

Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as Congress president to bring ‘achche din’ for BJP: Smriti Irani

Politics | Jun 02, 2016, 12:14 PM IST

New Delhi: Amidst renewed speculation about elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the Congress president, HRD Minister Smriti Irani has said that any such development will be the ‘achche din’ for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Congress president Sonia Gandhi with party VP Rahul Gandhi

Is Congress unsure of Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress president?

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

New Delhi: Faced with voices of dissent within the party and rising calls for a shuffle in ranks, the Congress party now looks set to elevate vice-president Rahul Gandhi to the post of party president. According to sources, Rahul’s elevation could co

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi to become party chief at 'Appropriate Time': Kumari Selja

Politics | May 29, 2016, 08:47 AM IST

Jaipur: Expressing confidence in the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, former Union minister Kumari Selja on Saturday said that he would become the party chief at "appropriate time", while rejecting the "misconception" of the party being

Rahul Gandhi

Government busy in celebration, farmers committing suicide: Rahul Gandhi

India | May 29, 2016, 06:49 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying his government was busy in “celebrating its two years in power” while the farmers of the country are

Rahul Gandhi

Faux Pas: Police ‘verify’ Rahul Gandhi as a driver and a resident of Indirapuram

Politics | May 27, 2016, 01:09 PM IST

Does Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi live in Indirapuram locality of Ghaziabad? Obviously not. However in a bizarre incident, the local police have ended up verifying his address as a servant or a driver.

Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

'Swear unqualified allegiance' to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi: Cong MLAs sign undertaking in Bengal

Politics | May 25, 2016, 05:49 PM IST

Kolkata: In the aftermath of the Congress'unmitigated rout in the recent assembly elections, the inner discontent have come to the fore with party leaders suggesting major surgery ( cosmetic or cardiac) to save the grand

We will introspect, Cong said post-defeat

‘Congress Mukta Bharat’ becoming a reality; party shrinks to 6 pc of India, lost 6 states since 2014 LS polls

Politics | May 20, 2016, 05:15 PM IST

The results of polls in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu showed that decline of Congress since the Lok Sabha elections has not ebbed. When the Congress got a drubbing in the Lok Sabha in 2014, it had ruled in 13 states. But now it is down to

Rahul Gandhi

After poor show in Assembly polls, Congress hints at Rahul Gandhi's elevation

Politics | May 20, 2016, 09:12 AM IST

Suffering a debacle in the current round of Assembly elections, Congress hinted that party vice-president Rahul Gandhi could be elevated as party president.

Rahul Gandhi

Congress loses more ground, faces tough task for 2019 polls

Politics | May 20, 2016, 08:59 AM IST

The defeat in assembly polls to four major states on Thursday has come as a big disappointment to Congress and a dampener to its ambitions to replace the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The results could delay elevation of Congr

Narendra Modi - Rahul Gandhi

Assembly poll results: BJP expands footprint but big question mark over Rahul Gandhi’s leadership

Politics | May 19, 2016, 06:36 PM IST

The results of 5 state Assemblies have come as a rude shock to Indian National Congress, the grand old party of India.

Rahul Gandhi

Will work harder till we win the confidence of people, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | May 19, 2016, 01:07 PM IST

With poll trends showing a rout for Congress in party-ruled Assam and Kerala and no major gains in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi today said the party will work harder till it wins the confidence and trust of people.

Rajiv-Gandhi-High-School

99 institutions, 66 schemes named after Gandhi family. Here is the complete list of national assets named after them

Politics | May 18, 2016, 05:42 PM IST

New Delhi: On a day when Bollywood veteran Rishi Kapoor kicked off a storm by unleashing a scathing attack on the Gandhi family for having named the major national assets after names of their family

'SFI's opportunistic politics have turned the movement

Congress, Left funded protests over Rohith Vemula’s death: former SFI leader

Politics | May 13, 2016, 02:21 PM IST

a former student leader of the Left-affiliated Students Federation of India (SFI) has claimed that the protests in the aftermath of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula’s suicide were sponsored by political parties which included the Congress, the Left

Rahul Gandhi

Democracy won in Uttarakhand, it's a lesson for PM Modi: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | May 11, 2016, 03:07 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP did its worst but democracy won in Uttarakhand, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday, hoping that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will "learn" his lesson that people of India will not

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi unwell, cancels visit to Puducherry where death threat was received

Politics | May 10, 2016, 10:37 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has announced that he will not visit Puducherry where security was beefed up following the assassination threat to the leader. In a series of tweets, Gandhi said

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi gets assassination threat, Congress leaders to meet Home Minister

Politics | May 09, 2016, 02:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Monday received a death threat following which senior party leaders has decided to meet Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. According to reports, Puducherry Congress received a letter threatening

Sonia Gandhi

Sonia, Rahul, Manmohan released after brief detention by Delhi Police

Politics | May 06, 2016, 12:04 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh are at Jantar Mantar (Delhi) to lead the ‘Save Democracy' march against Modi government. Addressing Congress supporters at Jantar

Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul to launch 'Save Democracy' rally today

Politics | May 06, 2016, 08:07 AM IST

New Delhi: As the Opposition and government continues to lock horns on a host of issues in Parliament, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi are set to launch a sharp attack

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi bought 2 shops at market rates: Emaar MGF

Politics | May 04, 2016, 05:43 PM IST

New Delhi: Realty firm Emaar MGF today said it had sold two shops to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi in a shopping mall here in December 2005 at market rates and rejected allegations that they

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