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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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Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Most welcome, says Sonia as BJP promises ‘new revelations’ on Agusta

Politics | May 04, 2016, 01:14 PM IST

With the government all set to make a ‘big revelation’ in the Parliament today on the AgustaWestland scam, Congress president Sonia Gandhi, whose name has been mired in the controversy said that any new information ‘is most welcome’.

Rahul Gandhi

Not CM candidate, Rahul Gandhi to lead party across the country: Congress

Politics | May 04, 2016, 08:25 AM IST

Asking speculators not to make any hasty judgement, the Congress party has dismissed the reports that vice-president Rahul Gandhi would be projected as the chief ministerial candidate in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh and that the Gandhi scion is the ‘lead

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi as UP CM candidate: Prashant Kishor trying to kill two birds with one stone?

Politics | May 03, 2016, 06:59 PM IST

Prashant Kishor, in one sense, is actually carrying forward the idea mooted by Nitish Kumar and it has the potential of keeping both the clients of Prashant Kishor in good humour.

Sonia-Rahul Gandhi

‘Rahul, Sonia ignoring Kerala Dalit woman’s murder-rape case’

Politics | May 03, 2016, 05:32 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today attacked Congress over the gruesome rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Kerala, saying its Vice-President Rahul Gandhi was quick in rushing to different states over Dalit issues but has

Rahul Gandhi

VVIP chopper deal: I am happy to be targeted, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | May 03, 2016, 01:35 PM IST

New Delhi: With BJP training guns at Congress Vice president on the Rs 3600 crore VVIP chopper deal, Rahul Gandhi today said he is happy to be targeted. "I am always being targeted, happy to

Rahul Gandhi

BJP links Rahul Gandhi’s aide to AgustaWestland scam, demands probe

Politics | May 03, 2016, 09:23 AM IST

The heat of AgustaWestland scam has now reached the doors of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming links between middleman Guido Haschke to Gandhi scion’s close aide Kanishk Singh.

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi expected to take over as Congress chief this year

Politics | May 02, 2016, 10:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress expects Rahul Gandhi to take over as its chief this year, the party said today, virtually dismissing reports that he would be projected as the chief ministerial candidate in the Uttar Pradesh

Rahul and Priyanka

Congress may carry out massive rejig in UP, project Brahmin as CM face

Politics | May 02, 2016, 01:27 PM IST

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who is now working for the Congress in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, has made a strong suggestion that party vice president Rahul Gandhi or his elder sister Priyanka be projected as the party's face in the upcoming assemb

Rajiv Gandhi

Spectre of corruption continues to haunt Congress, especially its first family

Politics | Apr 30, 2016, 01:43 PM IST

It was the Bofors howitzer scandal which brought down the Rajiv Gandhi government in 1989. Since then, none from the dynasty has been the prime minister although the Congress has been in power. Now,

Nitish Kumar and Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar prefers Nitish over Rahul to lead ‘united opposition’ in 2019 polls

Politics | Apr 29, 2016, 09:25 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s ambitious anti-BJP alliance call for 2019 general elections is gaining popularity among opposition parties with each passing day. The latest to lend his weight behind the Janata Dal (United) leader’s campaign to bu

Kuldeep Bishnoi

Kuldeep Bishnoi confirms HJC’s merger with Congress, formal announcement tomorrow

Politics | Apr 25, 2016, 05:41 PM IST

HJC leader Kuldeep Bishnoi today confirmed his party’s merger with the Indian National Congress.

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23rd April News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

India | Apr 23, 2016, 07:32 PM IST

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Rahul Gandhi

On campaign trail in West Bengal, Rahul launches twin attack on Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi

Politics | Apr 23, 2016, 06:10 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi today launched a two-pronged attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targetting the former with corruption and unemployment; and the latter over the BJP's past alliance with the Trinamool Congress in We

Rahul Gandhi

Mamata government looted people through Saradha scam: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Apr 23, 2016, 03:09 PM IST

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal, saying it has "snatched people's money and savings through the Saradha chit fund scam".

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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi uses Ishrat Jahan case to target Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Apr 21, 2016, 09:03 PM IST

Raking up Ishrat Jahan case, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today targeted Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi

Congress will eliminate Punjab’s drug menace, Akali govt not serious: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Apr 16, 2016, 05:03 PM IST

Slamming the SAD-BJP government in the state for not being serious about ridding Punjab of the drug menace, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today reiterated that the problem was serious and the Congress government would solve it if voted to powe

Hansraj Bhardwaj

Rahul Gandhi lacks ‘heart’ although his father Rajiv was a lovable person with a ‘big heart’: Hansraj Bhardwaj

Politics | Apr 15, 2016, 03:14 PM IST

Hansraj Bhardwaj today slammed his own party leader Rahul Gandhi saying the Congress vice-president has no heart although his father and former prime minister ‘Rajiv Gandhi was a very lovable person with a big heart.’

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi demands CBI probe into Dalit girl’s murder

Politics | Apr 13, 2016, 09:41 PM IST

Barmer: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today charged that efforts were being made to suppress the case of rape of a 17-year-old Dalit girl who was later found dead in Bikaner and said CBI should

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi visits Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai, slams PM Modi over Swachch Bharat

Politics | Apr 12, 2016, 11:19 PM IST

Mumbai:Rahul Gandhi today trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his pet "Swachh Bharat" campaign, alleging "lack of strategy and vision" in carrying out cleanliness drives as he visited Deonar garbage dumping ground

Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi hits out at PDP-BJP govt over NIT row

Politics | Apr 07, 2016, 02:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today mounted attack on the BJP-PDP government in Jammu and Kashmir, accusing it of using "brute" force against NIT students in Srinagar. "Strongly condemn lathicharge on #NITSrinagar students. When will

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