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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 meet President today over JNU row

Politics | Feb 18, 2016, 10:48 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will meet President Pranab Mukherjee today in regard of the seething controversy of JNU and targeting of lawyers and students outside Patiala House Court here.  The party president,

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Sedition case filed against Rahul Gandhi in Allahabad court

Politics | Feb 18, 2016, 11:33 AM IST

Allahabad: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is in trouble for showing solidarity with the students of JNU. A case has been registered against him in a district court in Allahabad for his opposition to the police

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#JNURow: Anupam Kher reacts, says slogans angered him as an Indian

Bollywood | Feb 17, 2016, 09:05 PM IST

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Wednesday said he was scared about what was happening to the country in the wake of a huge political controversy over the happenings in Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi

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Rahul Gandhi condemns attack on journalists in Delhi, says 'very wrong'

Politics | Feb 16, 2016, 06:02 PM IST

Sivasagar(Assam): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today condemned the attack on journalists in the Patiala House court complex in Delhi yesterday, calling it "very wrong"."The way journalists were beaten up in the court is very

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Rahul Gandhi principal misleader of Indian politics: BJP

Politics | Feb 18, 2016, 07:53 AM IST

New Delhi: Attacking Rahul Gandhi who accused the ruling party of muzzling the youth, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday called him a "principal misleader" of Indian politics and said it showed his "willingness" to

rahul gandhi lashes out at rss bjp over patriotism issue

Rahul Gandhi lashes out at RSS, BJP over patriotism issue

Politics | Feb 15, 2016, 08:08 PM IST

Titabor: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said the RSS and the BJP dub as a traitor whosoever speaks or goes against their ideology."It seems only the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

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JNU row: Amit Shah slams Cong, says Rahul supporting anti-nationals

Politics | Feb 15, 2016, 10:34 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah today slammed Congress for blatantly supporting the arrested JNU students who have allegedly shouted anti-India slogans during an event organised for parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.Launching a scathing attack

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Rahul Gandhi is insulting our nation by supporting anti-nationals: BJP

Politics | Feb 13, 2016, 11:51 PM IST

New Delhi: Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi for addressing a student's meet organised to protest against the police crackdown on the JNU campus and the arrest of the students' union president in a sedition case,

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JNU event row: Anand Sharma attacked in JNU by ABVP goons, says Cong

Politics | Feb 13, 2016, 10:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader and former Union minister Anand Sharma was today allegedly attacked by unknown assailants while participating in a protest meet held at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) against the police crackdown in the

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Anti-nationals suppressing voice of students: Rahul Gandhi at JNU

Politics | Feb 13, 2016, 09:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus today to extend his support to agitations against the arrest of student leader Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition. Rahul was shown

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NDA government bullying JNU, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Feb 13, 2016, 07:22 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the Narendra Modi government of "bullying" an institution like the Jawaharlal Nehru University because it will not toe to its line.In tweets, Gandhi said that

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SC exempts Sonia, Rahul from personal appearance in NH case

Politics | Feb 12, 2016, 08:50 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today expunged some objectionable remarks of Delhi High Court in connection with the National Herald case involving Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi.The apex court, however, dismissed the

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SC to hear Sonia, Rahul plea in Herald case today

Politics | Feb 12, 2016, 12:58 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday is likely to hear Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and others' petition challenging the Delhi High Court order rejecting their plea against their summoning by

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Rahul Gandhi a leader with negative mindset: BJP

Politics | Feb 12, 2016, 07:55 AM IST

Indore: The Bharatiy janata party (BJP) on Thursday termed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as a leader with "negative mindset" and accused him of "stalling" the development agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi by obstructing

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Herald case: SC to consider plea by Sonia, Rahul tomorrow

Politics | Feb 11, 2016, 09:36 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear the pleas of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi against the Delhi High Court verdict refusing to quash summons issued to them in the National Herald

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Modi government is anti-students, anti-poor, accuses Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Feb 09, 2016, 10:13 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today slammed the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of being against farmers, labourers, students and the poor. He also described the Left Front's ideology as "obsolete".Addressing Congress workers at

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Rahul Gandhi to sound Congress poll bugle in Kerala tomorrow

Politics | Feb 08, 2016, 02:21 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will reach Kerala on Tuesday to virtually kickstart the ruling UDF's campaign for the coming assembly elections."He is expected to make some important announcements," Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said

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PM should not make excuses: Rahul Gandhi on Modi's remarks

Politics | Feb 05, 2016, 07:05 PM IST

New Delhi: "Job of the Prime Minister is not to make excuses" and he should start running the country, a combative Rahul Gandhi asserted today hitting back at Narendra Modi for targeting the Gandhi family.The

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PM Modi slams Gandhis, says 'one family' disrupting Parliament

Politics | Feb 06, 2016, 08:22 AM IST

Moran: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a veiled jibe at the Gandhi family, blaming repeated disruptions in Parliament on ‘one family'. Indirectly targeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, Modi accused them

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National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul move Supreme court

Politics | Feb 04, 2016, 01:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi moved the Supreme Court on Thursday against a Delhi high court decision that turned down the the pleas for exemption from personal appearance in