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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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Politics | Jan 02, 2016, 04:24 PM IST

New Delhi: The process of the much-delayed organizational elections in Congress could get a fillip after the return of party vice president Rahul Gandhi from Europe next week amid indications that his much talked elevation

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New Year around the corner, Rahul Gandhi leaves for Europe

Politics | Dec 28, 2015, 02:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today announced on Twitter that he is travelling to Europe “for a few days” and greeted his supporters a Happy New Year."I will be traveling to Europe for

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Politics | Dec 28, 2015, 02:28 PM IST

New Delhi: The Indian National Congress today celebrates its 131st foundation day.One of the largest and oldest political parties in the world, Congress was founded in 1885 during the British rule by Indian and British

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2015: National Herald case haunted Cong, Bihar showing a consolation

Politics | Dec 27, 2015, 10:04 AM IST

New Delhi: Down in the dumps after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Congress's consolation this year was sharing power in Bihar, thanks to the grand alliance, and the "victory" on the controversial land bill issue

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Rahul Gandhi needs to speak up more in Parliament: Prithviraj Chavan

Politics | Dec 26, 2015, 02:18 PM IST

Mumbai: Stating that Rahul Gandhi has come a long way after his party's defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said the Congress Vice-President needs to further increase his

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RTI activist who exposed Vyapam scam meets Sonia, Rahul Gandhi over Whistleblowers Protection Act

Politics | Dec 24, 2015, 02:53 PM IST

Bhopal: Protesting against proposed amendments in Whistle blowers Protection Act-2011, an RTI activist from Madhya Pradesh, who exposed the Vyapam scam, met Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi over the issue. "We met Congress

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DDCA row: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi over Kirti Azad's suspension

Politics | Dec 24, 2015, 12:40 PM IST

Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today pilloried Prime Minister Narendra Modi over suspension of BJP MP Kirti Azad who has been leading a campaign against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on alleged corruption in Delhi

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PM Modi to visit Russia, 4 other events of the day

India | Dec 23, 2015, 10:46 AM IST

PM Modi to visit Russia, talks on Nuclear energy, Defence on agendaNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves for Russia today for a two-day visit that is part of the annual summit talks with President

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Uma Bharti criticises Sonia, Rahul for stalling Parliament over Herald case

Politics | Dec 20, 2015, 07:47 PM IST

Indore: Hitting out at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi over stalling of Parliament on National Herald issue, Union Minister Uma Bharti today said the Congress leaders in their show of bravado have forgotten their responsibility towards

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Politics | Dec 20, 2015, 09:53 AM IST

New Delhi: Believed to have an ace up his sleeve at all times, BJP leader and the petitioner in the National Herald case Subramanian Swamy refused to be bogged down by the Patiala House court's

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Court grants bail to Sonia, Rahul; Congress claims political victory

India | Dec 19, 2015, 04:39 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress party today claimed a major victory over its political opponents, the ruling BJP government, after the Patiala House Court granted bail to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul

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Politics | Dec 19, 2015, 02:50 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Surface Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has lashed out at the Congress saying it was "subverting democracy by stalling Parliament, resorting to drama to gain people's sympathy", but "Rahul Gandhi's ambition of becoming

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Court grants bail to Sonia, Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case

Politics | Dec 19, 2015, 03:21 PM IST

New Delhi: The Patiala House Court today granted bail to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case on a personal bond of Rs. 50,000 and one surety each. The next hearing for

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Politics | Dec 19, 2015, 12:08 AM IST

New Delhi: All eyes now turn to court where Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi are set to appear in the National Herald case at around 3 pm today. The appearance comes after the

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National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul may not seek bail

Politics | Dec 17, 2015, 06:51 PM IST

New Delhi: In a bid to show strong public support for party president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi,the Congress is preparing for a mass mobilisation during their appearences in a trial court on

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Congress will fight for tea-garden workers: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Dec 16, 2015, 03:12 PM IST

New Delhi: Vowing to fight for their rights, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds 'chai pa charcha' but does not "talk or care" about the tea producing workers who

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RSS, BJP rubbish Rahul Gandhi's claim on Assam Vaishnavite monastery entry

Politics | Dec 15, 2015, 08:21 AM IST

New Delhi/Guwahati: The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and the BJP have refuted the allegation by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi that he was stopped from entering a Satra -- a Vaishnavite monastery -- in Barpeta

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Politics | Dec 15, 2015, 07:53 AM IST

Guwahati: As a controversy erupted over alleged denial of entry of Rahul Gandhi into Barpeta Satra, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi  yesterday night issued a statement, saying he had personally requested the head of the

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Assam temple priest counters Rahul's claim of being denied entry

India | Dec 14, 2015, 09:29 PM IST

Guwahati: Countering Rahul Gandhi's claims of being denied entry into a Vaishnavite monastery by the RSS during his Assam visit, the head of the Barpeta Satra Basistha Sarma today said there was no RSS agent in

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New Delhi: Politicians continued to make a beeline for the slums in Shakur Basti area of Delhi as the residents struggled to fight the cold and the devastation that a demolition drive carried out by

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