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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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I will fight your battle: Rahul Gandhi to slum dwellers

Politics | Dec 14, 2015, 02:33 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today attacked the Centre and Kejriwal government over the razing of a slum cluster by railways where a baby died, as he visited the site in Shakur Basti area of West

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I was stopped from entering Assam temple: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Dec 14, 2015, 01:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today claimed that he was stopped from entering a temple in Barpeta by RSS workers during his recent visit to Assam.Rahul also targeted the BJP saying this was

rahul gandhi is still a kid says arvind kejriwal

Rahul Gandhi is still a kid, says Arvind Kejriwal

Politics | Dec 14, 2015, 11:57 PM IST

Live: * Despite repeated notices, the encroachers did not vacate the place. The whole exercise was completely peaceful. There was no mid-night operation as reported: Suresh Prabhu in Lok Sabha* Child had died before the demolition

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Congress leaders stuck in their own Chakravyuh: Arun Jaitley

Politics | Dec 13, 2015, 07:33 PM IST

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday accused Congress of holding democracy  to ransom over the National Herald case. Without naming Congress president Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi, Jaitley said the Congress leaders have got

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Should Cong disrupt Parl because Sonia is Indira's daughter-in-law?

Politics | Dec 13, 2015, 09:40 AM IST

New Delhi:  The founding fathers of Indian constitution would never have imagined that the sanctum sanctorum of world's largest democracy would one day be used to settle legal disputes.  Even those Political commentators who generally

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National Herald: Shanti Bhushan to challenge 'illegal' share transfer

India | Dec 12, 2015, 06:33 PM IST

New Delhi: The National Herald case took a new turn with former Law minister Shanti Bhushan saying that he plans to challenge the transfer of ownership rights of the Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) to Young

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'Rahul Gandhi's comments on National Herald case insult to democracy'

Politics | Dec 12, 2015, 10:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister for Human Resource Development Smriti Irani on Friday slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his comment that" National Herald case is vendetta coming out of the prime minister's office"calling it

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PM Modi, Rahul shake hands on Sharad Pawar's b'day

Politics | Dec 11, 2015, 08:41 AM IST

New Delhi: Amidst the logjam in the Parliament, Prime Minister  Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today shook on at a function to honour NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, who turned 75 today.Rahul greeted

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Uproar in LS over BJP MP's derogatory remark against Sonia, Rahul

Politics | Dec 10, 2015, 11:12 PM IST

New Delhi: The opposition today created a ruckus in Lok Sabha  after "objectionable" remarks made by a senior BJP leader against  Congress leaders including Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.Congress has demanded an apology from the BJP

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Congress trying to threaten, silence judiciary: Venkaiah Naidu

Politics | Dec 10, 2015, 07:25 AM IST

New Delhi: The government today came down hard on the Congress party for its repeated allegations of political vendetta over the Delhi High Court's decision denying relief to Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son

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100% political vendetta coming out of PMO, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Dec 10, 2015, 12:07 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused Narendra Modi government of pursuing political vendetta as his party MP disrupted Parliament on second consecutive day.Reacting on National Herald case, Rahul said that it is

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Forget McDonald's, meet the ultimate 'Burger King' of Kasuali

Blah | Dec 08, 2015, 09:13 PM IST

Whenever one thinks of burgers, American multinational names pop up. But in the quaint little pristine town of Kasauli, it is the local burger dished out at a small sweet shop that rules, leaving the

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GST passage under threat as Congress cries 'political vendetta'

India | Dec 09, 2015, 07:09 AM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court's decision denying relief to Congress bigwigs including party President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi from personal appearance in the “National Herald case” has taken an ugly turn,

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Not scared, I am Indira's daughter-in-law: Sonia Gandhi

Politics | Dec 08, 2015, 02:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday said that she will not be scared by the ‘political vendetta' pursued against her and the party.“Why should I be scared of anyone? I am Indira Gandhi's

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National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul will have to appear in court, says Delhi HC

Politics | Dec 08, 2015, 10:23 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi will have to appear before a Delhi court tomorrow in connection with the National Herald case after the Delhi High Court (HC) today

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Govt defends VK Singh, says Rahul Gandhi trying to give political colour

Politics | Dec 07, 2015, 01:48 PM IST

New Delhi: Defending Union Minister V K Singh, government today rejected the opposition charge that he had made anti-dalit remarks and said it was unfortunate that Congress was bent on giving political colour to the

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Congress MPs demand VK Singh's ouster for his dog remark

Politics | Dec 07, 2015, 12:44 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today led a protest by his party MPs demanding resignation of Union minister General V K Singh for his dog remark.The Congress leaders shouted "Suspend VK Singh,"  as they

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Akhilesh offers Deputy PM post to Rahul Gandhi in 2019 under PM Mulayam Singh Yadav

Politics | Dec 05, 2015, 11:31 AM IST

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has proposed a new political deal to the Congress party under which his father and Samajwadi party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav will be projected as the prime

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V K Singh takes to Twitter to counter Rahul's parliament jibe

Politics | Dec 02, 2015, 11:47 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh on Wednesday took to social media to get back at Congress Vice President (VP) Rahul Gandhi for questioning his absence from Parliament."Intriguing that

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Protest is considered sedition in today's India: Rahul Gandhi in LS

Politics | Dec 02, 2015, 03:14 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today launched a scathing attack on Modi led NDA government on the issue of intolerance .Rahul Gandhi accused Minister of State of External Affairs V.K. Singh of challenging the