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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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Seniors will have role in Congress after Rahul Gandhi's elevation: Digvijay Singh

Politics | Oct 22, 2015, 07:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has rubbished any talk of banishing seniors after Rahul Gandhi's elevation as party President.He says the Congress will not borrow from BJP the idea of "Margadarshak Mandal" under

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Rahul Gandhi loses temper when asked if visit to Dalit family a photo-op (watch video)

Politics | Oct 21, 2015, 05:26 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today lost his temper when asked if his visit to the Dalit family in Sunped village near Ballabhgarh was a photo-opportunity for him.Rahul, was answering to queries of media

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Haryana govt not of weaker sections, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 21, 2015, 06:34 PM IST

Faridabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the family of two Dalit children who were burnt alive while they were asleep.The Congress leader reached the home of the Dalit family in Sunped village and

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Rahul Gandhi visits Red Fort Ramlila, enjoys delicacies

Politics | Oct 20, 2015, 11:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Ahead of Dussehra celebrations, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today made a surprise visit to Ramlila in Red Fort ground and enjoyed delicious Old Delhi dishes.Rahul's entered into Sri Krishna Gupta's famous Pandal and

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Rahul Gandhi writes to PM Modi, presses for special category status for Andhra Pradesh

Politics | Oct 20, 2015, 06:28 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi pressing for early grant of special category status for Andhra Pradesh.In his letter, the Congress Vice President has requested the Centre to grant special

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Time up for 60-plus leaders in Congress: Jairam Ramesh

Politics | Oct 18, 2015, 04:28 PM IST

Hyderabad: Rahul Gandhi would bring with him a new team for Congress when he takes over as its President by March next year or even earlier, senior leader Jairam Ramesh today said, indicating that leaders

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Rahul Gandhi's young team will take over by March 2016: Jairam Ramesh

Politics | Oct 18, 2015, 02:47 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi would bring with him a new team for Congress when he takes over as its president by March next year or even earlier, senior leader Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday, indicating

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National Herald case: Delhi HC terms applications of Sonia, Rahul Gandhi as 'infructuous'

Politics | Oct 15, 2015, 02:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday termed as "infructuous" the applications moved by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul and some other party leaders alleging a "different treatment" was meted out to a

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National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul Gandhi wants hearing to be transferred

Politics | Oct 14, 2015, 11:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi moved the Delhi High court seeking the transfer of hearing in the national herald case to the judge who had earlier heard the arguments

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PM Modi to address rally in Kaimur today

India | Oct 13, 2015, 11:27 AM IST

PM Modi to address rally in Kaimur todayKaimur: PM Narendra Modi to address rally in Kaimur todayFirst day of Navratri begins from todayNew Delhi: One of the most celebrated Hindu festivals, Navratri, began today.After MLAs,

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Bihar polls: 13 per cent turnout recorded in first 2 hours

India | Oct 12, 2015, 10:48 AM IST

Bihar polls: 13 per cent turnout recorded in first 2 hoursPatna: Around 13 per cent turnout was recorded in the first two hours of polling in 49 assembly constituencies of Bihar in a peaceful atmosphere.PM

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Narendra Modi weakening farmers to get their lands: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 10, 2015, 06:22 PM IST

Haveri (KTK): In a fierce attack on Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today alleged that in a bid to help his industrialist friends he was weakening the "crying" farmers of the country so that

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Rahul Gandhi on padyatra, meets and comforts distressed farmers

Politics | Oct 10, 2015, 01:26 PM IST

Haveri (Karnataka): Undertaking a padyatra and interacting with farmers, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today counselled the peasants not to commit suicide as it was no solution to their problems.On the second day of his tour

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President to visit Israel, Palestine, Jordan today

India | Oct 10, 2015, 11:04 AM IST

President to visit Israel, Palestine, Jordan todayNew Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee will be embarking on a six-day historic visit today to Israel and Palestine, becoming the first Head of Indian State to visit these two

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PM Modi alone running country from PMO: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 09, 2015, 11:17 PM IST

Bengaluru: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday flayed Narendra Modi for "running" the country from the Prime Minister's Office and with the help of bureaucrats, besides not giving a chance to party MPs from

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Rahul Gandhi dismisses PM's remarks in the light of Dadri incident

Politics | Oct 09, 2015, 05:40 PM IST

Mandya (Karnataka): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today dismissed Prime Minister's remarks on the Dadri lynching incident, while accusing Modi and BJP of "polarising the country" and having a "strategy" to make Hindus and Muslims

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Crops uprooted in Karnataka for Rahul Gandhi's public meeting

Politics | Oct 09, 2015, 09:24 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress workers in Karnataka have forcefully seized farmers land in the Gudaguru village of Haveri district for party vice-president Rahul Gandhi's public meeting.Reports suggested that maize and cotton crops have been cleared before

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PM Modi changed clothes 16 times on US visit: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 07, 2015, 11:16 PM IST

Begusarai/Sheikhpura: Reviving his "Suit boot ki Sarkar" barb against the Narendra Modi government, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today hit out at the Prime Minister for being surrounded by corporate bigwigs and bureaucrats in 'suit boot'

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Congress slams RSS, says Rahul didn't take allowance during leave

Politics | Oct 07, 2015, 07:03 AM IST

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday accused the RSS of "spreading lies", and said party vice president Rahul Gandhi did not draw daily allowance during the time when he did not attend parliament. In a statement,

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National Herald case: 2nd HC judge recuses himself

Politics | Oct 05, 2015, 12:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Justice Sunil Gaur has recused himself from hearing the appeal filed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to quash the summons issued by trial court in the National Herald

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