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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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Bihar polls: Sonia, Rahul unlikely to share dais with Lalu

Politics | Oct 05, 2015, 12:03 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi is unlikely to share the stage with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav during ongoing campaign for the Bihar Assembly polls.A Times

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Rahul Gandhi meets family of man lynched over rumour of beef eating

Politics | Oct 03, 2015, 06:22 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today visited Bishada village in Greater Noida and met the family members of a man lynched for allegedly eating beef there."In Dadri to meet Mohammad Akhlaq's family," he

sonia gandhi rahul gandhi to address over a dozen rallies

Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi to address over a dozen rallies in Bihar

Politics | Sep 28, 2015, 10:18 PM IST

New Delhi: With the Congress-RJD-JD(U) 'grand alliance' facing a tough challenge in Bihar, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address a series of rallies in the state next month ahead of

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Rahul Gandhi tweets his picture attending conference in the US

Politics | Sep 28, 2015, 08:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Putting an end to all speculations about his whereabouts, the office of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today tweeted his photograph to give a proof that he is attending a conference in Aspen,

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Will not be cowed down by Congress's legal notice: Smriti Irani

Politics | Sep 26, 2015, 03:49 PM IST

Lucknow: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani today said she will not be cowed down or threatened by the legal notice served on her by the Congress and asserted that one cannot stop a person from

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Rahul Gandhi is spoiled child of Indian politics: BJP

Politics | Sep 26, 2015, 10:59 AM IST

Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi a 'spoiled child' of Indian politics.Party spokesperson MJ Akbar yesterday said that the Congress party is behaving with 'complete irresponsibility' under Rahul's overall

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We don't send seniors on 'compulsory leave': Congress

Politics | Sep 26, 2015, 12:06 PM IST

New Delhi : Congress does not believe in sending its senior leaders on “compulsory leave” and putting them in ‘Margdarshak Mandal', the party today said, dismissing reports of clash between new PCC chiefs brought by

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Rahul Gandhi shows neither interest nor talent, cousin Varun Gandhi shows both

Politics | Sep 25, 2015, 06:18 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi's photos adorn the shoulders of mainstream newspapers but he is in Aspen, Colorado, apparently to attend a conference. BJP spokesman Sambit Patra made a valid point: Rahul has never attended such intellectually challenging

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BJP takes a swipe at Rahul gandhi foreign trip ahead of Bihar polls

Politics | Sep 23, 2015, 04:11 PM IST

New Delhi : The BJP on Wednesday took pot shots at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for going on a foreign trip ahead of the Bihar assembly election.The party also took a jibe at him

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Bihar elections round the corner but Rahul Gandhi proceedes on leave

Politics | Sep 23, 2015, 10:48 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has once again proceeded on leave, triggering speculation that he has gone on another sabbatical.This has come when crucial Bihar polls are around the corner. The Congress VP is

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Venkaiah Naidu hits back on Rahul Gandhi over land policy

Politics | Sep 22, 2015, 03:51 PM IST

New Delhi: Hitting out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over the land acquisition policy, Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said lakhs of acres of land were acquired during UPA regime without four-time

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Rahul Gandhi attacks RSS, says PM Modi's popularity slipping

Politics | Sep 22, 2015, 06:37 AM IST

Mathura : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused the BJP-led government of toeing the RSS ideology, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity was dipping fast.Admitting that the Congress was the "number chaar

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Congress must work like Steve Job's Apple: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Sep 21, 2015, 09:51 PM IST

Mathura:  Firing yet another salvo at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today claimed that the PM is scripting his own "downfall" as he has "failed" to fulfill promises made to the people.In a pep-up

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Rahul Gandhi is taking PM Narendra Modi's name to remain in news: Venkaiah Naidu

Politics | Sep 20, 2015, 04:01 PM IST

Bengaluru: Attacking Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his ‘suit-boot ki sarkar' remark against Narendra Modi, Union minister M Venkaiah Nadu said on Sunday he was using the PM's name to remain in news.Naidu termed Gandhi's

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UP Congress sends legal notice to Smriti Irani for 'false' charges

Politics | Sep 20, 2015, 08:17 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress in Uttar Pradesh today issued a legal notice to Union Minister Smriti Irani over her "false and malicious" allegation that Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust has grabbed land of farmers in Amethi, the

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Rahul calls Modi 'feku' over poll promises, BJP says 'immature'

Politics | Sep 20, 2015, 07:07 AM IST

Patna/New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday took potshots at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his poll promises and called him a "feku" (someone who bluffs) at a rally in Bihar's Champaran. The

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FTII strike enters 100th day amid hope given by offer of talks

India | Sep 19, 2015, 11:49 PM IST

Pune: As Film and Television Institute of India's (FTII) strike against appointment of actor and BJP member Gajendra Chauhan as its chairman, enters its 100th day, a ray of hope is seen by the students

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No one takes Rahul 'baby' seriously, says BJP

Politics | Sep 19, 2015, 09:01 PM IST

New Delhi: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi, BJP today sought to describe him as the "baby" of Congress and claimed that neither his party nor allies take him seriously and that is why he has

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Want to save Bihar from PM Modi's suited-booted friends, says Rahul

Politics | Sep 19, 2015, 10:36 PM IST

Ramnagar (Bihar): Kicking off the Congress campaign in poll-bound Bihar, Rahul Gandhi today raked up the ‘suit boot ki sarkar' jibe to target the Modi government, warning people that they would lose their land and

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Man detained ahead of Rahul Gandhi's rally venue in West Champaran

Politics | Sep 19, 2015, 03:03 PM IST

Patna: A man with an air gun was on Saturday detained when he tried to enter Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's rally venue in Bihar's West Champaran district, police said."A bearded man with an air

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