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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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OROP row: Congress VP greeted with 'go back Rahul' slogans

Politics | Aug 14, 2015, 08:10 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today visited Jantar Mantar to  support ex-servicemen protesting for their demand to implement one rank one pension (OROP) and was booed down for politicising the issue.The protesters raised the

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Govt keen to call special Parl session; Bombay HC lifts ban on Maggi: Top 5 News Headlines

India | Aug 13, 2015, 09:31 PM IST

Keen on GST bill, government may convene a special session of ParliamentNew Delhi: Government today appeared to be keeping its options open on convening a special session of Parliament for enacting the GST law on

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RSS œcapturing educational institutions: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 05:08 PM IST

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack on the Modi government over the lingering strike in FTII, Rahul Gandhi today alleged educational institutions were being “captured” by the RSS and only those “singing praises” of the

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FTII row: Rahul Gandhi meets President, seeks removal of Gajendra Chauhan

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 03:29 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met President Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan and put forth the demand of FTII students  for the removal of newly appointed chairman Gajendra Chauhan.Addressing the mediapersons, Gandhi said

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Bring back Lalit Modi if you are not scared, Rahul Gandhi dares PM Modi

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 05:08 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring back former IPL chief Lalit Modi to prove that his government is  not scared."We lost the election... I thought, he is

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In pics: Rahul Gandhi uses Roman script to read Hindi in Parliament

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 11:33 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi used the Roman script to speak inside the Lok Sabha at the time of Lalitgate debate on Wednesday.Rahul was caught on camera yesterday holding a sheaf of papers on

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CCPA to decide on short special session in parliament and six other news events of the day

India | Aug 13, 2015, 10:07 AM IST

1. Iranian foreign minister on India visitNew Delhi: In a first ministerial trip here after Iran struck a nuclear deal, its Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif will visit India from today during which he will call

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Govt may extend Parliament session if RS fails to pass GST Bill

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 08:55 AM IST

New Delhi: With no signs of foreseeable settlement between Bharatiya Janata Party-led government and Congress party, there are grim chances of Goods and Services Tax bill getting passed in Rajya Sabha today – the last

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Government tears into Congress, rejects demand for Sushma's exit

Politics | Aug 13, 2015, 07:47 AM IST

New Delhi: Government today tore into Congress for its allegations against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Lalit Modi issue and ruled out her resignation, saying she had been made a “scapegoat of a

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Not received summons, never met Rahul: Lalit Modi

Politics | Aug 12, 2015, 09:33 PM IST

New Delhi:  Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi said he has not received any Enforcement Directorate summons and described as "hogwash" charges of misappropriating money.In an interview to a news channel, Modi also denied having met

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Government trying to cover up economic failures: Congress

Politics | Aug 12, 2015, 07:45 AM IST

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday said the ruling BJP was trying to project that non-passage of GST Bill was a reason for the government's "poor performance" and cover up its "economic failures" by blaming

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Sonia-Rahul can't see a non-Gandhi ruling India: Jaitley

Politics | Aug 12, 2015, 08:34 AM IST

New Delhi: As Congress stalled the GST Bill in Rajya Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hit out at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi saying they had taken the defeat in 2014 elections badly and were

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UPA turned environment ministry into "road block": Prakash Javadekar

Politics | Aug 11, 2015, 03:17 PM IST

New Delhi:  Union minister Prakash Javadekar and a BJD member today jointly attacked the erstwhile UPA government for turning the Environment Ministry into a "road block" ministry, while referring to a letter by then minister Jayanthi Natarajan

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House will function once Sushma Swaraj answers questions: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 10, 2015, 06:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi on Monday said Congress will allow Parliament to function only after external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj discloses her family's financial transactions with Lalit Modi. He also hit out at Prime Minister

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Disruptions in Parliament: Govt blames Sonia, Rahul

Politics | Aug 10, 2015, 05:09 PM IST

New Delhi: As disruptions rocked the last week of Parliament's Monsoon's session, Government today singled out Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul Gandhi for stalling the House, saying not many of its leaders

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BJP targets Rahul, Sonia over Parliament logjam

Politics | Aug 09, 2015, 07:31 AM IST

Mumbai: BJP yesterday claimed that Sonia Gandhi and Rahul were not allowing the resumption of business in Parliament even though many of their party leaders wanted the protest on the floor to be called off. "Many

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Congress 'running away' from debate in Parliament: Smriti Irani

Politics | Aug 08, 2015, 07:01 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram:  A day after hitting hard at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over the Lalit Modi issue, BJP today accused Congress of making 'baseless accusations for personal political gains' and 'running away' from debate in Parliament. Congress was not ready

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BJP hits back at Sonia and Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 07, 2015, 06:34 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP today used the dynasty stick to hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his charge that Sushma Swaraj's family received money from former IPL boss Lalit Modi, saying people from "common families" have

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Rajya Sabha adjourns till noon following Congress protest

Politics | Aug 07, 2015, 12:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted again today as protesting Congress members trooped into the well raising slogans against ‘dictatorial' attitude of the government in suspending 25 of their Lok Sabha MPs.  Soon after

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Sushma should disclose how much her family was paid : Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 07, 2015, 10:59 PM IST

New Delhi: Launching a scathing attack against Union Minister for External affairs Sushma Swaraj in Lalitgate case, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today asked her to disclose the amount of money Lalit Modi paid her family

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