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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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BJP will ruin the nation built in last 60 years: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jul 17, 2015, 07:23 PM IST

Jaipur:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today attacked BJP saying the saffron party would ruin the progress made by the country in last 60 years but his party would not allow it to do so."India

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Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi may lose paper mill project

Politics | Jul 17, 2015, 08:31 PM IST

New Delhi:  A Rs. 3,650 crore paper mill project, proposed to be set up in Jagdishpur in Rahul Gandhi's constituency Amethi, may be shifted to Ratnagiri in Maharashtra, the home state of Union Heavy Industry

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Congress will reduce PM Modi's 56-inch chest to 5.6 inch: Rahul

Politics | Jul 17, 2015, 09:04 PM IST

Jaipur: Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that very soon Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 56-inch chest will be reduced  to 5.6 inch.Addressing party workers in Jaipur,

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Why is PM Modi silent on Vyapam scam, asks Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jul 16, 2015, 02:26 PM IST

Hanumangarh: Gearing up to take on the government in Parliament, Rahul Gandhi today vowed that Congress will not allow the NDA government to acquire "even an inch of land" in the country as he stepped

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PM Modi to address public rally in Varanasi; 5 other major events of the day

India | Jul 16, 2015, 10:02 AM IST

1. PM Modi to address public rally in VaranasiVaranasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to make a day-long visit to his Lok Sabha constituency today.During his visit the prime minister will address a public

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Those who criticise Rahul Gandhi have personal reasons: Salman Khurshid

Politics | Jul 15, 2015, 05:33 PM IST

Patna:  Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has hinted that those striking discordant notes on the leadership qualities of Rahul Gandhi, are doing so for personal reasons.The former External Affairs Minister said in a "big" and

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Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Rajasthan from tomorrow

Politics | Jul 15, 2015, 02:53 PM IST

Jaipur: Preparations have been made for Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's two-day visit to Rajasthan starting from tomorrow, state PCC vice-president Archna Sharma said today."Preparations for the visit have been made accordingly," she said.Rahul Gandhi will

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Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Manmohan meet to chalk out strategy for Parliament session

Politics | Jul 14, 2015, 10:24 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress top brass including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh today held a meeting to chalk out the party's strategy for Monsoon Session of Parliament beginning next Tuesday.The party is attempting to

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Subrmanian Swamy, Rahul Gandhi against Centre on criminal defamation in SC

Politics | Jul 14, 2015, 08:45 PM IST

New Delhi:  BJP's Subrmanian Swamy and Congress' Rahul Gandhi today came out in unison to assail the criminal defamation law before the Supreme Court which said that lodging of cases for political speech and debates

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Rahul Gandhi meets street vendors in Delhi

Politics | Jul 13, 2015, 05:21 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today met street vendors in the Raghubir Nagar area of Delhi."The vendors called me saying that they don't have enough facilities,” Rahul said, adding that ‘the poor workers

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Rahul Gandhi targets PM Modi over corruption, Why no action against Shivraj?

Politics | Jul 09, 2015, 07:52 PM IST

New Delhi:  Reminding Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his poll promise to end corruption, Rahul Gandhi today asked why is he not taking action against Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who is embroiled

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Rahul Gandhi misguiding people on food park issue, alleges Union Minister Sadhvi Jyoti

Politics | Jul 05, 2015, 09:09 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Union Minister of State for Food Processing Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on Sunday alleged that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was misguiding people and farmers by raking up the issue of food park proposed in

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Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal at cremation of journalist Akshay Singh

Politics | Jul 05, 2015, 09:32 PM IST

New Delhi:  The last rites of investigative TV journalist Akshay Singh, who was covering Vyapam scam, were held today in the capital where Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among those present,

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Rahul Gandhi meets internet entrepreneurs, business leaders

Politics | Jul 04, 2015, 06:48 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today met a group of internet entrepreneurs and business leaders to discuss the "challenges and opportunities that lie ahead" and hailed the spirit of innovation demonstrated by them.After the

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Rahul Gandhi was a beneficiary of my hospitality, claims Lalit Modi

Politics | Jul 05, 2015, 07:29 AM IST

New Delhi: In yet another startling disclosure , former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has claimed that Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi was a beneficiary of his hospitality during IPL matches.Lalit Modi has tweeted a photograph in

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Rahul Gandhi 'out of touch' with reality: Hansraj Bhardwaj

Politics | Jul 02, 2015, 03:24 PM IST

New Delhi: Former Union minister Hansraj Bhardwaj has slammed his own party Congress over a number of issues including the statement of a few leaders threatening to disrupt the functioning of Parliament if no action

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Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi returns from trip abroad

Politics | Jul 01, 2015, 06:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul and Priyanka are back to the national capital after their "short international visit".While Rahul Gandhi arrived today, Sonia and Priyanka, who had left before Rahul, returned yesterday.On

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40YearsofEmergency: Dynastic politics does not go well with democracy, says Kuldip Nayar

Politics | Jun 24, 2015, 02:26 PM IST

New Delhi: India is unlikely to see the imposition of another Emergency due to changes made in the Constitution and people being more vigilant, veteran journalist and political commentator Kuldip Nayar has said, noting that

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Rahul Gandhi's concern for farmers a political stunt: Badal

Politics | Jun 22, 2015, 04:07 PM IST

Muktsar:  Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the “sudden” concern of Rahul Gandhi for farmers was merely a “political stunt” as he blamed the Congress party and Gandhi family for farmers' plight across

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IIT admission fees of UP brothers will be waived: Smriti Irani

Politics | Jun 21, 2015, 08:13 AM IST

New Delhi:  HRD Minister Smriti Irani today announced that IIT admission fees of Partapgarh brothers Raju and Brijesh, sons of a daily wager, would be waived even as support poured in from several quarters including

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