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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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Rahul Gandhi doesn't know difference between 'pyaaz and pizza': Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

Politics | May 25, 2015, 11:26 AM IST

Bhopal: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched a scathing attack on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Bhopal on Sunday, saying that he does not understand the difference between onion and pizza or brinjal and

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May 25th: Top News Events for the day!

India | May 25, 2015, 09:58 AM IST

1. PM Modi to address mammoth gathering in MathuraMathura/Agra: PM Narendra Modi will be visiting Mathura today to commemorate the completion of a year of the NDA government.Modi will address a mammoth gathering in Nagla

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'Modi, a man mesmerised by own persona'

Politics | May 25, 2015, 09:48 AM IST

Title: How Modi Won It, Notes from 2014 Election; Author: Harish Khare; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 242; Price: Rs.599(Book Review)Man is wise in hindsight. This is certainly true for journalists. Harish Khare, editor and commentator

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Naidu hits back at Rahul over "zero out of 10" remark

Politics | May 24, 2015, 04:49 PM IST

Hyderabad: Launching a counter offensive against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for giving the Modi government "zero out of 10" for handling farmers' issues, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu today said "zeroes cannot see beyond

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'PM's 'Man ki Baat' inspired by Rahul Gandhi's youth dialogue'

Politics | May 24, 2015, 02:42 PM IST

Jaipur: Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi today claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Man Ki Baat' programme was inspired by Rahul Gandhi who started a dialogue with youths in 2004.“It was Rahul Gandhi's initiative to engage

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'Amazing transformation' of Rahul Gandhi: Omar

Politics | May 24, 2015, 12:43 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi preferred silence during the UPA regime as speaking his mind would have meant either being critical of the Prime Minister or his mother, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said and termed

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Rahul meets ex-servicemen on OROP

Politics | May 23, 2015, 05:05 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday met a delegation of ex-servicemen and promised them that he and his party would put pressure on the government for implementation of the one rank one pension

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Congress to pressurise govt to act on one-rank-one-pension issue

Politics | May 23, 2015, 02:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Attacking the government over non-implementation of ‘one-rank-one-pension' scheme, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said he will “pressurise” the Centre to act on the issue at the earliest.  After meeting a delegation from

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Rahul's elevation as Cong chief to help him as main rival of Modi: Digvijay Singh

Politics | May 22, 2015, 11:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi's elevation as Congress President will help him emerge as the principal challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party indicated on Friday."What new thing you are saying?", Congress General Secretary Digvijay

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UPA's land Act was against rural areas: Jaitley

Politics | May 22, 2015, 04:36 PM IST

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the land Act enacted by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was against rural areas whereas the bill introduced by the NDA government had

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Government confident of land bill passage

Politics | May 22, 2015, 04:04 PM IST

New Delhi: Government today exuded confidence that land bill will be passed in the next Parliament session, saying “the numbers are very clear”.Addressing a press conference to highlight the achievements of Narendra Modi government in

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Najeeb Jung, Arvind Kejriwal responsible for Delhi 'mess': Congress

Politics | May 22, 2015, 03:03 PM IST

Jammu: Claiming that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Lt Governor Najeeb Jung were responsible for the “mess” in Delhi, Congress today said both of them have “crossed their limits” and were “not following set rules

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Modi running a government of 'suit, boot and loot': Raj Babbar

Politics | May 22, 2015, 02:45 PM IST

Patna: Congress leader Raj Babbar today added the word “loot” to Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's slogan of “suit, boot ki sarkar” targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre and said it was

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Ramdev heaps praise on Rahul, calls Modi ministers 'arrogant'

Politics | May 21, 2015, 07:29 AM IST

New Delhi: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has sprung a surprise by praising Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's effort to revive the grand old party.When asked about Rahul's aggressive campaigns from last few weeks, in an interview

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All of us are proud Indians: Rahul Gandhi on Modi comment

Politics | May 21, 2015, 07:14 AM IST

Lucknow/Amethi: Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that Indians used to feel ashamed of their birth earlier and asserted that "I am a proud Indian"."I am a proud Indian

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Modi govt stalling Amethi projects to get back at me: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | May 20, 2015, 06:48 PM IST

Amethi: Hitting out at Modi government, Rahul Gandhi today alleged it was trying get back at him by creating hurdles in implementation of development schemes in his constituency and was hurting the interests of farmers

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Expect Rahul to become Congress president this year: Jairam Ramesh

Politics | May 20, 2015, 05:09 PM IST

Hyderabad: Rahul Gandhi is expected to become the party president this year and intends to build the outfit similar to the one that existed during Nehru's time by promoting regional faces, senior Congress leader Jairam

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Rahul writes to Rajnath over scrapped food park project

Politics | May 19, 2015, 09:47 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi has written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, seeking revival of the mega food park project in his constituency Amethi and rejecting the contention of Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur that lack

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Rahul Gandhi meets train accident victims' family members

Politics | May 19, 2015, 08:45 PM IST

Amethi: Continuing the tour of his parliamentary constituency Amethi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi today met family members of those who lost their lives in the Bachrawan rail accident on March 20.Traversing through the dusty lanes

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Govt stalling development, taking credit for UPA works: Rahul

Politics | May 19, 2015, 05:22 PM IST

Amethi (UP): Firing a fresh salvo, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused the Narendra Modi government of stalling development works and taking credit for things done during the previous UPA rule.  On the second

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