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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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'NDA govt cancels Rahul's pet project in Amethi'

Politics | Apr 11, 2015, 10:38 PM IST

Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's dream to see his Lok Sabha constituency Amethi emerge as a major food processing hub in the area may not be realized as NDA government has cancelled the mega

congress pulling out all stops for farmers rally

Congress pulling out all stops for farmers' rally

Politics | Apr 11, 2015, 04:56 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress is pulling out all the stops for its April 19 farmers' rally here on land bill, where Rahul Gandhi is set to make his first public appearance after a nearly two-month long

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Congress has to rediscover street politics to resurrect: Ramesh

Politics | Apr 08, 2015, 03:56 PM IST

Hyderabad: An electorally-battered Congress has to rediscover street and agitational politics to resurrect itself, taking the drubbing it received in the Lok Sabha elections as an opportunity to restructure and focus on the new generation,

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No conflict, party needs guidance of both Sonia, Rahul: Congress

Politics | Apr 07, 2015, 10:15 PM IST

New Delhi: Amidst differing viewpoints emerging within the party on the question of who should be its next chief, Congress today said that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi were “both leaders of the party whose continued

rahul gandhi will take part in kisan rally on april 19

Rahul Gandhi will take part in Kisan Rally on April 19: Jairam Ramesh

Politics | Apr 07, 2015, 07:08 PM IST

Lucknow: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said the party vice president Rahul Gandhi, who is currently on a sabbatical, will take part in the agitational programme on Land Acquisition Bill on April 19.  “The

congress speaks in different voices over leadership issue

Congress speaks in different voices over leadership issue

Politics | Apr 06, 2015, 10:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Different voices emerged from Congress today on the leadership issue with senior leader Ambika Soni insisting that the party needs Sonia Gandhi as President while party general secretary Digvijay Singh pitched for Rahul

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Rahul Gandhi's elevation most likely in AICC's September meet

Politics | Apr 06, 2015, 08:25 AM IST

New Delhi: Change of guards at the helm in the Congress will now take place in September with party deciding to delay the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session by six months. It is most likely

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Wherever Rahul Gandhi is, he is safe: Salman Khurshid

Politics | Apr 05, 2015, 11:45 PM IST

Bhadohi: Amidst controversy over Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's long sabbatical, former Union Minister Salman Khurshid today said wherever the leader is, he is completely safe.“The opposition needs not to worry about Rahul. He is the

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Sonia needed at helm in Congress more than ever: Sandeep Dikshit

Politics | Apr 05, 2015, 08:35 PM IST

New Delhi: Amid talk that Rahul Gandhi could soon become Congress president, party spokesperson Sandeep Dikshit today said Sonia Gandhi is the "leader" for "99 per cent of" partymen and she is needed at the

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No alternative to Rahul Gandhi in Congress: Meena

Politics | Apr 04, 2015, 09:26 PM IST

Kota: Congress party has no other alternative to Rahul Gandhi and he is the “best one” to lead the party, senior Congress leader Ramnarayan Meena today said.“Congress party has got no other leader but Rahul

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Congress targets Modi after BJP takes jibe at Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Apr 03, 2015, 06:58 PM IST

New Delhi: With the BJP taking potshots over "leave of absence" taken by Rahul Gandhi, the Congress on Friday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of ignoring senior leaders of his party,

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Stop finding faults with BJP; find your leader, Amit Shah to Congress

Politics | Apr 03, 2015, 04:27 PM IST

Bengaluru: Attacking the Congress-led opposition for “deliberately spreading misgivings” about land bill, BJP today said the party should stop finding “non-existent” faults with the government and instead concentrate on finding its leader, a dig at

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Reeling under financial crunch, Congress aims to raise funds from public

Politics | Apr 02, 2015, 10:40 AM IST

New Delhi: The Congress party is facing its worst-ever financial crisis. The party's corporate funding almost dried up in run-up to the recently-concluded assembly elections in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Haryana and Maharashtra.The party

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Eclipses can be predicted, not Rahul Gandhi's appearance: Prakash Javadekar

Politics | Mar 31, 2015, 11:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar today took a dig at Rahul Gandhi over his mysterious "leave", saying even eclipses can be predicted but not the "appearance" of the Congress Vice President."In the prediction of

rahul gandhi to return by april 19 for congress rally

Rahul Gandhi to return by April 19 for Congress rally against Land Bill

Politics | Mar 30, 2015, 08:56 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice-President and second-in-command Rahul Gandhi will be back in Delhi to address a rally against the Land Bill on April 19, party leader Digvijay Singh said today.Rahul Gandhi was missing from the

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Membership rat race: Time for CPM to pull up its socks

Politics | Mar 30, 2015, 03:10 PM IST

Political foyers are buzzing with a new type of competition these days – the membership rat race.  The top-notch national parties of the country are running ahead of time and against each other to build

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Rahul Gandhi to be named to Congress top post as early as May?

Politics | Mar 29, 2015, 07:15 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, who Congress chief Sonia Gandhi said will be “back soon” from his sabbatical, could replace his mother in the top party post as early as May.The possibility of a meeting in

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Rahul will come back soon, Sonia Gandhi assures people of Amethi

Politics | Mar 29, 2015, 07:37 AM IST

Rae Bareli: Congress president Sonia Gandhi had to face some  tough questions  in connection with Rahul Gandhi's absence when she visited his  Lok Sabha constituency – Amethi, today.Answering questions regarding his son's absence from Amethi,

rahul gandhi to take call on assuming party mantle

Rahul Gandhi to take call on assuming party mantle?

Politics | Mar 27, 2015, 11:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi, who is likely to return from his mysterious sabbatical next month, is expected to take a call on when to assume the party's mantle, notwithstanding the fact that the schedule for

congress seeks to ignore rahul posters issue

Congress seeks to ignore Rahul posters issue

Politics | Mar 25, 2015, 10:15 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress today sought to ignore reports about posters surfacing in various parts of Uttar Pradesh taking digs at the month-long sabbatical of Rahul Gandhi.“The Congress Vice President will return in the proximate future,”

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