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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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Punjab MLAs meet Rahul, back Amarinder's return to lead role

Politics | Feb 03, 2015, 09:55 PM IST

New Delhi: A majority of Congress MLAs from Punjab who met party vice president Rahul Gandhi today threw their weight behind former chief minister Amarinder Singh and sought early revival of the party to successfully

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Rahul meets Punjab MLAs, seeks views on leadership, strategy

Politics | Feb 03, 2015, 08:52 AM IST

New Delhi: Amid a raging tussle over the leadership of Punjab Congress unit, Rahul Gandhi today met Congress legislators from the state to seek their views on rejuvenating the party with an eye on the

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Supreme Court relief to Ramdev in new 'honeymooon remark' cases

India | Feb 02, 2015, 08:59 PM IST

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed another set of criminal proceedings initiated against yoga guru Ramdev on complaints against his alleged controversial remarks on "honeymoon" directed at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for

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Jaitley hits back at Rahul's jibe at 'Modi's 10-lakh suit'

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 09:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Terming Rahul Gandhi's 'Rs 10-lakh suit' jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "non-issue", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has charged he has taken the level of politics to "a new low.""It is

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Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul: Congress slams her

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 09:21 PM IST

New Delhi: Stung by Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders today rallied behind him and slammed their outgoing “opportunist” colleague, saying she had been removed as Environment Minister because of ‘Jayanthi tax' barb

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Former Congress MP Pradeep Majhi says Rahul Gandhi was committed to Kondh tribes

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 06:34 PM IST

BHUBANESWAR: Apparently corroborating former union minister Jayanthi Natarajan's statement on Rahul Gandhi's intervention relating to rejection of green clearance to Vedanta's mining project, former party MP Pradeep Majhi today said this speaks of the Congress

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Jairam rubbishes Natarajan's allegations against Rahul

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 06:12 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who was the Environment Minister before Jayanthi Natarajan, today rubbished her allegations about Rahul Gandhi's interference in the ministry's work as “not just completely unfair but also preposterously baseless.”In

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Rahul's office planted false stories against me in media: Jayanthi Natarajan

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 02:22 PM IST

New Delhi: The rebel Congress leader Jayanti Natarajan has accused Congress vice-president of planting false stories against her in media.In her letter to Sonia Gandhi, Natarajan has acused Rahul of running a "vicious, false and

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Jayanthi Natarajan quits Congress, says Rahul Gandhi's office asked her to stall projects

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 06:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Taking Rahul Gandhi head on, senior Congress leader and former union minister Jayanthi Natarajan has once again accused Congress vice-president of forcing her to stall projects like Vedanta and Niyamgir.Addressing a press conference

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Senior Congress leader Jayanti Natarajan revolts, accuses Rahul Gandhi of humiliating her

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 06:15 PM IST

New Delhi: In yet another embarrassment to the Congress party, former union minister Jayanti Natarajan has written an angry letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi explaining how she was humiliated for 11 months by none

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Rahul Gandhi ridicules PM Modi for wearing 10-lakh suite, asks where is black money?

Politics | Jan 30, 2015, 07:54 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi Thursday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying while he failed to deliver on his much tom-tommed promise of bringing black money back he wore a

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BJP inciting communal riots: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 05:41 PM IST

New Delhi: At an election meeting in Delhi Thursday, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi accused BJP of inciting communal riots in places headed for elections and said not a single riot too place  when Congress

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Delhi Polls: Rahul Gandhi to hold rally in Seelampur constituency today

Politics | Jan 29, 2015, 08:31 AM IST

New Desk: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will hold a mega rally at Shastri Park in Seelampur constituency today.The rally is scheduled to start at 2:30 pm, where senior Congress leaders including Delhi Pradesh Congress

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PM busy doing his own 'PR', says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 28, 2015, 12:57 PM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy doing his own "PR" (public relations) and has not done anything concrete so far, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said Tuesday."The NDA (National Democratic Alliance) government came

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Congress's four-day 'Chintan Shivir' ahead of Bihar poll starts

Politics | Jan 27, 2015, 02:13 PM IST

Patna: Congress today began its four day-camp here to cement factionalism in the party and broadbase its support among people ahead of the Bihar elections due later this year.“Chintan Shivir” started at state party headquarters,

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Rahul Gandhi greets nation on Republic Day

Politics | Jan 26, 2015, 02:59 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday greeted the people on the 66th Republic Day."Wishing everyone a happy Republic Day," he said."On this Republic Day, let us renew our commitment to the values enshrined

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Priyanka rubbishes reports of Rahul aide being shifted to her house

Politics | Jan 22, 2015, 11:00 PM IST

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi today issued a strong rebuttal to a media report that key aides of her brother and Congress Vice President Rahul were being quietly shifted to her office leading to speculation about

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Rahul Gandhi all set to take over as Congress President in 2015?

Politics | Jan 16, 2015, 03:22 PM IST

New Delhi: After receiving the worst drubbing of its electoral history in 2014 parliamentary elections, the top leadership of Congress is mulling over how to boost the sagging morale of the rank and file of

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Congress launches protest against land ordinance in Bhatta Parsaul

Politics | Jan 14, 2015, 04:45 PM IST

Bhatta Parsaul (UP): Congress today launched its agitation against the land acquisition ordinance with a meeting of farmers here and accused the Narendra Modi government of “snatching away all the rights” given to the people

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Congress cannot revive till Sonia, Rahul remain leaders, says Justice Katju

Politics | Jan 14, 2015, 03:58 PM IST

New Delhi: Former chairman of Press Council of India and retired Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju has hit out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, by saying that the party cannot

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