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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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Congress expels MP leader for questioning Sonia and Rahul's credentials to lead a national party

Politics | Oct 16, 2014, 09:44 AM IST

Bhopal: AICC expelled senior functionary Gufran-e-Azam for indulging in Anti-party activities ever since the Congress met its fall in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.What compelled the Congress high command to take this extreme step was

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Five months after poll debacle, Congress sticking to old ways

Politics | Oct 12, 2014, 08:57 PM IST

New Delhi: Five months after its rout in the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress appears not to have made any major course correction with its plans of restructuring said to be still in the works.With

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Ramtek will be developed as tourist hub: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 12, 2014, 07:25 PM IST

Ramtek (Maharashtra): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today promised to develop Ramtek town as a world class tourist centre to attract international tourists.  Addressing a mammoth poll rally in the temple town of Nagpur district here,

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Rahul Gandhi takes on Modi over ceasefire violations

Politics | Oct 11, 2014, 08:19 PM IST

Sirsa (Haryana): Slamming Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ceasefire violations, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today said that onslaught started a day after the Prime Minister assured the country that things were back to

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Hope Satyarthi-Malala Nobel pushes India, Pak to peace: Manmohan

Politics | Oct 11, 2014, 09:50 AM IST

New Delhi: Congratulating Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousufzai, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said he hopes that the award will inspire India and Pakistan to work sincerely

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Haryana Polls: BJP slams Rahul, says he can't see through 'foreign glasses'

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 05:38 PM IST

Hansi (Haryana): BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi for questioning NDA government's abilities in handling Pakistan and China, saying the Congress Vice President could not see what the Centre was doing as he was

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Maharashtra Polls: Congress cannot be banished from Maha: Rahul

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 03:55 PM IST

Dindori (Maha): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his call for “Congress-free Maharashtra”, saying it was impossible as his party's ethos and ideology were same as that of the

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Maharashtra polls: PM Narendra Modi to address three election rallies today

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 08:14 AM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding series of public meetings in Maharashtra and Haryana ahead of the assembly polls slated for October 15.Today, the Prime Minister will hold election rallies in Brahmapuri in

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Haryana polls: Modi is working for big industrialists, alleges Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 09, 2014, 04:48 PM IST

Jhirka (Haryana): Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with working for a few industrialists, Rahul Gandhi today alleged Modi lifted control on drug prices at the behest of some US companies which has led to cancer

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Rahul commits blooper, calls Modi "opposition leader"

Politics | Oct 08, 2014, 07:35 PM IST

Mahad (Maha): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today committed a faux pas when he apparently referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “opposition leader”.  “An opposition leader says nothing happened in the last 60 years.

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Modi has nothing to stop Pak shelling: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 08, 2014, 05:20 PM IST

Mahad (Maha): With shelling and firing by Pakistani troops continuing to claim civilian lives in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has done nothing to

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Modi's love with 'Damaad ji'

Politics | Oct 08, 2014, 08:29 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again brought Robert Vadra in the line of fire on controversial land deals, while campaigning today in Haryana.His love for Vadra's is nothing new; he had raked up his name

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Maharashtra court exempts Rahul from appearance in defamation case

Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 04:47 PM IST

Thane: A magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district today granted exemption to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi from personal appearance in a case in which he has been accused of making defamatory references

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Maharashtra polls: 'Hidden agenda' behind NCP snapping ties, says Congress

Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 06:12 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress today suspected a “hidden agenda” behind NCP parting ways with it in Maharashtra, a day after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan accused his former alliance partner of having a pre-meditated plan to topple

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National Herald case: HC to hear plea of Sonia, Rahul Nov 3

Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 04:01 PM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday posted the plea of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in a case relating to the acquisition of the National Herald daily for

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Sonia Gandhi interacts with Kashmir flood victims

Politics | Sep 29, 2014, 04:22 PM IST

Srinagar: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday visited the flood affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district and interacted with the people.She arrived here Monday with party vice president Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Ambika Soni,

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Sonia, Rahul Gandhi to commence 2-day visit to flood-hit J&K tomorrow

India | Sep 28, 2014, 08:09 PM IST

Jammu: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi will reach out to people in the flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir during their two-day visit starting tomorrow.“Sonia and Rahul are visiting J&K on a

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Politicians having best breeds of dogs

Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:30 AM IST

New Delhi: Having pets at home or having the craze to have pets may sound easy but to take care of the needs of pets is a bit tedious task. Especially, if you are public

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Modi's defence of Muslims - a little too late?

Politics | Sep 20, 2014, 07:28 PM IST

New Delhi: If some of the recent statements of the saffron netizens and the actions threatened by Hindutva outfits are noted, then it can seem that the hardliners have learnt nothing from the setbacks suffered

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Xi concludes India visit, leaves for China

India | Sep 19, 2014, 01:59 PM IST

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping today left Delhi after wrapping up his three-day visit to India.Xi, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, had started his visit Wednesday from Ahmedabad in Gujarat where he was

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