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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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Jaitley charge of political debate standards leaves Priyanka unmoved

Politics | Apr 29, 2014, 11:34 AM IST

New Delhi/Rae Bareli: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday accused Priyanka Gandhi of lowering quality of political debate by her remarks about "panic-stricken rats" for his party after it accused her husband of corruption but she

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Battle to watch: Amethi [Rahul Gandhi Vs Smriti Irani Vs Kumar Vishwas]

Politics | May 07, 2014, 07:22 AM IST

New Delhi: Amethi is perhaps the most prestigious   Lok Sabha constituency for the Congress party is recent times. And the reason is very obvious. The seat has been represented by Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Sonia

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Bihar minister slaps Ramdev with case

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 03:00 PM IST

Patna: A Bihar minister Monday filed a case against yoga guru Baba Ramdev for his remarks on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi."I have filed a case in the court against Ramdev for insulting and humiliating

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BSP activists burn effigies of Baba Ramdev

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 03:00 PM IST

Muzaffarnagar: Protesting against yoga guru Ramdev for his “honeymoon and picnic” remark, BSP party workers burnt his effigy in Shahpur town of the district.  The party workers burnt effigy of Ramdev at Shahpur yesterday for

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Congress politics does not allow Sonia, Rahul to speak: BJP

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 03:24 PM IST

New Delhi: Questioning the “silence” of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over allegations involving Robert Vadra, BJP today wondered if the internal politics of Congress does not allow them to speak about them or “defend”

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Rakhi Birla flays Ramdev over Dalit remark

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 02:21 PM IST

Varanasi: AAP leader Rakhi Birla today flayed Yoga guru Ramdev over his remarks on Dalits saying he has not only insulted the community but also women of this country and questioned the silence of Narendra

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Did not insult dalits, furore on word honeymoon political: Ramdev

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 01:23 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Under fire for his “honeymoon” slur, yoga guru Ramdev today said he never insulted Dalit community and the particular word in his remark was latched onto by “some people” only to serve their vested

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BJP alleges graft in Vadra deals, faces spirited attack from Priyanka

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 11:33 AM IST

New Delhi/Rae Bareli: The verbal spat between the Congress and the BJP grew more strident Sunday with the BJP's allegations of "corruption under patronage" in land deals of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra

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For Rahul, poverty is a matter of fun: Modi

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 02:22 PM IST

Sreerampore (West Bengal): Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi, BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi Sunday said that for the Congress vice president, poverty was a "matter of fun" as he had never experienced any such thing in

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Rahul is funnier than comedian Kapil Sharma: Modi

India | Apr 27, 2014, 11:48 PM IST

Jhansi: Ridiculing Rahul Gandhi's allegations against him, Narendra Modi today said his remarks were comical and the Congress leader could soon force stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma to "shut his shop".Modi, who was addressing a public

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Modi, Rahul are corrupt monsters; need to be defeated: Sisodia

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 02:22 PM IST

Amethi (UP): Terming BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as “corrupt monsters”, AAP leader Manish Sisodia today said it was necessary that they were defeated in the Lok Sabha

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In Pics: Narendra Modi's rallies in Uttar Pradesh

Politics | Apr 28, 2014, 08:01 AM IST

Fatehpur: Narendra Modi today hit out at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul saying they were were “furious” that a tea vendor was challenging the “family” and were competing with each other to tell lies against him

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Congress demands arrest of Ramdev over "honeymoon" remark

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 06:58 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress today demanded the arrest of Yoga Guru Ramdev over his controversial “honeymoon” remark against Rahul Gandhi, saying there are certain “crimes” which should not be pardoned.“He has insulted the Dalit community...there are

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Congress abusing Modi in the face of looming poll debacle: BJP

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 06:34 PM IST

Hyderabad: Congress and its allies were using abusive language against BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as they had been demoralised by the prospect of defeat, the saffron party said here today.  Speaking to reporters,

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BJP brings out video, booklet on Vadra's alleged land deals

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 06:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Amid Gandhi family's attacks on Narendra Modi over the Gujarat model, BJP today hit back by bringing out a video and a booklet on alleged land deals of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law

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Sonia, Rahul furious as a tea vendor is challenging them: Modi

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 06:13 PM IST

Fatehpur: Narendra Modi today hit out at Sonia Gandhi and Rahul saying they were were “furious” that a tea vendor was challenging the “family” and were competing with each other to tell lies against him

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Don't need a 56-inch chest to run country: Priyanka to Modi

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 06:59 PM IST

Rae Bareli: Taking a dig at Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi today said a 56-inch chest is not needed to run the country but a “big heart” and “moral strength”.  The Congress star campaigner was taking

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After Ramdev's 'honeymoon' remark, EC issues fresh guidelines

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 12:47 PM IST

New Delhi: In the backdrop of a row over yoga guru Ramdev's ‘honeymoon' remark against Rahul Gandhi, the Election Commission today came out with fresh guidelines against making “malicious” statements about the private life of

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Rahul again hits out at Gujarat development model

Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 11:22 AM IST

Amreli/Dahod (Gujarat): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday yet again lashed out at the Gujarat model of development, saying BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was claiming credit for the work of other people.Gandhi also

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Politics | Apr 27, 2014, 07:47 AM IST

Botad/Devgadh Baria (Gujarat): Rahul Gandhi yesterday said Narendra Modi would have been in jail had Lokayukta and RTI Commissioners been in place in Gujarat and accused BJP's PM nominee of distributing huge tracts of land