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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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Live: Priyanka Gandhi campaigns for Rahul in Amethi

Politics | Apr 15, 2014, 12:22 PM IST

Amethi: Priyanka Gandhi is on a two day visit to her brother's constituency. She will be campaigning for Rahul Tuesday, who is the sitting MP of Amethi constituency. Priyanka will be holding public meetings, meet

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Vajpayee-Advani replaced by Modi-Adani: Rahul

Politics | Apr 15, 2014, 07:23 PM IST

Hingoli (Rajasthan): Vajpayee-Advani partnership has been replaced by Modi-Adani one, Rahul Gandhi said today, taking a jibe at Gujarat Chief Minister and his alleged favours to the Adani group.Addressing a rally here, he said Modi

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Priyanka 'myth' too needs to be exploded: BJP

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 07:23 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today said it wishes Priyanka Gandhi would have contested against Narendra Modi as the country now needs the “myth” around her also to be “exploded” and slammed Congress as just “a crowd

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Gujarat development model a 'toffee model': Rahul

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 07:09 PM IST

Latur (Mah): In a blistering attack on Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today dubbed the Gujarat model propagated by Narendra Modi as a “toffee model”, saying it has benefited only one industrialist in the state, ignoring

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Congress shivering, knows it will have to pay for misdeeds: Modi

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 07:10 PM IST

Lacchmangarh (Sikar): Claiming that Congress was “shivering” at the prospect of his taking charge, Narendra Modi today warned its leaders that will have to pay for their “misdeeds” after May 16.The BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate

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Live: Who are Sonia and Rahul to teach Indians on culture, says Modi at Rajasthan rally

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 05:58 PM IST

Laxmangarh (Rajasthan): Narendra Modi on Monday paid tribute to all the mothers of India who raised their sons for service to the nation. At the same time, he took a jibe a Congress President, for

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BJD sacrificing commoners for few businessmen: Rahul

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 04:25 PM IST

Bhubaneswar: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday accused Odisha's ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) of benefiting a few industries and sacrificing the interests of the common people.Addressing an election rally in Jagatsinghpur, about 80 km

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Rahul insulting Ambedkar by taking credit for laws: Modi

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 02:01 PM IST

Ahmedabad: On the 123rd birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, Narendra Modi today attacked Rahul Gandhi saying he was “insulting” the chief architect of the Constitution by taking credit for enacting laws and giving rights

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Gandhis are under siege, says Jaitley

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 02:05 PM IST

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday attacked the Congress, saying the "Gandhis are under siege" and the party appears to be getting "more and more desperate".Commenting on media reports that Congress vice president

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Call and campaign for Kejriwal, Vishwas from anywhere in India

Politics | Apr 14, 2014, 12:25 PM IST

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has begun its Citizens Call Campaign in Varanasi and Amethi Lok Sabha constituencies, enabling its volunteers as well as the common man from across the country to canvass

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Talk of empowering people hollow when PM left powerless: BJP

Politics | Apr 13, 2014, 07:00 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today ridiculed Rahul Gandhi's comments that he believed in empowering people and fighting graft, saying his claims sound hollow as he and his mother Sonia Gandhi had even “snatched” away the powers

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PM candidate, a fictional idea: Mamata

Politics | Apr 13, 2014, 06:40 PM IST

Kolkata: Trashing pre-poll surveys putting Narendra Modi ahead in the prime ministerial race, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said the idea of a PM candidate is “fictional” as it is not backed by Constitution.

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Maneka Gandhi hits back at Priyanka on Varun's path

Politics | Apr 13, 2014, 06:41 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP leader Maneka Gandhi Sunday hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's comment on her son Varun Gandhi and said the country would decide who has gone on

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Priyanka Gandhi to campaign for Rahul in Amethi from April 15

Politics | Apr 13, 2014, 04:25 PM IST

Amethi (UP): Priyanka Gandhi will be on a two day visit of the constituency from April 15 to campaign for her brother and sitting Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.  “Priyanka is coming to Amethi on a

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Manmohan Singh: A good man let down by the party

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I have an abiding memory of Manmohan Singh. It goes far back to the days when he was not the prime minister, not even the finance minister, when in the early '90s he took transformational

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Rahul willing to be PM, attacks Modi for seeking all power

Politics | Apr 13, 2014, 12:39 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday gave clear indication of his willingness to take the prime minister's post if the Congress wins the Lok Sabha elections and accused BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra

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Rahul an egotist prince of anti-democratic Congress dynasty: Modi

Politics | Apr 12, 2014, 08:08 PM IST

Ahmednagar: BJP's Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi today accused the Congress leadership of promoting “anti-democratic dynastic culture” in politics and termed the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi as an “egotist prince”.“Sonia and Rahul have followed the

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Congress defends Rahul's comment on Modi's marital status

Politics | Apr 12, 2014, 07:49 PM IST

Bangalore: AICC General Secretary B K Hariprasad today defended Rahul Gandhi for his controversial remarks on the marital status of Narendra Modi, saying he did not question Gujarat CM's relationship, but the legality of concealing

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Rahul's immovable assets show decline but value doubles

Politics | Apr 12, 2014, 07:32 PM IST

Amethi: Rahul Gandhi's immovable assets have shown a decline since 2009 but the value of total assets has doubled to Rs.9.4 crore in the last five years.In the affidavit filed by him along with his

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India | Apr 12, 2014, 06:04 PM IST

Patna: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will make a second visit to Bihar on April 16 to address an election rally in minority-dominated Araria in favour of party nominee from Kisanganj Lok Sabha seat.Rahul Gandhi's

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