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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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Disclose names of fund givers, AAP asks Congress, BJP

India | Mar 29, 2014, 08:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party today challenged Congress and BJP to disclose the names of the people from whom they have got more than 80 per cent of their funds being spent in the Lok

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Rahul Gandhi warms up to mediapersons

India | Mar 29, 2014, 07:53 PM IST

Ghaziabad: Ignoring the security cover after finishing his speech here today, Congress Vice President Rahul mingled with mediapersons near their enclosure and enquired if they faced any problems during his maiden rally here.  Gandhi, who

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Rahul's balloon will burst too, says CPI's D Raja

Politics | Mar 29, 2014, 06:54 PM IST

Chennai:  Joining issue with Rahul Gandhi who flayed the Gujarat development model as a “new heavier balloon” filled with “gas”, CPI today said there were hardly any differences in the economic policies of both Congress

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Rahul Gandhi meets Imran Masood's wife, kids at Saharanpur rally, disapproves his hate remarks against Modi

India | Mar 29, 2014, 06:28 PM IST

Saharanpur: Hours after a court in Saharanpur sent the Congress candidate Imran Masood to 14 days judicial custody for his "hate speech", Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed a party rally in Saharanpur where he met

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LIVE: Rahul shares dais with Imran Masood's wife in saharanpur rally

Politics | Mar 29, 2014, 09:43 PM IST

Saharanpur: Sharing the dais with arrested Congress candidate Imran Masood's wife, Rahul Gandhi today disapproved of his controversial comments threatening to chop BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Modi "into pieces" saying they militated against the party's

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'Chop Modi' remark: Rahul Gandhi cancels Saharanpur rally

Politics | Mar 29, 2014, 12:16 PM IST

Saharanpur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has called off Saharanpur rally following the arrest of Imran Masood who had made a controversial remark over Modi.Congress Lok Sabha candidate Imran Masood was on Saturday arrested on

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Modi, Sonia, Rahul to address rallies in Odisha

Politics | Mar 29, 2014, 07:28 AM IST

Bhubaneswar : Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi, star campaigners of the Congress and the BJP, will campaign for their party candidates in Odisha.While Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to arrive March

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Nilekani more searched on Google than Karnataka poll veterans

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 12:15 PM IST

Bangalore: Political greenhorn and Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani is more searched on Google than Karnataka's political veterans such as Siddaramaiah, B S Yeddyurappa and H D Deve Gowda.Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, BJP leader Yeddyurappa and Gowda

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Vadodara Congress president slams Modi's false propaganda

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 10:58 AM IST

Vadodara: Congress's Vadodara city unit president Narendra Rawat today criticised BJP's prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi for the latter's statement that the Congress changed its Vadodara candidate because he is a Dalit.Modi had made the

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Jaitley questions logic behind Rahul's BJP balloon jibe

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 10:24 AM IST

Amritsar: A day after Rahul Gandhi's BJP balloon jibe, Arun Jaitely today wondered whether the Congress leader's remark was an “astrological prediction” or based on some rational political thinking and charged the Congressman of “living

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Live: BJP balloon will burst this time too, says Rahul at wardha (Maharashtra) rally

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 05:14 PM IST

Wardha (Maharashtra): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today ridiculed BJP for floating their victory balloon in the ongoing election campaign and said that their balloon will burst this time too, the way it happened in

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Sonia's rally a matter of prestige, says Congress

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 07:41 AM IST

New Delhi: The success of Congress president Sonia Gandhi's upcoming election rally in Delhi will be a matter of prestige, the party said Thursday."It is going to be a historic rally. A large crowd will

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In Pics: Narendra Modi's Gaya (Bihar) rally

Politics | Mar 28, 2014, 06:42 AM IST

New Delhi: Targeting Nitish Kumar, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today alleged that the Bihar Chief Minister had failed to prevent the terrorist attack at Bodh Gaya last year because of ‘vote bank' politics.

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Naveen dubs Congress, BJP leaders as migratory birds

Politics | Mar 27, 2014, 03:25 PM IST

Aska (Odisha): Dubbing Congress and BJP as ‘migratory birds' who visit Odisha only during elections, BJD chief Naveen Patnaik today said the two parties had all along ignored the interests of the state.”Leaders of both

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Kejriwal will address a rally in Amethi soon: Vishwas

Politics | Mar 27, 2014, 11:30 AM IST

Amethi: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will soon address a rally at Amethi, the party's nominee from the constituency Kumar Vishwas said today.  Vishwas, who is contesting against sitting MP and Congress vice-president Rahul

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Congress bats for sexual minorities in manifesto

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 07:02 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress in its election manifesto released Wednesday promised to bring a new legislation to protect the rights of sexual minorities.Listing the legal reforms it plans to move in if voted again to

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A week after Modi, Rahul to visit Wardha

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 06:33 PM IST

Nagpur (Maharashtra): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit Wardha in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region and address a public rally there Friday morning, a party announcement said Wednesday.Gandhi's trip comes a week after Bharatiya Janata Party's

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BJP's 'shehzadas' list runs long

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 05:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Even as it attacks the Congress for its "dynastic politics", the BJP appears to be charting a similar course going by the number of sons and daughters of its leaders in the fray

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The Congress is Congress: Ravi Kishan

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 03:52 PM IST

Mumbai: The Congress party "is out of shape right now", but "the Congress is Congress," said party candidate and Bhojpuri superstar Ravi Kishan, who wants to be part of "the movement to bring the Congress

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Ashok Chavan files papers, says his conscience clear on Adarsh

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 02:46 PM IST

Nanded (Maha): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, who had stepped down in the wake of the Adarsh scam, today filed nomination papers from Nanded Lok Sabha constituency.Brushing aside controversies surrounding him over Adarsh housing