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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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Priyanka visits Congress headquarters

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 11:54 AM IST

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tonight visited the Congress headquarters here to take stock of the preparations for the release of the party's election manifesto tomorrow.Accompanied by senior leaders Ahmed Patel, Motilal Vora and Janardhan

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Live reporting: Sonia, Rahul reject opinion polls, say Modi balloon will explode, release manifesto

Politics | Mar 26, 2014, 02:37 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi today outrightly rejected all opinion polls saying that the party would prove the pollsters wrong the third consecutive time in the forthcoming Lok Sabha

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No advise needed from Digvijay on PM candidate: BJP

Politics | Mar 25, 2014, 04:39 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today ridiculed Congress leader Digvijay Singh for his remark that Sushma Swaraj would be a better PM candidate than Narendra Modi, saying it did not need advise from a man who could

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Congress to release manifesto tomorrow

Politics | Mar 25, 2014, 04:26 PM IST

New Delhi: With Rahul Gandhi in the vanguard, Congress is expected to fall back upon left-of-centre politics focusing on welfare measures after pursuing a policy of economic liberalisation under Manmohan Singh for 10 years.  Widening

rahul holds deliberations with 150 young leaders on ls polls

Rahul holds deliberations with 150 young leaders on LS polls

Politics | Mar 25, 2014, 03:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi held deliberations with over 150 young leaders on the strategy for Lok Sabha polls and sought feedback on his primary experiment to select candidates in elections.Union Ministers RPN Singh, Sachin Pilot,

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Rahul Gandhi attacks Mamata government

Politics | Mar 25, 2014, 02:03 PM IST

Nagrakata (WB): Attacking the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal over the issue of development, Rahul Gandhi today said funds worth crores were sent from the Centre to the state but they never reached the

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Trinamool no different from predecessor: Rahul

Politics | Mar 25, 2014, 01:06 PM IST

Jalpaiguri (West Bengal): Observing that West Bengal has not progressed as desired, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday attacked the state's Mamata Banerjee government in the state for following the footsteps of the erstwhile Communist

rahul gandhi to campaign in koraput nabarangpur on march 31

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Koraput, Nabarangpur on March 31

Politics | Mar 24, 2014, 11:13 PM IST

Bhubanewar: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Odisha on March 31. Gandhi is scheduled to visit undivided Koraput district and address two public meetings in Nabarngpur and Koraput Parliamentary Constituencies, Congress MP

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Ajit Pawar attacks Modi, bats for Rahul

Politics | Mar 24, 2014, 01:29 PM IST

Thane: Claiming that BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was not capable of leading the country, senior NCP leader Ajit Pawar tonight said each and every Lok Sabha seat was important for his party and

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Stirring the political pot -- some interesting fights

Politics | Mar 24, 2014, 10:59 AM IST

New Delhi: Political heavyweights versus greenhorns, veteran journalists taking on the mighty, dynastic succession challenged by a newcomer, a faded filmstar stirring the political pot, and even a rebellious former army general trying his electoral

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AAP an aberration, won't repeat its election magic: Sharma

Politics | Mar 23, 2014, 02:28 PM IST

New Delhi: Terming the emergence of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) an “aberration,” the Congress has said that its magic won't be repeated in the upcoming general elections.“It is an aberration,” senior Congress leader and

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Hope a situation like in 2004 will not be repeated: Buddhadeb

Politics | Mar 23, 2014, 02:24 PM IST

Kolkata: Bringing the BJP-led NDA in place of Congress-led UPA would be like jumping from the frying pan into the fire, CPI(M) politburo member Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has said, hoping there would be no repeat of

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BJP does not believe in empowering people: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 09:56 PM IST

Pratapgarh: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today launched a frontal attack on BJP, charging it with pursuing “politics of strife” and questioning its alliance with Shiv Sena even as he rubbished Narendra Modi's claims of

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Seasoned politician Chacko and Malayalam actor Innocent battle it out in Chalakudy

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 02:24 PM IST

Kochi: It is likely to be a cakewalk for senior Congress politician P C Chacko in the April 10 polls from Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency, where he is pitted against Malayalam film actor Innocent, the

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Rahul to begin UP campaign Saturday

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 11:36 AM IST

Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will begin his party's Lok Sabha campaign in Uttar Pradesh with a rally in Pratapgarh Saturday.Gandhi will be accompanied by party general secretary Madhusudan Mistry, Rajya Sabha member Pramod

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Isolated Congress trying to energise partymen in TN

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 11:07 AM IST

Chennai: Isolated politically in Tamil Nadu, Congress is making all out efforts to energise its cadres ahead of the April 24 electoral fight for 39 Lok Sabha seats in the state.An air of despair has

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Why is Rahul quiet on corruption, asks BJP leader

Politics | Mar 22, 2014, 07:38 AM IST

Dharamsala: A day after Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's attacked BJP's ideological mentor RSS, describing it as a "poisonous outfit", BJP leader Shanta Kumar Friday said the Congress leader had raised issues not linked with

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Resentment surfaces over Congress candidate's selection in TN

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 05:36 PM IST

Chennai: A day after Congress announced candidates for the April 24 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu, resentment over selection of candidates reared its head with a group staging protest at the party headquarters here.

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Contesting against Shatrughan a 'prince vs pauper' battle: Kunal Singh

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 11:30 PM IST

New Delhi: Making his electoral debut from Patna Sahib constituency against BJP heavyweight Shatrughan Sinha, Congress candidate and Bhojpuri actor Kunal Singh has refused to call the poll battle a clash of stars and said

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Sandeep Dikshit files nomination papers

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 11:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress candidate and sitting MP Sandeep Dikshit today filed his nomination papers from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency.Flanked by hundreds of Congress workers and amid slogan shouting, Dikshit, 49, submitted his nomination papers