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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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Rahul Gandhi to hold workers meeting in Kolkata March 25

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 10:51 AM IST

Kolkata: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address party workers at the city's Shahid Minar Maidan Tuesday, West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.Gandhi was likely to attend a second rally on the

rahul gandhi to hold workers meeting in kolkata on march 25

Rahul Gandhi to hold workers meeting in Kolkata on March 25

India | Mar 21, 2014, 08:18 AM IST

Kolkata: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address party workers at the city's Shahid Minar Maidan on Tuesday, West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.Gandhi was likely to attend a second rally on

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In Pics: Rahul Gandhi's Rally in Himachal Pradesh

Politics | Mar 21, 2014, 06:49 AM IST

Tanda (HP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today termed the Lok Sabha elections as a “battle of thoughts”, saying while the Congress stood for empowering the people, the opposition represented only the rich in the country.In

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Live reporting: Rahul Gandhi quotes Sardar Patel to lash out at RSS in Dharamshala rally

Politics | Mar 20, 2014, 03:25 PM IST

Dharamshala (HP): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today lashed out at the BJP saying that it was following the ideology of RSS, about which Sardar Patel once said, that it had a poisonous thinking about India.

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I am contesting on Nitish's request: Prakash Jha

Politics | Mar 20, 2014, 11:03 AM IST

Patna: Filmmaker Prakash Jha said Wednesday that he was contesting the Lok Sabha polls from West Champaran in Bihar at the request of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.He said it was because of Nitish Kumar that

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Rahul questions BJP's plan on development in states

Politics | Mar 20, 2014, 08:39 AM IST

Wangjing (Manipur) : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday questioned the BJP's plan to impose the Gujarat model of development on all states. He asserted the best model for each state was one that reflected

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Rahul Gandhi cancels Mizoram visit

India | Mar 19, 2014, 01:31 PM IST

Aizawl : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has cancelled his proposed visit to Aizawl today in view of the ongoing Assembly session, party sources said.Thanglawra Ngurte, member of the state PCC Media Cell, said his

rahul gandhi cancels mizoram visit

Rahul Gandhi cancels Mizoram visit

Politics | Mar 19, 2014, 12:24 PM IST

Aizawl: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi has cancelled his proposed visit to Aizawl today in view of the ongoing Assembly session, party sources said.  Thanglawra Ngurte, member of the state PCC Media Cell, said his

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BJP's divisive policy spoiling country's secular fabric: Rahul

Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 04:30 PM IST

Hapoli (Arunachal): Rahul Gandhi today alleged that BJP's “divisive” policy was responsible for spoiling the country's secular fabric and incidents of hate crime, while stressing that Congress' ideology was to unite the people irrespective of

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Rahul's poll win dream like filling balloon with holes: Sena

Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 04:34 PM IST

Mumbai: Launching a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, Shiv Sena today said the Congress vice president's dream of victory in the Lok Sabha elections is like filling gas in balloons with holes.“It's hilarious that Congress,

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Live reporting: Rahul Gandhi addresses Arunachal Pradesh rally

Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 12:40 PM IST

Ziro(Arunachal Pradesh): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today promised more development for Arunachal Pradesh, if the Congress returned to power at the Centre. Addressing a rally here, Rahul Gandhi said, the real strength of Arunachal Pradesh

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Mamata should be more critical of Modi: Imam

Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 12:21 PM IST

Kolkata: Accusing BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi of being an “opportunist”, prominent city cleric Maulana Barkati today asked Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee to be more critical of Modi in order to prove her

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Rahul will lose heavily in Amethi, says AAP leader Kumar Vishwas

Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 06:30 AM IST

Amethi (Uttar Pradesh): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will lose "by a big margin" in the Lok Sabha polls here, AAP leader and candidate Kumar Vishwas says.The Arvind Kejriwal associate also said in an interview

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Rahul cut off from reality, Congress a sinking ship: Jaitley

Politics | Mar 18, 2014, 06:31 AM IST

New Delhi:  BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday termed the Congress "a sinking ship" and took a dig at Rahul Gandhi, contending the Congress vice president was "completely cut off from reality".In an article on the

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Congress a sinking ship, even senior leaders deserting it: Jaitley

Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 07:26 PM IST

New Delhi: Terming Congress a “sinking ship”, senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today said even its senior leaders have decided to desert the party while some are refusing to contest the Lok Sabha elections. “Faced

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Rahul invoking Gujarat riots issue for Muslim votes: BJP

Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 11:38 AM IST

Ahmedabad: Gujarat BJP today sharply reacted over Rahul Gandhi's remark about Narendra Modi's role in 2002 riots saying it was an attempt by the Congress to garner Muslim votes.“Instead of giving answers about their failures

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Rahul says, Modi must be held legally accountable for 2002 Gujarat riots

Politics | Mar 17, 2014, 07:37 AM IST

New Delhi: Hitting out at Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi today demanded "legal accountability" for the "clear and inexcusable failure" of governance during the 2002 Gujarat riots and dismissed talk of clean chit to him as

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Congress not underdog: Rahul

Politics | Mar 16, 2014, 05:14 PM IST

New Delhi: An upbeat Rahul Gandhi today rejected the view that the Congress party was an “underdog” or that it faced an “uphill” task in the Lok Sabha polls, affirming that there would be a

rahul gandhi to hold rally in arunachal

Rahul Gandhi to hold rally in Arunachal

Politics | Mar 16, 2014, 02:14 PM IST

Itanagar: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Arunachal Pradesh on March 18 to kick start the party's poll campaign for April 9 simultaneous Parliament and Assembly elections in the state.  The Congress leader

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Congress an 'underdog' in LS polls: Chidambaram

Politics | Mar 16, 2014, 11:26 AM IST

Chennai: Finance Minister P Chidambaram today admitted that Congress was the “underdog” in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections but averred that in a multi-cornered contest, an underdog too could win several seats.  “I know it

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