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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 promises to address problems of street vendors

Politics | Mar 16, 2014, 08:59 AM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi yesterday promised to a group of street vendors that grievances of the community will be addressed and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde will meet them “directly” to listen and settle

varun gandhi not to campaign in cousin rahul s constituency

Varun Gandhi not to campaign in cousin Rahul's constituency

Politics | Mar 15, 2014, 10:40 PM IST

Sultanpur (UP): Proving that blood is indeed thicker than water, BJP leader Varun Gandhi today said he would not campaign for his party candidate in cousin Rahul Gandhi's Lok Sabha constituency Amethi.“In every sphere of

amethi kumar vishwas s cavalcade attacked

Amethi: Kumar Vishwas's cavalcade attacked

Politics | Mar 15, 2014, 11:02 AM IST

Lucknow:  The motorcade of AAP leader Kumar Amethi was attacked late Friday in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, police said. AAP has blamed the Congress for the attack.Vishwas, a poet-turned-politician, alleged that many Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

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Live updates: Rahul Gandhi says, Congress getting 100 seats is a joke, asks workers not to trust opinion polls

Politics | Mar 15, 2014, 03:02 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi speaking to Youth Congress workers across the country via Google Hangout today appealed to them not to trust opinion polls. When a Youth Congress workers from Assam asked what

modi s life dominates publishing space

Modi's life dominates publishing space

Politics | Mar 14, 2014, 02:39 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's controversial political journey and secretive personal life has provided literary fodder to many authors to write on his "charismatic" personality and "controversial" past and books on him

from tea stalls to drawing rooms politics reigns supreme

From tea-stalls to drawing rooms, politics reigns supreme

Politics | Mar 14, 2014, 10:58 AM IST

New Delhi: Be it a Metro train or a tea stall, drawing rooms to restaurants, market gossip to office banter, politics has undoubtedly become the main topic of social conversation in a politically conscious India.With

varun not to campaign against cousin rahul gandhi

Varun not to campaign against cousin Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 14, 2014, 10:39 AM IST

Lucknow: BJP general secretary Varun Gandhi has ruled out campaigning against his estranged cousin and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi constituency.The 34-year-old leader, likely to contest on a Bharatiya Janata Party

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Rahul to hold video conference with UP leaders

Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 04:59 PM IST

Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will interact with party leaders in Uttar Pradesh through video conferencing March 15, a Congress spokesman said Thursday.The Gandhi scion, hard pressed for time owing to his election campaigns

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Advani attacks Congress for 'slanderous campaign' against Sangh

Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 01:04 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP leader L K Advani today quoted Mahatma Gandhi's grandson Rajmohan Gandhi to claim that RSS was not linked to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and attacked Congress for mounting a “slanderous campaign”

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Hitler's steps inspired Indira's Emergency: Jaitley

Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 10:55 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Wednesday sought to rubbish Rahul Gandhi's comparison of Narendra Modi to Adolf Hitler and alleged that the steps taken by the Nazi leader inspired Indira Gandhi during the Emergency.In

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BJP poll committee may decide seats for Modi, Rajnath

Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 10:38 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP's central election committee will meet here Thursday amid speculation that the party could take a decision on Lok Sabha seats for prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and party president Rajnath Singh.While

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Uttarakhand CM Rawat compares Sonia, Rahul with gods

India | Mar 13, 2014, 08:34 AM IST

Haridwar: Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Wednesday compared Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi to gods inside a temple. "They are just like gods inside a temple. The priests may change,

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Jethmalani says, Kejriwal is close to Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 05:47 PM IST

New Delhi: Noted lawyer Ram Jethmalani today lashed out at the Aam Aadmi Party describing it as a "B" team of Congress. He also alleged that AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal was close to Congress vice-president

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'Modi wave' stronger than 'Atal wave': Thakur

Politics | Mar 13, 2014, 09:08 AM IST

New Delhi: Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha president Anurag Thakur feels that the ‘Modi' wave is stronger than the ‘Atal wave' as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate has already set an example of “good” governance and development.

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JP Agarwal wins primary, to be Congress candidate from NE Delhi

Politics | Mar 12, 2014, 12:48 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress MP Jai Prakash Agarwal won the elections for candidature from the Northeast Delhi Lok Sabha seat under primaries project, piloted by Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. After getting 252 out of 305 votes,

rahul gandhi booked for defaming rss

Rahul Gandhi booked for defaming RSS

Politics | Mar 12, 2014, 11:57 AM IST

Lucknow: A defamation case was filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for saying at a rally in Maharashtra March 6 that the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) killed Mahatma Gandhi.The case was filed in Uttar

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Congress names chiefs of Seemandhra, Telangana units

Politics | Mar 12, 2014, 10:38 AM IST

Hyderabad: The Congress Tuesday named N. Raghuveera Reddy and Ponnala Lakshmaiah as the presidents of its Seemandhra and Telangana units respectively.Uttam Kumar Reddy will be the working president of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee, according to

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Rahul hits out at Modi, says Gujarat not shining for poor

Politics | Mar 12, 2014, 06:36 AM IST

Balasinor : Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday lashed out at BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and said Gujarat was shining not for the poor but only for a handful of "rich industrialists".Addressing a

in pics rahul gandhi s rally in gujarat

In Pics: Rahul Gandhi's rally in Gujarat

Politics | Mar 12, 2014, 06:23 AM IST

Balasinor (Gujarat): In a hard-hitting attack on Narendra Modi on his home turf, Rahul Gandhi today accused his government of “stealing” farmers' land and charged the BJP with appropriating credit for schemes launched by the

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"I will not contest", says Vasan

Politics | Mar 11, 2014, 05:08 PM IST

Chennai: Pushed to the wall in the wake of his party's failure to renew electoral pact with DMK in Tamil Nadu, Congress leader and Union Shipping Minister G K Vasan today ruled himself out of

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