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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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Nobody will believe Rahul Gandhi is against dynasty concept: Arun Jaitley

Politics | Jan 28, 2014, 02:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley today lashed out at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for his assertion that he was against the concept of dynasty in politics. Writing in his blog, Jaitley said:  "The

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Not my job to punish ministers: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 28, 2014, 11:33 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday said that it is not his job to ensure that cases are lodged against the party ministers accused of corruption.In an interview to Times Now, Gandhi acknowledged

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Jains accorded minority status by Centre

India | Jan 27, 2014, 10:54 PM IST

New Delhi: The Jain community today became the sixth religious group accorded with the minority status following a notification issued by the Centre.The government had decided in a Cabinet meeting on January 20 to give

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Congress will defeat BJP in LS polls: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 27, 2014, 10:49 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi  thinks  his party will defeat the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.In an interview to Times Now news channel, Rahul Gandhi said:  "I think we will defeat

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Rahul veiled PM candidate of Congress: Jaitley

Politics | Jan 27, 2014, 08:15 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Monday called Rahul Gandhi Congress' prime ministerial candidate in "purdah" (veil), questioning why the party's campaign centres around him even when he is not the official candidate for the

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Rahul Gandhi meets kin of Uttarakhand tragedy victims

India | Jan 27, 2014, 10:17 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi yesterday met the family members of the victims of last year's Uttarakhand flash flood tragedy here. The youth Congress, engaged in relief and rehabilitation work in the region,

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'Mein Nahin Hum' slogan used by our councillor in 2010: Congress

Politics | Jan 25, 2014, 10:58 PM IST

New Delhi: Hitting back at the BJP over its allegation that the ruling party “copied” Narendra Modi's ad blitz at a BJP convention in 2011, Congress today came out with a video clip claiming that

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Amethi roadshow: Priyanka believes Rahul will become PM

Politics | Jan 24, 2014, 02:09 PM IST

Amethi: Priyanka Gandhi believes that his brother and Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will definitely become Prime Minister of India.Expressing her desire to see Rahul becoming PM of India, Priyanka said, “people of Amethi have

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Will consider PM post if MPs select me after polls: Rahul

Politics | Jan 23, 2014, 08:12 PM IST

Amethi: Amidst clamour among Congress workers that he should be named the Prime Ministerial candidate, Rahul Gandhi today said he would definitely consider it if the party comes to power and the elected representatives select

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Women can protect themselves if they have rights: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 21, 2014, 10:40 AM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi today sought the views of women from diverse groups for the Congress manifesto and said empowering the fair sex is a "big battle" that the party will have to fight and

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Congress manifesto: Rahul meets women representatives for views

Politics | Jan 21, 2014, 06:25 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday met women representatives from different parts of the country in Bhopal and sought their inputs for the party manifesto, a release said.It said that Gandhi spoke strongly

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Rahul asks Congress workers in MP to fight for people's rights

Politics | Jan 20, 2014, 09:28 PM IST

Bhopal: Expressing disappointment over Congress' defeat in the recent Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today said he was confident about its good performance in the state in the upcoming general elections.“I

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Rahul to begin two-day Amethi visit on Jan 22

Politics | Jan 20, 2014, 04:55 PM IST

Amethi (UP): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be on a two-day visit to his Amethi Lok Sabha constituency from January 22, even as AAP leader Kumar Vishwas continued targeting him over development issues in

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Jain leaders meet Rahul seeking minority status

Politics | Jan 20, 2014, 10:32 AM IST

New Delhi: A delegation of Jain community leaders, led by Minister of State for Rural Development Pradeep Jain, met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi here Sunday and sought his support for the notification of the

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Modi taunts Congress for not naming Rahul as PM candidate

Politics | Jan 19, 2014, 07:43 PM IST

New Delhi: Hitting back at the Congress, BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today taunted it for not naming Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Ministerial candidate saying Sonia Gandhi wanted to save her son from

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Rahul Gandhi part of UPPCC election committee constituted

Politics | Jan 18, 2014, 06:50 PM IST

Lucknow:  Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress in Uttar Pradesh today constituted an election committee comprising party vice-president Rahul Gandhi, union ministers Beni Prasad Verma, Salman Khurshid, among others. Congress national general secretary and Uttar

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Rahul Gandhi alleges, BJP lighting fires of communal hatred

Politics | Jan 17, 2014, 08:03 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today made a blistering attack on BJP saying itbelieved in lighting fires of communal hatred and turning people against one another.In a no-holds-barred attack on the main opposition,

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India TV-C Voter survey: Priyanka Gandhi will not be more effective than Rahul for Congress

Politics | Feb 04, 2014, 07:03 AM IST

New Delhi: Contrary to what many political commentators believe, an India TV – C Voter survey has revealed that a majority of people don't believe that Priyanka Gandhi will be more effective than Rahul  Gandhi

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Congress decision on Rahul Gandhi is final: Sonia

Politics | Jan 17, 2014, 02:35 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday firmly told clamouring party leaders and activists that the decision not to field Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate was final.As Congress workers raised slogans at the

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Congress decides not to project Rahul as PM candidate

Politics | Jan 17, 2014, 09:14 AM IST

New Delhi: Gandhi family scion Rahul Gandhi will not be Congress party's nominee for Prime Ministership in the April-May Lok Sabha polls but will lead the election campaign, the party announced today putting at rest

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