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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 may not be made PM candidate

Politics | Jan 16, 2014, 01:14 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi may have expressed his willingness to undertake any responsibility given to him by his party but contrary to widespread speculation he is unlikely to be announced the Congress' prime ministerial candidate.The

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Rahul Gandhi has got his facts wrong: Jaitley

Politics | Jan 16, 2014, 06:35 AM IST

New Delhi: BJP leader Arun Jaitley Wednesday hit out at Rahul Gandhi over his remarks about the opposition party and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi pursuing "personality-oriented" power and said the Congress vice president had

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No Gandhi can save Congress: Maneka

Politics | Jan 15, 2014, 11:12 PM IST

Kanpur: Taking on Congress after its massive debacle in the recent assembly elections, BJP MP Maneka Gandhi today said the ruling has hit such a low that it would not “rise again” even if it

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Kumar Vishwas accuses Rahul Gandhi of staying abroad when sensitive issues came up

Politics | Jan 15, 2014, 11:19 AM IST

Amethi: Launching a fresh attack on Rahul Gandhi, AAP leader Kumar Vishwas Tuesday said the Congress Vice-President was not capable of taking up any responsibility in the country."He (Rahul) is not capable enough to take

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Rahul Gandhi's remark on personality-oriented politics laughable: BJP

Politics | Jan 14, 2014, 11:02 PM IST

New Delhi: BJP today termed as "laughable" comments of Rahul Gandhi that personality-oriented politics of Narendra Modi is not in national interest and said what can one expect from a party which does dynastic politics

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Personality-oriented rule not in national interest: Rahul Gandhi on Narendra Modi

Politics | Jan 15, 2014, 07:55 AM IST

New Delhi: Deriding the BJP campaign to make Narendra Modi as the next Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi today said that personality-oriented rule is "not in national interest"."Government should not be run on the whims and

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Congress, AAP two sides of same coin: Badal

Politics | Jan 15, 2014, 07:56 AM IST

Muktsar: Terming the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as the "two sides of a coin",Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal yesterday asked the people to beware of the "cheap political gimmickry" of both the

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Rahul Gandhi has to decide if he wants to become PM nominee: Salman Khurshid

Politics | Jan 14, 2014, 10:32 PM IST

Mumbai: Even as Rahul Gandhi said that he is ready to take up any responsibility his party gives to him, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here on Mumbai that only the Congress Vice President

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Kumar Vishwas: The poet-turned-politician challenges Rahul

Politics | Apr 12, 2014, 07:44 AM IST

New Delhi:  “Koi Deewana Kehta Hai, Koi Paagal Samajhta Hai; Magar Dharti Ki Bechaini Ko Bas Baadal Samajhta Hai”  – Kumar VishwasIn this country, those who know politics well also know how difficult it is

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Complaint against Rahul for jumping on top of police vehicle

Politics | Jan 14, 2014, 06:12 PM IST

Alappuzha: A complaint was today lodged in a police station in the district seeking action againstCongress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi for jumping atop a police vehicle during his visit to Kerala.Police, however, said no case had

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Power is poison but I'm ready to take every responsibility, says Rahul on his PM candidature

Politics | Jan 14, 2014, 03:15 PM IST

New Delhi: In a clear indication of his willingness to become the prime ministerial candidate of Congress in upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi now says that he will do whatever the

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We want to contest LS polls under Rahul Gandhi: Manish Tewari

Politics | Jan 14, 2014, 02:46 PM IST

New Delhi:  Calling Rahul Gandhi the natural leader of Congress, Union Minister Manish Tewari today said that partymen want to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections under his leadership.“We have repeatedly and consistently said that

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Rahul behaved like a 'joker' in Kerala: CPM

Politics | Jan 15, 2014, 10:11 AM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi behaved like a "joker" during his visit in the state Monday and such a person is being projected as the prime ministerial candidate by the Congress, a CPI-M leader

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More youngsters, women should join Congress: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jan 13, 2014, 10:40 PM IST

Kochi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today asked the young and women to join the party to play a big role.Gandhi, who was returning after participating in ‘Yuva Kerala Yatra' organised by the Youth congress

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Rahul joins youth campaign in Kerala

Politics | Jan 13, 2014, 07:16 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: Giving a boost to his party ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi today took part in ‘Yuva Kerala Yatra' organized by the Youth Congress.Gandhi spent about 10 minutes in the padayatra

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Rahul, Kejriwal no challenge for Modi for PM post: Raman Singh

Politics | Jan 12, 2014, 11:30 PM IST

Bhopal: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Sunday said neither Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi nor Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will affect Narendra Modi's chances of becoming the country's Prime Minister. "Whoever comes, it

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Congress yet to decide on alliance in Bihar

Politics | Jan 12, 2014, 01:18 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress appears to be in two minds on the issue of alliance in Bihar despite top leaders of the party having met both RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan

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Pearls of wisdom: Rahul says, Congress works more, but not good at marketing

Politics | Jan 11, 2014, 09:55 PM IST

Bangalore: Rahul Gandhi today said Congress works more but is not good at marketing, unlike opposition parties."Our opposition markets better, works less. We work more but aren't good at marketing," he said during a brainstorming

rahul agrees to become pm candidate after much persuasion

Rahul agrees to become PM candidate after much persuasion by Sonia, Priyanka

Politics | Jan 10, 2014, 05:44 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has at last agreed to become the PM candidate for Congress in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections after much persuasion by party president Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka Vadra,

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My fight against Rahul will be 500 peti versus Amethi, says AAP leader Kumar Vishwas

Politics | Jan 13, 2014, 07:02 AM IST

New Delhi: The loquacious leader of Aam Aadmi Party Kumar Vishwas has said, his fight against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi will be "five hundred peti versus Amethi".  A "peti" in Mumbai underworld parlance

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