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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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Lalu Prasad meets Rahul, triggers fresh speculation of alliance with Congress

Politics | Jan 09, 2014, 11:31 PM IST

New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday met Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi and the issue of a possible alliance between the two parties is understood to have figured in the talks.Prasad

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Delhi Police trying to prove Rahul correct, says suspects' counsel

India | Jan 09, 2014, 10:16 PM IST

New Delhi: Claiming that Delhi Police created a case against his clients to prove a statement by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as correct, the defence counsel of two Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) suspects Thursday sent a

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Congress downplays survey pushing Rahul Gandhi to third position as PM choice

Politics | Jan 09, 2014, 06:12 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress today downplayed a survey which projected major gains for AAP in big metropolises pushing Rahul Gandhi to third position as Prime Ministerial choice after Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal, saying it will

rahul gandhi to visit amethi friday

Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi Friday

Politics | Jan 09, 2014, 06:19 AM IST

Lucknow: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will visit his parliamentary constituency Amethi Friday, a party leader said Wednesday.Amethi district Congress president Yogendra Mishra told IANS that Gandhi would be accorded "a grand welcome".Gandhi, party sources

priyanka buzz after her meeting with top congress leaders

Priyanka buzz after her meeting with top Congress leaders

Politics | Jan 07, 2014, 08:57 PM IST

New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi today created flutters in political circles when she attended a meeting of top Congress leaders at the residence of her brother Rahul, triggering speculation whether she is in for a major

congress workers beat up aap members in amethi

Congress workers beat up AAP members in Amethi

Politics | Jan 07, 2014, 01:15 PM IST

Amethi: While Congress has extended support to Arvind kejriwal led AAP govt in Delhi, the party workers had no qualms in bashing up AAP members in the Lok Sabha constituency of Congress vice president Rajiv

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Pawar won't contest Lok Sabha polls, to take RS route

Politics | Jan 05, 2014, 09:24 PM IST

Mumbai: NCP Chief Sharad Pawar today ruled out contesting the coming Lok Sabha election, saying “people wanted new faces”, and is all set to take the Rajya Sabha route.“I have decided to stop. This will

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It's immaterial whether Rahul or Modi becomes PM, price rise is more important: Kejriwal

Politics | Jan 04, 2014, 08:28 AM IST

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has  said it  was immaterial  whether Rahul Gandhi or Narendra Modi becomes the prime minister, the nation is fed up of corruption and pricerise.Speaking to reporters on Friday,

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Have given support to AAP manifesto, not to party: DPCC chief

Politics | Dec 29, 2013, 06:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress has decided to extend support to the AAP government as it respects the popular verdict, but the party's role would be that of a constructive opposition, president of the Delhi Pradesh Congress

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Modi, Kejriwal nothing in front of Rahul: Lalu

Politics | Dec 29, 2013, 05:39 PM IST

Muzaffarnagar:  On a visit to relief camps of riot victims here, RJD chief Lalu Prasad today blamed both the BJP and the SP for the communal violence here even as he heaped praise on Rahul

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Congress serious about fighting corruption: Rahul

Politics | Dec 28, 2013, 06:18 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday said his party "is serious about fighting corruption" and urged the opposition to help the government pass the anti-graft bills pending in parliament."It's about a system. The

rahul gandhi interacts with cms of 12 congress ruled states

Rahul Gandhi interacts with CMs of 12 Congress-ruled states

Politics | Dec 27, 2013, 01:33 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi today held a strategy session with Chief Ministers of 12 Congress rules states and other top leaders of the party to review the preparedness for upcoming general elections

rahul to discuss ls poll strategy with congress cms tomorrow

Rahul to discuss LS poll strategy with Congress CMs tomorrow

Politics | Dec 26, 2013, 11:30 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi will hold interactions with Chief Ministers of 12 Congress-ruled states here tomorrow as the party braces for next Lok Sabha polls after a debacle in recent state Assembly elections.The meeting being

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Rahul future leader of Congress, but decision on PM candidate at right time: Dwivedi

Politics | Dec 24, 2013, 08:07 PM IST

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is the future leader of Congress but the question of their prime ministerial candidate will be decided at an appropriate time, party general secretary Janardan Dwivedi said today amid talk that

meeting of congress cms to fine tune strategy ahead of ls

Meeting of Congress CMs to fine tune strategy ahead of LS polls

Politics | Dec 24, 2013, 07:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Smarting under the defeat in four state polls, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has called a meeting of party Chief Ministers this week to fine tune the strategy for Lok Sabha polls in

swami ramdev to actively campaign against sonia and rahul

Swami Ramdev to actively campaign against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Dec 24, 2013, 12:10 PM IST

Lucknow:  Swami Ramdev has announced that he will actively campaign against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi in upcoming parliamentary elections in order to ensure their defeat Announcing this at an event

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Communal divide: Muzaffarnagar riot victims tell Rahul, we won't return home

India | Dec 23, 2013, 05:17 PM IST

Shamli: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi came face to face with the bitter reality of the deep communal divide in the sugar belt of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli as he made an unannounced visit to the relief

rahul lashes at sp govt over child deaths in relief camps

Rahul lashes at SP govt over child deaths in relief camps

Politics | Dec 23, 2013, 06:24 AM IST

Muzaffarnagar: Rahul Gandhi yesterday lashed out at Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh for the “poor” conditions in the relief camps for the riot-affected and death of children belonging to displaced families.  “The condition in

rahul to meet members of minority communities in poll

Rahul to meet members of minority communities in poll prepration

Politics | Dec 22, 2013, 09:41 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will interact with over 200 representatives from various minority communities, including Muslims, tomorrow to solicit their views and find out their demands and aspirations which may find a

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Rahul Gandhi meets Muzaffarnagar riot victims, wants them to go home

India | Dec 22, 2013, 03:44 PM IST

Malakpur (Shamli): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today asked the victims of Muzaffarnagar riots living in relief camps here to go back to their homes, saying those engineering communal riots want them to remain in

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