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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 meet partymen in rajkot

Rahul Gandhi to meet partymen in Rajkot

India | Oct 04, 2013, 08:48 AM IST

Rajkot: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who started his two-day visit to Gujarat today, is expected to meet partymen during his day-long stay in Rajkot today.Rahul will meet party leaders from Saurashtra and North Gujarat

i was wrong in using the word nonsense says rahul gandhi

I was wrong in using the word 'nonsense', says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 05, 2013, 11:10 AM IST

Ahmedabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday conceded the words he had chosen to trash the ordinance on convicted lawmakers might have been wrong but not his sentiment. Rahul had used the word 'nonsense'

i am a follower of mahatma gandhi and his ideals rahul

I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 03, 2013, 03:06 PM IST

Ahmedabad: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today began his two-day Gujarat tour as part of the Lok Sabha election preparations, by visiting Mahatma Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram here.Gandhi spent almost half-an-hour in the ashram, from where the

rahul to address rally in aligarh on october 9

Rahul to address rally in Aligarh on October 9

India | Oct 02, 2013, 04:45 PM IST

Aligarh: In a bid to reach out to the people with the UPA government's flagship legislation on land acquisition, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will address a rally here on October 9.Gandhi will address the

rahul s opposition to ordinance a farce pm should quit bjp

Rahul's opposition to ordinance a 'farce', PM should quit: BJP

Politics | Oct 02, 2013, 04:24 PM IST

Allahabad:  Describing as a “farce” Rahul Gandhi's opposition to the ordinance on convicted lawmakers, BJP today said his concern at this juncture gives rise to “serious doubts” as he did not utter “a single word”

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Cabinet finally withdraws both ordinance and bill on convicted lawmakers

Politics | Oct 02, 2013, 07:51 PM IST

New Delhi:  Reversing its earlier step, Cabinet today decided to withdraw the Ordinance as well as Bill that sought to give protection to convicted lawmakers in the wake of public outburst against it by Congress

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Rahul to kickstart Gujarat tour from Sabarmati Ashram on Oct 3

India | Oct 02, 2013, 08:23 AM IST

Ahmedabad: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi will kick off his two-day visit to Gujarat from Sabarmati Ashram here on October 3. Rahul will reach here on Thursday morning and later visit Sabarmati Ashram.He will then interact

ncp nc rld oppose rahul cabinet to review ordinance on

NCP, NC, RLD oppose Rahul, Cabinet to review ordinance on convicted MPs, MLAs today

Politics | Oct 02, 2013, 12:08 PM IST

New Delhi: The fate of the controversial ordinance on convicted lawmakers is expected to be sealed at the meeting of the Union Cabinet today with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi having attacked the measure and the

rahul should apologize to pm akali dal leader

Rahul should apologize to PM: Akali Dal leader

Politics | Oct 02, 2013, 06:45 AM IST

Chandigarh: Condemning the recent remarks on the ordinance on convicted leaders by Rahul Gandhi as an insult to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, senior Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia Tuesday said the Congress vice president

no question of resigning but will speak to rahul says pm

No question of resigning, but will speak to Rahul, says PM

Politics | Oct 01, 2013, 09:25 PM IST

On Board Prime Minister's Special Aircraft: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today ruled out his resignation in the wake of Rahul Gandhi's carping attack on his government on the issue of ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers.“There

cabinet to discuss tomorrow ordinance trashed by rahul as

Cabinet to discuss tomorrow ordinance, trashed by Rahul as 'nonsense'

Politics | Oct 01, 2013, 06:58 PM IST

New Delhi:  The Union Cabinet is meeting tomorrow  and may decide to withdraw the controversialordinance on convicted lawmakers in the  wake of its denunciation by Rahul Gandhi, who has dubbed it as “complete nonsense” and

rahul s comments may spread anarchy rajnath singh

Rahul's comments may spread anarchy: Rajnath Singh

Politics | Sep 30, 2013, 04:52 PM IST

Kolkata: Criticising Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for calling a cabinet-approved ordinance "complete nonsense" which should be "torn up and thrown away", BJP president Rajnath Singh Monday said the remarks would spread anarchy.Describing Gandhi's outburst

rahul priyanka hold meeting with congress workers in amethi

Rahul, Priyanka hold meeting with Congress workers in Amethi

Politics | Sep 30, 2013, 04:45 PM IST

Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi today held a closed door meeting with party workers in his parliamentary constituency Amethi.Rahul and Priyanka held a meeting with the newly-elected 31-member district

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As Rahul trashes ordinance, Sonia praises Manmohan's governance

Politics | Sep 29, 2013, 11:22 PM IST

Thiruvananthapuram: In an apparent bid to assuaging his feelings following Rahul Gandhi's denunciation of the government, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi today praised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh saying schemes launched under his “able leadership” have helped

rahul gandhi did not insult prime minister congress

Rahul Gandhi did not insult prime minister: Congress

Politics | Sep 29, 2013, 03:54 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader Rashid Alvi Sunday asserted that party vice president Rahul Gandhi did not insult Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he spoke against a proposed ordinance aimed at shielding convicted lawmakers which had

political storm over rahul s outburst refuses to die down

Political storm over Rahul's outburst refuses to die down

Politics | Sep 29, 2013, 11:18 AM IST

New Delhi: The political storm over the blunt attack by Rahul Gandhi on the Ordinance on convicted lawmakers refused to subside with BJP insisting Saturday that the dignity of the Prime Minister's office has been

rahul gandhi meets industrialists

Rahul Gandhi meets industrialists

Sep 28, 2013, 05:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today met a small group of industrialists including RP-Sanjeev Goenka Group chairman Sanjiv Goenka and banker Shikha Sharma.Others who were part of the meeting include Bengal Ambuja Housing

nitish kumar backs rahul on ordinance

Nitish Kumar backs Rahul on ordinance

Politics | Sep 28, 2013, 04:04 PM IST

Patna: Strongly backing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's opinion on the controversial ordinance on disqualification of convicted lawmakers, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to withdraw it at once.”The

inside story of how rahul gandhi dropped the ordinance bomb

Inside story of how Rahul Gandhi dropped the ordinance bomb on UPA govt

Politics | Sep 28, 2013, 03:16 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's sudden denunciation of the UPA govt's draft ordinance protecting convicted MPs and MLAs on Friday was not an on-the-spur reaction. The scripting of this was done on Thursday

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Sonia talks to PM after Rahul's criticism over ordinance on convicted lawmakers

Politics | Sep 28, 2013, 12:11 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today spoke over telephone to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hours after Rahul caused political tremors with his denunciation of the ordinance on lawmakers and sharp attack on the government

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