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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 visit Dehradun on Friday

Politics | Mar 07, 2013, 04:16 PM IST

Dehradun, Mar 7:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will arrive here tomorrow to take stock of the party's affairs in Uttarakhand.Party workers are enthusiastic about Rahul Gandhi's visit to the state tomorrow, Pradesh Congress spokesman

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43 per cent of Indians back Modi as next Prime Minister, Rahul Gandhi second favourite: Survey

Politics | Mar 07, 2013, 03:17 PM IST

New Delhi, Mar 7: Forty-three per cent of Indians backed Narendra Modi as the leading choice for the next Prime Minister, according to an opinion poll by a market research agency. Congress Vice President Rahul

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Rahul tells leaders to bridge communication gap

Politics | Mar 06, 2013, 10:49 PM IST

New Delhi, March 6: There is no dearth of talent in the Congress but the problem is lack of coordination and communication between the leaders, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday and called for interactive

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Party my focus, not PM's post: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Mar 06, 2013, 07:19 AM IST

New Delhi, March 5: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said his focus was strengthening the party and not becoming its prime ministerial candidate ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls."Asking me whether you want

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Anti-quota body plans to meet Rahul, Rajnath

Politics | Feb 05, 2013, 05:42 PM IST

Lucknow, Feb 5: A group of UP government employees opposing reservation in promotions today asked BJP and Congress to clarify their stands over the issue.  The Sarvjan Hitay Sanrakshan Samiti plans to hand over memorandums

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Sonia Gandhi promised a flat in Dwarka, job: Delhi gangrape victim's brother

Politics | Feb 04, 2013, 07:30 AM IST

Ballia, UP, Feb 4 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi has assured of initiating steps to allot a flat at Dwarka and a job for one of the family members, the brother of the Delhi gangrape

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Modi, Rahul unsuitable to become PM, Meira, Sushma, Priyanka should try: Shobha De

Politics | Feb 04, 2013, 01:37 PM IST

Agra, Feb 3: Writer and socialite Shobha De has described both Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi as unsuitable for the post of Pime Minister, and has instead opted for

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Rahul to visit Amethi on Feb 5 and 6

Politics | Feb 02, 2013, 01:58 PM IST

Amethi, Feb 2: In his first visit after being elevated as Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi would tour his constituency of Amethi for two days during which he would also interact with party cadres.District Magistrate Vidya

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Rahul Gandhi signals 'drastic and lasting' changes in Congress

Politics | Feb 01, 2013, 09:57 PM IST

New Delhi, Feb 1: Rahul Gandhi today signalled plans to carry out drastic and lasting changes in the working of the Congress to make it fighting fit ahead of a series of elections including the

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Karnataka crisis: Krishna meets Sonia, Rahul

Politics | Feb 01, 2013, 06:55 PM IST

New Delhi, Feb 1: With BJP government in Karnataka facing political crisis, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and newly-elected Vice President Rahul Gandhi held detailed discussions with former External Affairs Minister and senior party leader S

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Not interested in the past, need to look ahead: Rahul to party leaders

Politics | Feb 01, 2013, 11:49 AM IST

New Delhi, Feb 1: Ticket distribution, unity, discipline, membership and reaching out to people were some of the areas covered by Congress leaders Thursday when newly-appointed vice president Rahul Gandhi sought their views on how

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Congress leaders tell Rahul how to make party strong

Politics | Feb 01, 2013, 06:54 AM IST

New Delhi,  Feb 1: Ticket distribution, unity, discipline, membership and reaching out to people were some of the areas covered by Congress leaders Thursday when newly-appointed vice president Rahul Gandhi sought their views on how

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Sharad Pawar ducks question on projection of Rahul as PM

Politics | Jan 31, 2013, 09:50 PM IST

New Delhi, Jan 31: Key Congress ally NCP Chief Sharad Pawar today ducked questions on projection of Rahul Gandhi as UPA's Prime Ministerial candidate saying he does not know him “as a person, his capacity

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Sonia, Rahul likely to visit Maha Kumbh during Feb 5-9

Politics | Jan 28, 2013, 02:37 PM IST

Allahabad, Jan 28: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi are likely to visit the ongoing Maha Kumbh congregation here next month.  Local Congress leader Abhay Awasthi, who received party general secretary

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Reduce negative politics: Rahul Gandhi tells party

Politics | Jan 24, 2013, 11:57 AM IST

New Delhi, Jan 24: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi told party leaders here Wednesday that he wanted to reduce "negative politics".He met party leaders and All India Congress Committee (AICC) members at the Congress headquarters

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Rahul takes charge as Congress vice president, calls for positive politics

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 10:38 PM IST

New Delhi, Jan 23:  Rahul Gandhi today took over as Congress vice president at the party headquarters and followed it up with a brief statement before reporters saying he was in favour of positive politics.

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Rahul Gandhi look-alike sells fried chicken legs in Surat

Politics | Jan 23, 2013, 08:49 AM IST

Surat, Jan 23: A roadside eatery in Surat is famous for its owner who is a look-alike of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Twenty-four-year-old Prashant Sethi was felicitated by his fans the day Rahul was

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Rahul Gandhi's Jaipur speech: Poignant or 'lacking in content'?

Politics | Jan 22, 2013, 07:16 PM IST

New Delhi, Jan 22: Rahul Gandhi in his first speech as Congress vice president touched an emotional chord among many with references to his mother, party chief Sonia Gandhi, and his father and grandmother, and

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Congress must develop leaders who can run the country: Rahul

Politics | Jan 21, 2013, 06:54 PM IST

Jaipur, Jan 21: Saying the party and the country were his life, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, officially crowned the party's No.2, in an impassioned speech Sunday called for a "complete transformation" of the party

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Congress a funny party, quips Rahul

Politics | Jan 21, 2013, 06:54 PM IST

Jaipur, Jan 21: Congress's newly appointed vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday termed his party funny as it functioned without any rules or regulations despite being the largest in the world."It is a funny party. It

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