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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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Congress President's election: Will call you all if I contest, Gehlot to MLAs ahead of Delhi visit

India | Sep 21, 2022, 12:27 AM IST

Congress President's election: Ashok Gehlot informed MLAs that if he fills up the form... then they (MLAs) may be asked to come to Delhi and added that he will continue to serve for the state no matter wherever he stays.

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Rahul Gandhi unlikely to contest for Congress president post. Know why

India | Sep 20, 2022, 07:17 PM IST

Congress had last month announced that the elections for its president will be held on October 17. The result will be declared on October 19.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Yatra

Congress' 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' should have started from Gujarat: Prashant Kishor

India | Sep 20, 2022, 05:04 PM IST

Bharat Jodo Yatra: It would have been better had the Congress started its Bharat Jodo Yatra from Gujarat where elections are due later this year, or other BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, Prashant Kishor said.

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Rahul Gandhi kickstarts 13th day of Bharat Jodo Yatra, 225 km covered so far

India | Sep 20, 2022, 02:06 PM IST

The yatra began with the planting of a Rambutan sapling at St. Michael's College. It was organized by Sasthravedi, the environment wing of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee.

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Congress president election: Jairam Ramesh's dig at Tharoor, 'Nobody needs anybody's nod to contest'

India | Sep 20, 2022, 12:53 PM IST

Congress president election: Shashi Tharoor on Monday met Sonia Gandhi and expressed his intention to contest the upcoming AICC chief polls

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) also, a day

Chhattisgarh Congress joins Rajasthan in calls to make Rahul Gandhi party president

India | Sep 18, 2022, 11:34 PM IST

Congress had last month said the election for its president would be held on October 17. The result will be declared on October 19.

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Rajasthan Congress passes resolution to make Rahul Gandhi as party president

India | Sep 18, 2022, 01:40 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi news: State Election Officer Rajendra Singh Kumpawat conducted a meeting of the newly elected delegates in the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (RPCC) at its headquarters in Jaipur.

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'Bharat Jodo Yatra' enters Alappuzha district, Rahul Gandhi to meet youngsters

India | Sep 17, 2022, 04:03 PM IST

Gandhi kick-started the 10th day of the yatra with thousands of party workers accompanying him, waving party flags. The yatra covered a distance of around 12 km and entered the Alappuzha district and took a break at Kayamkulam at around 11 am.

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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Morning leg concludes, Rahul to interact with cashew workers, others at Kollam

India | Sep 16, 2022, 03:16 PM IST

The foot march which started from Polayathodu covered a distance of almost 13 km. Senior Congress leaders V D Satheesan and K C Venugopal were seen helping Gandhi understand the traditional art form of Kerala.

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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Congress workers threaten man for paying just Rs 500 as donation, suspended

India | Sep 16, 2022, 01:18 PM IST

Bharat Jodo Yatra: The action came in the wake of a video in which the activists are seen purportedly threatening the vendor and creating a ruckus at the shop went viral on social media platforms.

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Women's security cannot be expected from those facilitating release of rapists: Rahul Gandhi

India | Sep 15, 2022, 03:15 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi emphasized the need for creating a safe environment in the country for women, criticizing the BJP over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, saying that women's security cannot be expected from those facilitating the release of rapists.

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Rahul Gandhi begins 4th day of Kerala leg of Bharat Jodo Yatra on spiritual note

India | Sep 14, 2022, 11:43 AM IST

At Sivagiri Mutt, Gandhi met the swamis there and offered prayers to the saint reformer before commencing the fourth day of the Kerala leg of the Congress party's 3,570 kilometers and 150-day long foot march which started off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and will conclude at Jammu and Kashmir.

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India-China disengagement in Ladakh: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi | KNOW DETAILS

India | Sep 14, 2022, 09:53 AM IST

India-China disengagement in Ladakh: Government sources on Tuesday (September 13) said that there has been complete disengagement at key flashpoints in the Ladakh sector between India and China.

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Congress party to step up 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' in other states from September 16

India | Sep 14, 2022, 07:44 AM IST

Bharat Jodo Yatra: Party General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said, "Me and Digvijaya Singh will visit Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha from September 16 onwards. Our effort would be to mobilise the state units to join the Bharat Jodo Yatra."

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NCPCR asks EC to take action against Congress, Gandhi for 'misusing' children in Bharat Jodo Yatra

India | Sep 13, 2022, 07:03 PM IST

The Congress has launched the Bharat Jodo Yatra with an aim to strengthen the party's grassroots level connection.

The Congress leader's Yatra is getting good response from

Dynastic rule seems better than present 'autocracy' in country, says Shiv Sena

India | Sep 13, 2022, 05:37 PM IST

The Sena and Congress were partners, along with the NCP, in the previous Maharashtra government headed by Uddhav Thackeray.

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'Congress is finished... stop taking their questions': Kejriwal to media in Gujarat

India | Sep 13, 2022, 06:48 PM IST

Gujarat Election 2022: Kejriwal was asked to respond to Congress' charge that the party was not paying salaries in Punjab and rather using money for election campaigns in Gujarat.

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Bharat Jodo Yatra: Third day of Kerala leg commences amidst encouraging turn out

India | Sep 13, 2022, 08:10 AM IST

Bharat Jodo Yatra: The 150-day foot march was launched from Kanyakumari in neighbouring Tamil Nadu on September 7 and will cover 12 states and two Union territories.

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RSS slams Congress for doing political 'gimmickry' through Bharat Jodo Yatra

India | Sep 13, 2022, 08:09 AM IST

Bharat Jodo Yatra: "The Congress wants to connect people through hatred and political gimmickry that would not serve the purposes of uniting masses. Congress harboured hatred for RSS and tried to prevent it but the outfit expanded with the support of society," Dr Manmohan Vaidya said.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi addresses media during the

BJP leader seeks apology from Rahul Gandhi for visiting pastor during Bharat Jodo Yatra

India | Sep 12, 2022, 05:50 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi owes an explanation to the people of the nation, whether he subscribed to the view of George Ponnaiah on Hindus and Bharat Mata.

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