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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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Let Rahul Gandhi try to understand life of people: M Venkaiah Naidu

Politics | Jun 07, 2015, 06:03 PM IST

Chennai:  In a dig at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his visits to various parts of the country, Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said he should try to understand the life

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Nitish Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi as alliance talks gain momentum

Politics | Jun 07, 2015, 04:11 PM IST

New Delhi:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met Rahul Gandhi at his residence here as the talks on alliance to take on BJP in Bihar polls gained momentum.Kumar had reached Delhi yesterday. RJD chief

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Rahul Gandhi to sharpen attack on Modi govt at Congress CMs' meet

Politics | Jun 07, 2015, 01:20 PM IST

New Delhi: Having repeatedly shown his aggressive side since his return from a 56-day sabbatical, Rahul Gandhi is likely to unleash a fresh assault on the Narendra Modi government at a conference of Congress Chief

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Nitish Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi ahead of crucial Janata Parivar meet

Politics | Jun 07, 2015, 07:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today met Rahul Gandhi at his residence here as the talks on alliance to take on BJP in Bihar polls gained momentum.  Kumar had reached Delhi yesterday. RJD

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Rahul Gandhi's dig at Mamata Banerjee's Bangladesh Visit

Politics | Jun 07, 2015, 07:27 AM IST

Kolkata:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday raised questions over the "friendship" between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, joining him in the visit to Bangladesh."When our (UPA) government

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Rahul Gandhi attacks PM Modi on yoga now

Politics | Jun 06, 2015, 06:53 PM IST

Kolkata:   Rahul Gandhi today directed his fire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of hopping from scheme to scheme and the focus on the yoga event later this month and "failure" to fulfil

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Rahul Gandhi questions friendship betweem Modi and Mamata

Politics | Jun 06, 2015, 06:28 PM IST

Kolkata:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of trying to deflect attention away from the NDA government's "unfulfilled promises", and also targeted West Bengal Chief

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Rahul's plan to revitalize Congress will show results in next 1-2 months, Jyotiraditya tells Aap Ki Adalat

Politics | Jun 08, 2015, 04:25 PM IST

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia has said party vice-president Rahul Gandhi has a clear blueprint to revitalize Congress and "the results will show in the next 1-2 months".Replying to a volley of questions

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Left, Trinamool stunted West Bengal's growth: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 06, 2015, 02:16 PM IST

Rishra (West Bengal): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed the Left Front and the ruling Trinamool Congress for stunting growth of West Bengal.Interacting with jute mill workers at the Wellington Jute Mill complex

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Modi on a two-day visit to Bangladesh; Other major events of the day

India | Jun 06, 2015, 10:16 AM IST

1) PM Narendra Modi on a two day visit to BangladeshPrime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Bangladesh beginning June 6 with an aim to inject new momentum in the bilateral

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Rahul Gandhi backs civil society activists, meets Greenpeace's Priya Pillai

Politics | Jun 05, 2015, 12:04 PM IST

New Delhi: Opening another front against the Narendra Modi Government, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met members of civil society including Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, who had a running feud with NDA dispensation and expressed solidarity

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Piyush Goyal accuses Congress of raking "divisive issues"

Politics | Jun 04, 2015, 06:29 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister Piyush Goyal today accused Congress of raking "divisive issues", days after party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the "ideology that pits one against the another"."The

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Rahul Gandhi ignored farmers in Amethi: Smriti Irani

Politics | Jun 03, 2015, 05:34 PM IST

New Delhi:  Upping the ante against Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani today slammed him for ignoring farmers in his Amethi constituency charging the Congress leader with failing to address their grievances.  Irani, who led

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Rahul Gandhi reaches out to Dalits, slams PM Modi govt over IIT-M row

Politics | Jun 02, 2015, 10:56 PM IST

Mhow (MP):  Reaching out to Dalits from the birth place of B R Ambedkar, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today opened another front against the Narendra Modi government accusing it of trying to "silence" a student

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At Ambedkar birth anniversary, Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at BJP

Politics | Jun 02, 2015, 09:02 PM IST

Mhow: Invoking Dalit icon B R Ambedkar's idea of “annihilation of caste”, Rahul Gandhi today made a strong pitch to end social discrimination and took a veiled dig at BJP cautioning against the “ideology that

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RBI monetary policy review today; 7 other major events of the day

India | Jun 02, 2015, 10:00 AM IST

1. RBI monetary policy review; central bank may slash rates by 25 bpsMumbai: Raghuram Rajan-led Reserve Bank of India is expected to cut its key policy rates by at least 25 basis points in its

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Sonia Gandhi writes PM Modi on atrocities on Dalits

Politics | Jun 01, 2015, 10:39 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress President Sonia Gandhi today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging the "distressing rise" in incidents of Dalit atrocities and demanded that a bill to prevent such crimes is brought in the

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Even 100 Rahul Gandhi's cannot match Modi: Sena

Politics | Jun 01, 2015, 12:45 PM IST

Mumbai: Mocking at the ‘suit-boot ki sarkar' jibe of the Congress Vice President, Shiv Sena today said such a government is better then a “suitcase one” and stressed that even 100 Rahul Gandhis cannot match

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BJP never commented on Nehru's clothes: Shahnawaz Hussain

Politics | May 30, 2015, 08:36 PM IST

New Delhi: Hitting back at Rahul Gandhi over his "suit-boot ki sarkar" jibe, BJP on Saturday said such criticism shows that Congress has become "direction-less" even as it claimed that it had never commented on

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Coal secretary hid facts from Manmohan Singh; Know top 5 news headlines of today

India | May 29, 2015, 09:36 PM IST

Delhi HC backs L-G but asks him to consider proposals sent by Delhi govt.Delhi High Court today backed L-G Najeeb Jung in his tussle with Kejriwal government.The High Court turned down the plea challenging the

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