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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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National Herald case: Delhi HC declines Swamy's early hearing plea

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New Delhi: Days after former environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan quit alleging interference in the running of the ministry, her predecessor Jairam Ramesh said he faced no interference from Congress top officials in the running of

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Delhi polls: Sonia, Rahul congratulate AAP for landslide victory

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New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi today congratulated Arvind Kejriwal for AAP's landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls in which their party failed to score.“My congratulations to Arvind

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New Delhi: Pulling out all stops on the last day of campaigning, Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi today reached out to the electorate holding a roadshow in Sultanpur Majra in north Delhi.Party supporters rallied on both

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New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi's election campaign in the national capital today triggered feelings of nostalgia among the elderly people, who said his speech and mannerisms evoked memories of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.With

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New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today broke his silence on charges levelled against him by former Union minister and Congress leader Jayanthi Natarajan.  Addressing an election rally in Delhi's Jahangirpuri area,  Rahul said that

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Politics | Feb 03, 2015, 09:55 PM IST

New Delhi: A majority of Congress MLAs from Punjab who met party vice president Rahul Gandhi today threw their weight behind former chief minister Amarinder Singh and sought early revival of the party to successfully

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New Delhi: Terming Rahul Gandhi's 'Rs 10-lakh suit' jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "non-issue", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has charged he has taken the level of politics to "a new low.""It is

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New Delhi: Stung by Jayanthi Natarajan's attack on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leaders today rallied behind him and slammed their outgoing “opportunist” colleague, saying she had been removed as Environment Minister because of ‘Jayanthi tax' barb

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