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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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Sonia, Rahul condole Antulay's death

Politics | Dec 02, 2014, 07:39 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi today condoled the death of party veteran A R Antulay, describing him as one of the most significant leaders of Maharashtra.Sonia said she was

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Congress questions œculpable silence of Modi on Sadhvi's remarks

Politics | Dec 02, 2014, 07:08 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress today questioned the “culpable silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the controversial remarks by Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and suspected a political motive behind her utterances ahead of Delhi assembly

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Rahul Gandhi leads Congress dharna against Modi govt's 'U-turns'

Politics | Dec 02, 2014, 05:37 PM IST

New Delhi:  Rahul Gandhi today led dharna by Congress leaders in Parliament House against the Narendra Modi government's ‘U-turns”, a day after the AICC released a booklet listing “umpteen somersaults” of the ruling BJP dispensation

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Jharkhand Polls: Rahul Gandhi's campaign made victory easy for BJP, says Amit Shah

Politics | Dec 01, 2014, 11:23 PM IST

Bokaro (Jharkhand): Criticising Congress and JMM for the prevailing state of affairs in Jharkhand, BJP President Amit Shah said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has made BJP's victory easy wherever he went for campaigning.  “It had

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on two-day tour

Politics | Dec 01, 2014, 12:10 PM IST

Amethi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will arrive here on a two-day visit to Amethi, his parliamentary constituency, to meet party workers on December 3.Congress MP will visit Tiloi, Salon, Jagdispur and Guriganj areas on

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Jharkhand Polls: Sonia Gandhi to address election rally at Patamba today

Politics | Nov 29, 2014, 09:39 AM IST

Ranchi: AICC President Sonia Gandhi will today address an election rally at Patamda. Jharkhand is gearing up for second phase of Assembly polls slated for December 2.While BJP's star campaigner Narendra Modi is leaving no

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Jharkhand Polls: Modi promised jobs, gave brooms, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 09:05 PM IST

Chaibasa (Jharkhand):  Rahul Gandhi today took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan', saying he had promised employment to people, but instead handed them broomsticks.“Modi had said (in his Lok Sabha campaign)

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Jharkhand Polls: Rahul Gandhi interacts with party workers in Jamshedpur

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 04:01 PM IST

Jamshedpur: AICC Vice President Rahul Gandhi interacted with party workers today  at the airport in Jamshedpur before he boarded a chopper for campaigning in the adjoining West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.Gandhi patiently heard the party

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Jharkhand Polls: Rahul Gandhi to address two election rallies in the state today

Politics | Nov 28, 2014, 07:51 AM IST

Jamshedpur: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing two election rallies today in poll - bound Jharkhand, as the state prepares for its second phase of Assembly elections that will eventually decide its future.Rahul Gandhi

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Rahul Gandhi dares Delhi officials to run bulldozer on him

Politics | Nov 27, 2014, 10:13 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today visited the Rangpuri Pahadi slums in the city and warned the Centre against further such move, saying “if they want to use the bulldozer again, let them

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BJP hits back at Rahul, says Congress spread hatred

Politics | Nov 26, 2014, 11:54 PM IST

Jammu: In a scathing attack, BJP today hit back at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi over his remarks that BJP spread anger among people, saying as per facts, it was Congress which did so.“Congress pretends

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Congress is highest example of 'opportunism, falsehood': Omar

Politics | Nov 26, 2014, 09:55 PM IST

Vijaypur (J&K): Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today hit out at Congress for trying to take credit for all the good work done by NC-led government and described the attitude of the party as the highest

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Modi govt being run by big industrialists: Rahul Gandhi in J&K

Politics | Nov 25, 2014, 09:48 PM IST

Poonch (J&K): In a sharp attack on the Modi government, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today alleged it was being run by big industrialists and said a Rs 6,000 crore loan was facilitated to the

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Sonia, Rahul to attend Murli Deora funeral

Politics | Nov 24, 2014, 02:00 PM IST

Mumbai: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will attend the funeral of veteran party leader and former union minister Murli S. Deora, who died Monday, a party spokesperson said

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Rahul Gandhi to campaign in J&K for Assembly polls tomorrow

Politics | Nov 24, 2014, 12:43 PM IST

Jammu: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will campaign for his party in the second phase of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow.  “Rahul Gandhi will campaign for the party candidates in north Kashmir and

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Gave up my job as an actor when I became MP: Smriti Irani

Politics | Nov 24, 2014, 11:46 AM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister Smriti Irani, who rose to fame as a popular TV actor, said she quit acting after becoming an MP to focus on her responsibilities as a politician.“When I came to politics

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Nobody stopping non-Gandhis from leading Congress: Digvijay

Politics | Nov 24, 2014, 09:13 AM IST

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh has said that nobody was stopping any of its leaders, including P Chidambaram, from fighting party elections for becoming its chief, remarks which have renewed the controversy surrounding

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Rahul's criticism of Swachh Bharat irresponsible: M Venkaiah Naidu

Politics | Nov 23, 2014, 11:16 PM IST

New Delhi: Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today slammed as “irresponsible” Rahul Gandhi's attack on Narendra Modi government over Swachh Bharat Mission and said it reflected the “frustration and anti-democratic mindset” of Congress which has

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Rahul Gandhi to lead march in Patna today

Politics | Nov 23, 2014, 07:54 AM IST

Patna: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi would be leading a Samajik Sadbhav (social harmony) march in Patna today  to inform the young generation about the policies and legacies of the century-old Congress.BPCC president Ashok Choudhary had

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Jharkhand Polls: Rahul attacks BJP for failing to bring back blackmoney

Politics | Nov 22, 2014, 04:21 PM IST

Panki (Jharkhand): Attacking the BJP for failing to bring back black money within 100 days of power, AICC leader Rahul Gandhi today claimed that administration was “an art that required patience and seriousness” and the

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