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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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Jharkhand polls: Congress govts worked for all sections, says Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Nov 22, 2014, 03:30 PM IST

Manika (Jharkhand): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today said programmes like green revolution, MG-NREGA, RTI and women's reservation were the party's initiatives as the Congress believed  in taking all sections of the society along with it.“We

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Nation remembers Indira Gandhi on her birth anniversary

Politics | Nov 19, 2014, 12:11 PM IST

New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and top leaders of the Congress today paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 97th birth anniversary but no one from the

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Congress to release 2nd booklet against NDA ahead of Parliament Session

Politics | Nov 18, 2014, 11:49 PM IST

New Delhi: Seeking to put Narendra Modi-led dispensation on the defensive before the Winter Session of Parliament, Congress is working on bringing out a booklet which will project it as a government of "U-turns".A senior

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Nehru row: Congress accuses Modi govt of trying to 'erase' his legacy

Politics | Nov 18, 2014, 07:54 PM IST

New Delhi: The battle over the legacy of Jawaharlal Nehru escalated today with Congress slamming those trying to “rub him out and erase him” from history and accusing Narendra Modi government of “putting obstacles at

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Jawaharlal Nehru's policies are of enduring relevance: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Nov 18, 2014, 04:24 PM IST

New Delhi: In a veiled attack on Narendra Modi-led dispensation, Rahul Gandhi today slammed those who were trying to "rub out" Jawaharlal Nehru from history as an international conference on the country's first Prime Minister

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Botched sterilisations: Rahul Gandhi meets affected families, alleges cover-up

Politics | Nov 15, 2014, 04:58 PM IST

Bilaspur:  Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today accused the Chhattisgarh government of trying to “cover-up” after he met the victims of botched sterilisation surgeries that have left 13 women dead and said corruption had a

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Botched sterilisation: Rahul Gandhi to visit Bilaspur today

Politics | Nov 15, 2014, 07:53 AM IST

Raipur: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is today slated to visit the families of the victims of the botched sterilisation surgery in Bilaspur.State Congress leaders said that Rahul will also take stock of corrective measures

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Sonia, Rahul adopt villages under Modi's model village scheme

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 11:17 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi have adopted one village each in their respective constituencies to develop them into model villages under "Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana" launched by Prime Minister

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Botched sterilisations: Rahul Gandhi heads to Chhattisgarh tomorrow

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 09:58 PM IST

New Delhi:  Rahul Gandhi will visit Pendari village in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh tomorrow, where botched sterilisation surgeries have left 13 women dead.  Sources said that Gandhi will be meeting the family members of the

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Rahul Gandhi wishes children happy, secure childhood

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 04:54 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi Friday extended his greetings on Children's Day and wished children a happy, healthy and secure childhood.In a message, Gandhi said that every child should have an opportunity to learn

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Leaders should not have animosity for political opponents: Rajnath

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 02:44 PM IST

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today hit back at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, saying no leader should have animosity towards the political opponents and parties should not try to create a sense of

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Manmohan, Sonia, Rahul pay tribute to Nehru

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 12:34 PM IST

New Delhi: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi Friday paid floral tributes to India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru on his 125th birth anniversary."Our tributes to the

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Congressmen to take special pledge to uphold Nehruvian principles today

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 08:39 AM IST

New Delhi: Congress will hold a three-day nationwide rally of party activists to pay “a befitting tribute” to the country's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, on his 125th birth anniversary.Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her

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Punjab Congress launches 'Save Punjab' campaign to combat drug menace today

Politics | Nov 14, 2014, 07:19 AM IST

Chandigarh: The Punjab Congress will today launch massive 'Save Punjab' anti-drug awareness campaign in the state to combat this perilous problem that is spreading swiftly and affecting the youth.The Congress state party Chief Partap Singh

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J&K Polls: Sonia, Rahul to campaign in the state next week

Politics | Nov 13, 2014, 05:55 PM IST

Jammu: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi will campaign next week in favour of the party candidates for the upcoming state elections in Jammu and Kashmir.“AICC President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

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Rahul Gandhi's whole life has been a photo opportunity: BJP

Politics | Nov 13, 2014, 07:05 PM IST

New Delhi: In a scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi, the BJP Thursday said the Congress vice president's whole life had been a photo opportunity, and raised questions on his performance in parliament.Reacting to Gandhi's accusation

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Those who have launched 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' are spreading poison in society: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Nov 13, 2014, 04:14 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of spreading the “poison” of communalism and asked party men to fight those out to demolish Jawaharlal Nehru's “liberal India”, intensifying the battle over his legacy.While

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Bhardwaj pitches for bigger role for Priyanka in Congress

Politics | Nov 11, 2014, 10:13 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress leader H R Bhardwaj, a known Gandhi family loyalist, today pitched for leadership role for Priyanka Gandhi and said Rahul Gandhi is not capable of attracting crowds.A former Law Minister who recently

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Congress stays away from swearing-in ceremony

Politics | Nov 09, 2014, 08:33 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress on Sunday kept away from the oath-taking ceremony of 21 new Ministers in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Council of Ministers.“Both Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were invited to the ceremony,” Power Minister

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Sonia Gandhi, Rahul meet Manmohan Singh, hail award by Japan

Politics | Nov 08, 2014, 11:19 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday to congratulate him for being conferred with one of the highest civilian honours of Japan.Singh was

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