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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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Hope Satyarthi-Malala Nobel pushes India, Pak to peace: Manmohan

Politics | Oct 11, 2014, 09:50 AM IST

New Delhi: Congratulating Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousufzai, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said he hopes that the award will inspire India and Pakistan to work sincerely

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Haryana Polls: BJP slams Rahul, says he can't see through 'foreign glasses'

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 05:38 PM IST

Hansi (Haryana): BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi for questioning NDA government's abilities in handling Pakistan and China, saying the Congress Vice President could not see what the Centre was doing as he was

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Maharashtra Polls: Congress cannot be banished from Maha: Rahul

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 03:55 PM IST

Dindori (Maha): Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his call for “Congress-free Maharashtra”, saying it was impossible as his party's ethos and ideology were same as that of the

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Maharashtra polls: PM Narendra Modi to address three election rallies today

Politics | Oct 10, 2014, 08:14 AM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding series of public meetings in Maharashtra and Haryana ahead of the assembly polls slated for October 15.Today, the Prime Minister will hold election rallies in Brahmapuri in

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Haryana polls: Modi is working for big industrialists, alleges Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Oct 09, 2014, 04:48 PM IST

Jhirka (Haryana): Charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with working for a few industrialists, Rahul Gandhi today alleged Modi lifted control on drug prices at the behest of some US companies which has led to cancer

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Rahul commits blooper, calls Modi "opposition leader"

Politics | Oct 08, 2014, 07:35 PM IST

Mahad (Maha): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today committed a faux pas when he apparently referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “opposition leader”.  “An opposition leader says nothing happened in the last 60 years.

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Politics | Oct 08, 2014, 05:20 PM IST

Mahad (Maha): With shelling and firing by Pakistani troops continuing to claim civilian lives in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he has done nothing to

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Politics | Oct 07, 2014, 04:47 PM IST

Thane: A magisterial court in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district today granted exemption to Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi from personal appearance in a case in which he has been accused of making defamatory references

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Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 06:12 PM IST

New Delhi:  Congress today suspected a “hidden agenda” behind NCP parting ways with it in Maharashtra, a day after Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan accused his former alliance partner of having a pre-meditated plan to topple

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National Herald case: HC to hear plea of Sonia, Rahul Nov 3

Politics | Oct 01, 2014, 04:01 PM IST

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday posted the plea of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders in a case relating to the acquisition of the National Herald daily for

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Politics | Sep 29, 2014, 04:22 PM IST

Srinagar: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Monday visited the flood affected areas in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district and interacted with the people.She arrived here Monday with party vice president Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Ambika Soni,

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India | Sep 28, 2014, 08:09 PM IST

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Politics | Dec 30, 2014, 11:30 AM IST

New Delhi: Having pets at home or having the craze to have pets may sound easy but to take care of the needs of pets is a bit tedious task. Especially, if you are public

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Xi concludes India visit, leaves for China

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New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping today left Delhi after wrapping up his three-day visit to India.Xi, accompanied by his wife Peng Liyuan, had started his visit Wednesday from Ahmedabad in Gujarat where he was

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Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh meet Chinese President Jinping

India | Sep 19, 2014, 01:08 PM IST

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