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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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Varun Gandhi becomes father of baby girl

Politics | Aug 18, 2014, 04:55 PM IST

New Delhi: Sultanpur MP and BJP leader Varun Gandhi and his wife Yamini were today blessed with a baby girl.“It is with the deepest joy that I share that Yamini and I have been blessed

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Rahul not responsible for Congress' defeat in LS polls: Antony

Politics | Aug 15, 2014, 08:32 PM IST

New Delhi: Rejecting criticism about Rahul Gandhi's leadership, Congress leader AK Antony on Friday said he was not responsible for the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle and exuded optimism that it will revive under Sonia

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Rahul Gandhi not responsible for Congress' loss: A K Antony

Politics | Aug 15, 2014, 02:29 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is not responsible for the poll debacle that the party faced, Congress leader A.K. Antony said Friday.Antony, who headed a committee that probed the reason's for Congress' loss

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HC extends stay on proceedings in National Herald case till September 3

Politics | Aug 13, 2014, 10:30 PM IST

New Delhi: The criminal proceedings before a trial court against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others will remain stayed till September 3 in a case relating to acquiring ownership of National Herald daily,

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10 facts about Rahul Gandhi, Congress Vice President

Politics | Jan 10, 2015, 11:05 AM IST

Rahul Gandhi, Vice President of Congress party belongs to a politically strong family. Yet he is known to be modest.After the Congress party's devastating defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Rahul was severely criticized

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Communal Violence Bill: All eyes on Rahul Gandhi as LS gets ready to discuss the bill today

Politics | Aug 11, 2014, 11:28 AM IST

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will be discussing Communal Violence Bill today. The bill has been listed for discussion in the house after the question hour and a discussion on atrocities against women and children.

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Noisy protests by MPs go against parliament's rule book

Politics | Aug 10, 2014, 04:19 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's recent storming to the Lok Sabha Speaker's podium and noisy protest might have charged up his party members, but it grossly violates the code of parliamentary etiquette laid

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Stop indulging in vote bank politics: Modi tells Congress

Politics | Aug 10, 2014, 11:53 AM IST

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday accused the Congress party of "disturbing the social fabric" of India by engaging in "old vote bank politics".Without naming the party, Modi said "those who have suffered a

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BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi for saying UP riots were artificially engineered

Politics | Aug 09, 2014, 11:26 AM IST

New Delhi: The BJP has taken strong exception to Congress vice president Rahul gandhi's statement that the ongoing conflicts in Uttar Pradesh have been “artificially and deliberately engineered”.Speaking to a leading newspaper, Rahul Gandhi had

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Rahul Gandhi alleges hospitals discriminate against poor

India | Aug 09, 2014, 08:09 AM IST

Gurgaon: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that hospitals in India discriminate against the poor.Inaugurating the Indira Gandhi Eye Hospital in Raipur village near Sohna, 26 km from Gurgaon, Rahul said the hospital would

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None says, Madam, I don't agree with you: Natwar Singh

India | Aug 08, 2014, 09:17 AM IST

New Delhi: The main reason the Congress has shrunk is that it is a "one-woman show" and no one dares to say "I don't agree with you" to party president Sonia Gandhi, former party leader

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An active Rahul Gandhi demands more time for his MP in debate on crime against women

Politics | Aug 07, 2014, 06:20 PM IST

New Delhi: A day after storming the Well, Rahul Gandhi was again active in Lok Sabha today as he batted for more time to a Congress party colleague speaking passionately on the issue of atrocities

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Congress workers want Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka to collectively lead the party

Politics | Aug 07, 2014, 05:19 PM IST

New Delhi: The chorus for bringing Priyanka Gandhi to the forefront of Congress is  getting louder day after day. The Congress workers, who are feeling dejected in the aftermath of the decimation of the party 

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National Herald case: Court to hear matter against Sonia, Rahul on 28th August

Politics | Aug 07, 2014, 12:53 PM IST

New Delhi: A Delhi court, which had issued summons against Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others, today deferred till August 28 hearing in the case filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the

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Court defers hearing, fresh summons against Sam Pitroda

India | Aug 07, 2014, 11:47 AM IST

New Delhi: A court on Thursday fixed Aug 28 as next date of hearing in a case against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi and others over acquisition

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Rahul Gandhi in a new 'angry young man' avtar

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 07:33 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has always been taunted for not being aggressive enough either inside or outside Parliament. Natwar Singh, the acolyte-turned-critic of Gandhi family, recently went on to say that Rahul lacked

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National Herald case: Delhi HC stays criminal proceedings against Sonia and Rahul

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 05:46 PM IST

New Delhi:  In a major relief to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, her son Rahul Gandhi, the Delhi High Court today stayed criminal proceedings against them and other Congress leaders in National Herald case till August

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Opposition not being allowed to speak in parliament, Rahul Gandhi complains to Advani

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 04:53 PM IST

New Delhi: An upset Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi is understood to have today conveyed his displeasure to senior BJP leader L K Advani about the opposition allegedly not being allowed to speak on important

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Rajnath lashes out at Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 03:15 PM IST

New Delhi: Trashing Rahul Gandhi's criticism that only one voice counts in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “neither dictatorial, nor communal”.  “The entire country knows that the

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Only one man's voice counts: Rahul Gandhi hits out at Narendra Modi

Politics | Aug 06, 2014, 02:08 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who had stormed the Well in Lok Sabha demanding a debate on communal tension, today charged the Narendra Modi government with not allowing discussion in Parliament where he

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