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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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Congress dares BJP to challenge EC clean chit to Rahul in EVM case

Politics | May 10, 2014, 09:58 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress today dared the BJP to challenge the clean chit given to Rahul Gandhi by the Election Commission on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the EVM enclosure

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Politics | May 10, 2014, 09:24 PM IST

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India | May 10, 2014, 06:50 PM IST

Varanasi: Elated by Rahul Gandhi's impressive roadshow here, Congress today claimed “100 per cent” success for its nominee Ajai Rai and dismissed suggestions that it is fighting for a “silver medal” in Varanasi polls.“100 per

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India | May 10, 2014, 11:14 PM IST

New Delhi: The Election Commission today gave a clean chit to Rahul Gandhi on the allegation that he had violated secrecy of voting by entering the enclosure of the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in one

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No personal fight between Modi and Rahul: BJP

Politics | May 10, 2014, 06:15 PM IST

Varanasi: BJP today made light of Rahul Gandhi's roadshow here saying there is no “personal fight” between him and Narendra Modi and both had the right to campaign for their candidates.“I don't think Rahul Gandhi

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