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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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Prominence to Modi in MP posters irks some, BJP defends move

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 03:12 PM IST

Bhopal: As Narendra Modi's pictures eclipse other top BJP stalwarts on poll posters here, a senior party leader says it was compelled to project a single leader to gain political mileage.The posters with slogans like

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NDA gas balloon will burst again like 2004, 2009: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Apr 03, 2014, 11:31 AM IST

Aurangabad/Godda:  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said like 2004 and 2009, the NDA's “gas balloon” would burst again while claiming that the UPA government did remarkably well, as the BJP talked divisive politics.“Their balloon of

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Irani, or Pakistani or Italian, doesn't matter, says AAP candidate Kumar Vishwas from Amethi

Politics | Apr 03, 2014, 11:30 AM IST

Amethi (UP): Aam Aadmi Party candidate Kumar Vishwas, who is challenging Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, today said the people of the constituency have already made up their mind whom to elect this time.

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Code breach complaints against Rahul, Mamata forwarded to ECI

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 10:29 AM IST

Kolkata: Complaints of violation of the Model Code of Conduct against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been been forwarded to the Election Commission of India, state Joint

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After Naveen and Rahul, Rajnath and Modi to campaign in KBK region

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 09:54 AM IST

Bhubaneswar: With over 22 per cent of Odisha's population being tribal and about half of Assembly seats and three Lok Sabha seats reserved for tribals and Dalits in south-western areas, leaders of BJD, Congress and

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Model code violation complaints against Rahul Gandhi, Mamata, actor Dev

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 08:37 AM IST

Kolkata: Complaints of violation of the Model Code of Conduct against Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have been been forwarded to the Election Commission of India, state Joint

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Modi wave, a hoax created by BJP: Omar

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 07:52 AM IST

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Monday said there was no 'Modi wave' in India, particularly in his state, and described the BJP assertion as a "hoax"."People in the state and elsewhere in

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Smriti Irani to contest against Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Aggarwal against Sonia

Politics | Apr 01, 2014, 01:12 PM IST

New Delhi: April 1  Actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani will be the BJP's candidate against Rahul Gandhi and apex court lawyer Ajay Aggarwal against Sonia Gandhi, the party announced Monday.Irani will face the Congress vice president in

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Sonia to file nomination from Rae Bareli on April 2

Politics | Mar 31, 2014, 06:57 PM IST

Rae Bareli: Congress President Sonia Gandhi will file her nomination papers for the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat here on April 2, party sources said today.  Gandhi who will be seeking re-election from the seat,

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'AAP govt resigned as it didn't have number to bring Janlokpal'

Politics | Mar 31, 2014, 12:04 PM IST

New Delhi: Attacking Congress President Sonia Gandhi over her remarks on resignation of Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi, AAP shot back saying it did not continue in office owing to lack of numbers required to

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Only platitudes, not many tickets for women in Karnataka

Politics | Mar 31, 2014, 11:49 AM IST

Bangalore: Platitudes notwithstanding, political parties are chary when it comes to giving representation to women in polls with the BJP fielding just one woman in the Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka and the Congress giving

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Mine mafia running government in Odisha: Rahul

Politics | Apr 03, 2014, 11:58 AM IST

Koraput (Odisha): Accusing the BJD government in Odisha of hijacking the credit for the work done through the welfare programmes of UPA government, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today claimed the state is ruled by “mine

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Lalu not to share dais with Rahul, Sonia

Politics | Apr 03, 2014, 11:57 AM IST

Patna: Putting to rest all speculation over his party's joint campaign with Congress top leaders, RJD president Lalu Prasad today said he would not address the rallies of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in Bihar.

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Politics | Mar 31, 2014, 07:12 AM IST

Blaming UPA's policies for the spate of farmer suicides in Vidarbha, Narendra Modi today said the Centre chose to ban cotton exports, badly hitting cultivators, but provided subsidy on mutton export.  “They have turned Lal

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Congress leaders focus on Muslims during Rahul rally

Politics | Mar 30, 2014, 12:59 PM IST

Ghaziabad: Congress leaders harped on the issues of minority communities while attacking sitting MP and BJP president Rajnath Singh at a rally here.  The leaders were speaking at the Rahul Gandhi's rally at Ramlila Maidan

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Disclose names of fund givers, AAP asks Congress, BJP

India | Mar 29, 2014, 08:31 PM IST

New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party today challenged Congress and BJP to disclose the names of the people from whom they have got more than 80 per cent of their funds being spent in the Lok

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Rahul Gandhi warms up to mediapersons

India | Mar 29, 2014, 07:53 PM IST

Ghaziabad: Ignoring the security cover after finishing his speech here today, Congress Vice President Rahul mingled with mediapersons near their enclosure and enquired if they faced any problems during his maiden rally here.  Gandhi, who

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Rahul's balloon will burst too, says CPI's D Raja

Politics | Mar 29, 2014, 06:54 PM IST

Chennai:  Joining issue with Rahul Gandhi who flayed the Gujarat development model as a “new heavier balloon” filled with “gas”, CPI today said there were hardly any differences in the economic policies of both Congress

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Rahul Gandhi meets Imran Masood's wife, kids at Saharanpur rally, disapproves his hate remarks against Modi

India | Mar 29, 2014, 06:28 PM IST

Saharanpur: Hours after a court in Saharanpur sent the Congress candidate Imran Masood to 14 days judicial custody for his "hate speech", Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed a party rally in Saharanpur where he met

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Politics | Mar 29, 2014, 09:43 PM IST

Saharanpur: Sharing the dais with arrested Congress candidate Imran Masood's wife, Rahul Gandhi today disapproved of his controversial comments threatening to chop BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Modi "into pieces" saying they militated against the party's

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