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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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Rahul promises Right to Health if Congress returns to power

Politics | Feb 24, 2014, 05:55 PM IST

Gannaur(Sonepat): Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today promised his party would implement Right to Health if his party was returned to power in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.Addressing a gathering of farmers' representatives here, Rahul Gandhi

rahul to visit haryana today

Rahul to visit Haryana today

Politics | Feb 24, 2014, 11:01 AM IST

Chandigarh: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will Monday meet farmers from Haryana and ex-servicemen from Punjab.Gandhi will arrive Monday afternoon in Haryana's Ganaur town in Sonipat district, about 65 km from New Delhi.He was earlier

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In pics: Rahul Gandhi's Dehradun rally

Politics | Feb 24, 2014, 07:06 AM IST

Dehradun:  Rahul Gandhi today accused BJP of practicing “politics of blood” by pitting one religion against another and one caste against another to come to power at any cost, escalating the Congress attack against the

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Congress playing fraud with armed forces: Modi

Politics | Feb 23, 2014, 06:45 PM IST

Ludhiana: Slamming the “delay” by UPA in granting ‘one-rank, one-pension' for ex-servicemen, Narendra Modi today accused Congress of playing “fraud” with the armed forces and mocked Rahul Gandhi's pitch on fighting corruption.  Addressing a ‘fateh'

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BJP practising 'politics of blood', says Rahul Gandhi at Dehradun rally

Politics | Feb 23, 2014, 07:29 PM IST

Dehradun:  Rahul Gandhi today accused BJP of practicing “politics of blood” by pitting one religion against another and one caste against another to come to power at any cost, escalating the Congress attack against the

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Rahul Gandhi is a late entrant to anti-corruption bandwagon : BJP

Politics | Feb 22, 2014, 05:14 PM IST

New Delhi:  Attacking Rahul Gandhi for his push to anti-corruption bills recently, BJP today said he was a "late entrant" in the anti-graft bandwagon and his effort was "not genuine" as he never spoke earlier

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Price rise, corruption issues discussed at CWC meet

India | Feb 22, 2014, 08:53 AM IST

New Delhi Issues like price rise, corruption and people's anger with UPA figured at an interaction RahulGandhi today had with members Congress Working Committee, the party's top decision-making forum, as he sought to battleready the

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Keep politicians out of sports: Rahul Gandhi

Other Sports | Feb 21, 2014, 08:08 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Friday pitched for sportspersons taking charge of the country's sports bodies instead of politicians, whom he advised to stay out."When you are talking about sports and how to

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Rajiv Gandhi assassination : Convict's daughter requests Rahul not to block her parents release

India | Feb 21, 2014, 06:53 AM IST

London: The daughter of Nalini and Murugan, two of the seven convicted killers of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, on appealed to Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi not to block an opportunity for her to reunite

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Street vendors thank Rahul for passage of bill

Politics | Feb 20, 2014, 02:15 PM IST

New Delhi: A large number of street vendors today went to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's residence to thank him for getting the Street Vendors Protection Bill passed by Parliament.Addressing them, Rahul Gandhi said, it's not

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Rahul Gandhi: If the killers of a former PM are released, what justice can a common man expect

Politics | Feb 19, 2014, 09:54 PM IST

Lucknow: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today expressed pain over the Jayalalithaa government's decision to release all the seven convicts serving life term for the assassination of his father, later Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.  Addressing a

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi tomorrow

Politics | Feb 18, 2014, 02:07 PM IST

Amethi (UP): Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will be on a day-long visit to his constituency tomorrow.After arriving here, Gandhi will inaugurate nine branches of State Bank of India in Mohanganj (Tiloi) and would also

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Rahul Gandhi assures justice to Seemandhra

India | Feb 18, 2014, 08:27 AM IST

Hyderabad: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday assured central ministers and party MPs from Seemandhra that justice would be done to their region while carving out separate Telangana state.With Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill 2013 coming

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Congress close to finalising candidates for 100 Lok Sabha seats

Politics | Feb 17, 2014, 10:59 PM IST

New Delhi: Congress is close to finalising candidates for 100 Lok Sabha seats after the first meeting of its Central Election Committee tonight, but a decision on the fate of sitting members of the Lower

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One-rank-one-pension "historic": Rahul; "gimmick", says BJP

Politics | Feb 17, 2014, 09:43 PM IST

New Delhi: As the government today accepted the ‘one-rank, one-pension' demand of the ex-servicemen, Rahul Gandhi hailed the announcement as “historic” while BJP accused UPA of “paying lip service” to the cause of defence personnel.The

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'One-rank, one pension' decision historic: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Feb 17, 2014, 05:53 PM IST

New Delhi:  Rahul Gandhi, who had given a push to the ‘one-rank, one-pension' demand of ex-servicemen, today hailed as “historic” the government's decision to accept the long-standing plea with Finance Minister P Chidambaram making an

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Spare a day for anti-graft, welfare bills: Rahul urges parties

Politics | Feb 17, 2014, 04:30 PM IST

New Delhi: Assuring activists that the government will try its best to get anti-graft and social welfare bills passed during the current session of parliament, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Monday urged political parties to

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Opposition does not respect women: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Feb 16, 2014, 11:39 PM IST

Mandya: In a veiled attack on BJP and RSS, Rahul Gandhi today said the opposition does not respect women and their ‘ideological sangathan' has no place for them.  The attack by the Congress Vice President

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Vishwas promises reopening of closed factories in Amethi

Politics | Feb 16, 2014, 11:09 PM IST

Amethi: Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas today said if he won from the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency he would ensure reopening of all closed factories in the area and introduce a direct train to

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In pics: Rahul Gandhi's all-women rally in Tumkur, Karnataka

Politics | Feb 17, 2014, 07:52 AM IST

Tumkur: Wooing women voters, Rahul Gandhi today sought their empowerment and said the party's aim was to bring more women forward in the election process.  “India can't be a superpower until we empower women. Wherever women

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