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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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Sonia, Rahul flag off relief material for Uttarakhand

Politics | Jun 24, 2013, 02:49 PM IST

New Delhi, June 24: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party Vice President Rahul Gandhi today flagged off relief material for the victims of flash floods in Uttarakhand.  Top Congress leaders were present at the AICC

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Uttarakhand tragedy: Where is Rahul Gandhi, Twitteratis ask, Congress says, he'll appear at the right time

Politics | Jun 22, 2013, 09:04 PM IST

New Delhi, Jun 22: The social media is abuzz over the non-appearance of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi during the current Uttarakhand natural disaster.On Twitter, there is a constant chant of #WhereIsPappu to try and

congress downplays rahul s absence from uttarakhand

Congress downplays Rahul's absence from Uttarakhand

Politics | Jun 22, 2013, 12:00 PM IST

New Delhi, June 22: The Congress Friday downplayed the absence of party vice president Rahul Gandhi when a major tragedy has struck Uttarakhand and said the party's top leadership, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and

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Know Madhusudan Mistry, the man who will take on Modi in Vadodara

Politics | Apr 05, 2014, 07:09 AM IST

New Delhi, Jun 21: The Congress party has anounced that Madhusudan Mistry will challenge Narendra Modi from Vadodara Lok Sabha constituency.In electoral politics, there are leaders who lead electoral battles from the front and common

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Rahul Gandhi's 43rd birthday celebrated outside Congress headquarters

Politics | Jun 20, 2013, 08:04 AM IST

New Delhi, June 20: Celebrations by Delhi Congress workers and members of the Youth Congress marked the 43rd birthday celebrations of party vice president Rahul Gandhi, who wanted it to be a low key affair,

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Rare pictures of Rahul Gandhi

Politics | Jun 10, 2014, 12:50 PM IST

New Delhi: The Congress vice-president and scion of Gandhi family Rahul Gandhi led the Congress party's campaign in 2014 Lok Sabha elections although he failed to win the elections for his party. In fact, the

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PM: I will be very happy to see Rahul step into my shoes

Politics | Jun 17, 2013, 11:24 PM IST

New Delhi, Jun 17: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today indicated readiness to make way for Rahul Gandhi if the UPA wins the Lok Sabha elections next year."I have always said, as far as I am

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Rahul asks Sheila, Agarwal to fill party posts

Politics | Jun 13, 2013, 08:30 AM IST

New Delhi, June 13: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday asked Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and Delhi Congress chief Jai Prakash Agarwal to fill up party posts in the organisation ahead of the assembly elections

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Amethi on Thursday

Politics | Jun 11, 2013, 11:14 AM IST

Lucknow, June 11: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting his parliamentary constituency Amethi to interact with party workers June 13, party leaders said Tuesday.A leader of the Congress party's state unit said Gandhi

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AGP serves legal notice on Rahul Gandhi for his remarks

India | Jun 05, 2013, 11:30 PM IST

Guwahati, Jun 5 : Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was today slapped with a legal notice by Asom Gana Parishad's youth wing, giving him 15 days to apologise for his purported remarks that the party

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'Congress Hatao' will be our slogan, Rahul acts like a 'Dabangg', says Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

Politics | Jul 18, 2013, 07:29 PM IST

New Delhi, Jun 2: Syed Shahnawaz Hussain is a prominent Muslim face of BJP. He has been a spokesman of the party for a long time and was a Union minister in Vajpayee government.  Hussain

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IPL spot-fixing: Rahul cracks the whip, Srinivasan, Rajeev Shukla may have to go

Politics | May 31, 2013, 09:47 AM IST

New Delhi, May 31: On Thursday afternoon, Congress party's heavyweight general secretary Janardan Dwivedi, considered close to the Gandhi household, came out with a terse statement. Dwivedi said:  "Whatever is happening in IPL has hurt

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Rahul right in equating AGP with insurgents: Gogoi

Politics | May 31, 2013, 07:26 AM IST

Guwahati, May 31: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was right in accusing the AGP of having links with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)."What Rahul Gandhi

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AGP slams Rahul Gandhi after WikiLeaks revelation

Politics | May 29, 2013, 10:13 AM IST

Guwahati, May 29: Assam's regional political party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Tuesday slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his comments on the regional party a few years ago, which were released by WikiLeaks recently.Addressing

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Rahul Gandhi assures aid for drought-hit in Maharashtra

Politics | May 29, 2013, 10:07 AM IST

Aurangabad, May 29: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday assured full relief by way of water supply, food and fodder to people in drought-hit areas of this Maharashtra district.His assurance came during interactions with farmers

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Rahul Gandhi to visit Maharashtra today

Politics | May 28, 2013, 07:23 AM IST

Aurangabad, May 28: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will tuesday tour some of the drought-hit villages in Aurangabad district of the parched Marathwada region in Maharashtra, his office said Monday.During his day-long tour, he will

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Modi surges ahead of Rahul in popularity ratings: HT-GfK survey

Politics | May 27, 2013, 11:00 AM IST

New Delhi, May 27: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has surged ahead of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in popularity ratings, a Hindustan Times-GfK survey today revealed.Asked who is best suited to be the next PM,

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Maoist strike an attack on democracy: Rahul Gandhi

Politics | May 26, 2013, 02:14 PM IST

Raipur, May 26: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday said the Maoist attack on the Congress convoy in Chhattisgarh was an attack on democracy."The attack on Congress party workers is an attack on democracy and

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Rahul Gandhi calls C'garh attack, an attack on democracy

Politics | May 26, 2013, 06:50 AM IST

Raipur, May 26: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today, here termed the Maoist attack on his party leaders, which left senior leader Mahendra Karma dead, and several others injured, as not an attack on Congress

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Rahul Gandhi's Maharashtra visit cancelled

Politics | May 26, 2013, 06:54 AM IST

New Delhi, May 26: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's proposed visit to Maharashtra Monday to interact with farmers has been cancelled, his office said Saturday.However, it did not assign a reason for cancelling the visit.An