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Rahul Gandhi
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.
Rahul Gandhi
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Rahul Gandhi interview: EC issues show-cause notice to Congress president-elect, orders FIR against TV channels
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 13, 2017, 09:20 PM IST"Explain why action should not be taken against you for violating provisions of MCC, failing which Commission will decide matter without any further reference to you,' EC said in its notice to Congress president-elect.
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Rahul Gandhi interview: EC directs registration of FIR against violators
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 13, 2017, 07:51 PM ISTCongress president-elect Rahul Gandhi gave an interview to GSTV on the key issues of ongoing state elections, which was broadcasted by the channel after during the election code of conduct period on Wednesday.
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Unfortunately we do not have a woman president anymore, says Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 13, 2017, 08:21 PM ISTAddressing a day-long workshop organised by the Congress' women's wing here, Rahul told the Centre that his party would not leave it with any choice in the matter.
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Gujarat Polls: Rahul Gandhi in pickle for 'violating election code of conduct'
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 13, 2017, 08:03 PM ISTTaking exception to the interview, Union Minister Piyush Goyal has urged the Election Commission to take action against code of conduction violation.
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Parliament attack anniversary: PM, Manmohan shake hands, smiling Rahul meets BJP leaders
National | Dec 13, 2017, 02:29 PM IST"We pay homage to those who laid down their lives protecting the temple of our democracy on December 13, 2001. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten," the prime minister tweeted after the event.
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Gujarat elections: Stage set for 2nd phase polling tomorrow; PM Modi to visit state again to vote
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 13, 2017, 01:50 PM ISTTop leaders from the two parties criss-crossed the regions going to polls on December 14 and addressed a number of rallies where they pulled out all stops to woo the voters.
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No Modi, No Rahul, we want government that works for farmers' interests: Anna Hazare
India | Dec 13, 2017, 06:54 AM ISTSocial activist Anna Hazare On Tuesday said he hoped that no Arvind Kejriwal emerged from his movement again.
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Gujarat polls taught Rahul Gandhi to visit temples and Manmohan Singh to speak: Yogi Adityanath
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 12, 2017, 11:19 PM ISTYogi Adityanath asked Congress president-elect Rahul Gandhi to make it clear whether he wants a Ram Temple in Ayodhya or not.
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Gujarat Polls: Campaigning for second phase ends, voting on Dec 14
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 12, 2017, 05:58 PM ISTThe second and final phase of elections, for which the open campaigning ended at 5 pm, will see 93 assembly seats spread across 14 districts in north and central Gujarat going to polls.
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Should a Ram Temple be built or not? Rahul Gandhi must answer, asks BJP
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 12, 2017, 11:18 PM ISTAt a news briefing here, Ravi Shankar Prasad accused Rahul Gandhi of playing soft-Hindutva card to appease the Hindu population of the state. He asked to come clean on the issue of Ayodhya.
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What Modiji said about Manmohan Singh not acceptable: Rahul Gandhi on PM’s 'Pak’s meddling' charge
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 12, 2017, 04:12 PM ISTThe Congress leader also took on those who raised eyebrows over his visits to temples in Gujarat, wondering if it was wrong to pray for the well-being of people of the state.
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BJP on a losing wicket, confident that Congress will form government in Gujarat, says Rahul Gandhi
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 12, 2017, 02:05 PM IST"After the first phase voting in the state (December 9), we are confident that we are going to form the government here," the Gandhi scion said.
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'Thank you for your good wishes Modi ji', tweets Rahul Gandhi
National | Dec 12, 2017, 07:00 AM IST"Thank you for your good wishes Modi ji", the Gandhi scion said after PM Modi congratulated his political bete noire Rahul on his election as the new Congress president and wished him a fruitful tenure.
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Cong entrapped in blue whale game, final episode on Dec 18, says PM
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 11, 2017, 11:51 PM ISTThe second and final phase of polling in 93 Assembly seats will be held on December 14. Counting of votes for the keenly contested Gujarat election is scheduled for December 18.
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Congress state units across country celebrate Rahul Gandhi's elevation
National | Dec 11, 2017, 10:51 PM ISTIn Patna, Congress workers led by acting state chief Kaukab Qadri distributed sweets while those in other state units also hailed Rahul Gandhi's unopposed election as the party chief.
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Congress falls with Rahul Gandhi's rise: UP min Siddharth Nath Singh
India | Dec 11, 2017, 10:08 PM ISTTaking potshots at Gandhi's unopposed election to Congress Part President post, the BJP leader said, "As Rahul Gandhi gains new heights, Congress keeps falling."
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PM Modi congratulates Rahul Gandhi on election as Congress president
National | Dec 11, 2017, 07:44 PM ISTThe PM’s congratulatory message came on a day when a huge row broke out over his insinuation yesterday that his predecessor Manmohan Singh was colluding with Pakistan in influencing the Gujarat polls.
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Polls 2017: Rahul Gandhi asks Modi to talk about Gujarat, not Pakistan
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 11, 2017, 03:32 PM ISTRahul Gandhi's remark came in the wake of Modi's accusation that a group of Congress leaders met Pakistan's High Commissioner at party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's residence in New Delhi, before the latter called him (Modi) "neech".
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Hardik defies Ahmedabad police no-go on roadshow; PM Modi, Rahul denied permission too
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Gujarat polls: Controversy erupts as posters of Rahul Gandhi with Salman Nizami spring up in Ahmedabad
Gujarat Assembly Elections | Dec 11, 2017, 11:13 AM ISTA poster of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi with Salman Nizami, who BJP claims is a member of the Congress party, emerged on the streets of Ahmedabad on Sunday.