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Rahul Gandhi

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 leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Congress, National Conference finalise seat-sharing in Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh: Sources

Mar 05, 2024, 10:10 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections are due to be held in April-May this year. The election commission is yet to announce the polling schedule. Both National Conference and Congress are members of the I.N.D.I.A bloc.

India TV-CNX Opinion Poll for Lok Sabha Elections 2024

BJP-led NDA may win 378 seats in Lok Sabha Elections 2024: India TV-CNX Opinion Poll

India | Mar 05, 2024, 07:34 PM IST

The high stakes Lok Sabha elections 2024 are due in few weeks, but the polling scheduled is yet to be announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Ahead of the polls, India TV-CNX conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of the voters.

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Breaking News, March 5 | HIGHLIGHTS

India | Mar 05, 2024, 11:55 PM IST

IndiaTV News provides you with all the breaking news, latest news, breaking story videos, and Live TV on a single platform to ensure you don't miss the biggest happenings in India and the world.

India TV Fact Check, fact check, Rahul Gandhi, RLD, Jayant Chaudhary

Fact Check: Workers who joined Rahul Gandhi's Yatra in UP are not from Jayant Chaudhary's RLD

Mar 03, 2024, 09:35 PM IST

A video was shared by one @DineshKumarLive on social media platform X on 25 February 2024. The caption in this video read, "RLD workers joined Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Will Jayant Chaudhary return to the I.N.D.I.A...?"

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'Narendra Modi not a Hindu as...': Lalu Yadav takes a dig at PM in Bihar's Jan Vishwas Rally | VIDEO

India | Mar 03, 2024, 11:43 PM IST

Bihar Jan Vishwas Rally: Lalu Yadav said in the same Gandhi Maidan, leaders of country have held rallies and meetings. A message went to the whole country from here. Bihar's opinion has so much power that the people of the country imitate what Bihar decides. Tomorrow also, same is going to happen.

Rahul Gandhi rode a train in September last year

Rahul Gandhi targets Modi govt over Railway's policies, says 'loot in name of dynamic fare is on'

India | Mar 03, 2024, 12:30 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, whose 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' paused on Sunday to participate in the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc's rally in Bihar slammed the Modi government over issues related to Railways - the lifeline of India's transport system.

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Rahul-Uddhav negotiate seat-sharing as deadlock forms over Mumbai Lok Sabha seats: Sources

Mar 01, 2024, 11:34 PM IST

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray held talks over the seat-sharing in Mumbai Lok Sabha for the general elections, sources said.

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Breaking News, March 1 | HIGHLIGHTS

India | Mar 01, 2024, 11:54 PM IST

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Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Rahul Gandhi may contest from Amethi again, Priyanka Gandhi from Rae Bareli: Sources

India | Feb 29, 2024, 04:12 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi may contest the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, where he lost to Smriti Irani in 2019, and Priyanka Gandhi may make her electoral debut with candidature from Raebareli from where Sonia Gandhi was an MP.

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Breaking News, February 29 | HIGHLIGHTS

India | Feb 29, 2024, 11:27 PM IST

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi

Congress to contest 16 seats in Kerala in LS polls, state unit urges Rahul to contest from Wayanad

India | Feb 28, 2024, 04:29 PM IST

The grand old party will announce the candidates for the seats soon, party spokesperson informed. The announcements were made by UDF chairman and Opposition Leader V D Satheesan during a press conference here, which was also attended by KPCC chief K Sudhakaran.

Rahul Gandhi, Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, MP

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra to enter Madhya Pradesh on March 2

Feb 27, 2024, 09:58 PM IST

The Yatra will cover Morena, Gwalior, Guna, Mandsaur, Shivpuri, Rajgarh, Indore, Shajapur, Ujjain, Dhar and Ratlam districts in Madhya Pradesh.

Wayanad Lok Sabha Election 2024

Wayanad Lok Sabha Election 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India | Apr 26, 2024, 06:23 PM IST

Wayanad Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi contested the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections from Wayanad apart from the Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh. He won Wayanad comfortably.

Rahul Gandhi

'Modi government has become enemy of country's future': Rahul Gandhi on repeated paper leaks

India | Feb 27, 2024, 04:29 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi's outburst came amid the cancellation of exams due to repeated paper leaks. He also accused the government of 'selling job-creating institutions to its friends'.

Amethi Lok Sabha Election 2024

Amethi Lok Sabha Election 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list

India | May 07, 2024, 12:29 PM IST

Amethi Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi from the Amethi constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. This was the saffron party's second victory from the seat after 1998.

BJP MP Varun Gandhi in Parliament.

Varun Gandhi denies reports of contesting Lok Sabha polls from Amethi as independent: Sources

Feb 27, 2024, 12:21 AM IST

BJP leader and Union Minister Smriti Irani currently represents Uttar Pradesh's Amethi seat. She defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in 2019 polls. The Congress' scion had fought from two seats -- Amethi and Wayanad in Kerala.

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India TV Opinion Poll: Will Rahul apologise for making controversial remarks on people of Kashi?

India | Feb 26, 2024, 05:11 PM IST

India TV conducted a poll in which the public was asked "Will Rahul Gandhi apologise for making controversial remarks on the people of Kashi?"

Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Congress, Agnipath scheme, Army, President Murmu, BJP

Congress vows to scrap ‘Agnipath’, revert to old military recruitment system if voted to power

India | Feb 26, 2024, 03:58 PM IST

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, who is the supreme commander of the armed forces, and said that the Agnipath scheme does "gross injustice" to the youths of the country and called it "discriminatory" among jawans.

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Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' enters Rajasthan's Dholpur

Feb 25, 2024, 10:50 PM IST

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra: The yatra entered Rajasthan from Uttar Pradesh. From Rajasthan, it will proceed to Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and then Maharashtra. Addressing the gathering, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said the aim of the yatra is to unite India.

Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi

UP ke ladke 2.0: Akhilesh-Rahul stand hand-in-hand during Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Agra | VIDEO

Feb 26, 2024, 06:21 AM IST

UP ke ladke 2.0 comes ahead of Lok Sabha elections aiming to put up a fight against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. However, its first version - when Akhilesh and Gandhi first came together to campaign in 2017 - electorally failed resulting in a separation for seven-year.

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