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12th Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha since 2024
Rahul Rajiv Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024. He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is a Hindu nationalist political party in India, sitting on the right-wing to far-right of the political spectrum; it is one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under the incumbent prime minister Narendra Modi. The BJP follows Hindutva, a Hindu nationalist ideology; the party has organisational and ideological links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation.
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The BJP on Friday criticised Rahul Gandhi over his “deafening silence” following Jawaharlal Nehru University’s (JNU) dismissal of Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam over sexual harassment allegations, claiming that it exposed the “hollowness” of the Congress leader’s “smash the patriarchy” slogan.
BJP leader Anurag Thakur calls Rahul Gandhi a ‘hawa-hawai’ leader and accuses him of baseless allegations as INDIA bloc marches to Supreme Court over electoral irregularities.