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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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City in Maharashtra, India
Nagpur is the largest and most populous city in central India. It is the second capital and the third-largest city of the Indian state Maharashtra. Also known as the "Orange City", Nagpur is the 13th largest city in India by population. According to an Oxford's Economics report, Nagpur is projected to be the fifth fastest growing city in the world from 2019 to 2035 with an average growth of 8.41%. It has been proposed as one of the Smart Cities in Maharashtra and is one of the top ten cities in India in Smart City Project execution.
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Political party in India
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.
More on Wikipedia ↗BJP leaders in Nagpur have accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of having a mental disorder. They performed rituals for his ancestors to invoke wisdom and alter his behavior, considering him anti-national. In response, Congress officials defended Gandhi