A meeting of the Congress party leadership votes unanimously to recommend Gandhi's election as India's official opposition leader, a post that had been left vacant since 2014.
A meeting of the Congress party leadership votes unanimously to recommend Gandhi's election as India's official opposition leader, a post that had been left vacant since 2014.Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of Congress party, speaks during a media briefing at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 6, 2024. / Photo: Reuters
Modi will be sworn into office for a third term this weekend following a poll that deprived his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of a majority, forcing it to rely on coalition allies to govern. "All participants unanimously passed the resolution that Rahul Gandhi should take the position of leader of opposition in the parliament," KC Venugopal told a press conference after a meeting of the party's executive.
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