Rahul Gandhi
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok SabhaProfile
Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician of the Indian National Congress and the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, a post he has held since 9 June 2024, according to Wikipedia. He represents Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, which he won in the 2024 general election. He also won Wayanad in Kerala that year and resigned that seat, the Congress website says.
He was born on 19 June 1970 in New Delhi. He studied at The Doon School in Dehradun, St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and Rollins College in Florida, and completed an M.Phil. in Development Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1995. He served as Congress president from December 2017 to 2019.
He led the Bharat Jodo Yatra, which ran from 7 September 2022 in Kanyakumari to 29 January 2023 in Srinagar, and the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, held from 14 January to 20 March 2024. In the 2024 election the Congress won 99 seats and regained the status of Official Opposition for the first time in ten years. Party general secretary K.C. Venugopal announced his appointment as Leader of the Opposition on 25 June 2024.
Sources: Wikipedia, Indian National Congress.
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