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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicLeader of opposition

Topic: Leader of opposition

Armed with an Advani throwback, Congress slams Modi govt over Rahul, Kharge seating at R-Day parade

Not first time a row has erupted over perceived slight to Rahul at official events. During 2024 Independence Day ceremony at Red Fort, the seat designated for him was in the 5th row.

Congress springs to defence of Jyotirmath Shankaracharya who ‘expelled’ Rahul Gandhi from Hinduism

The party backed Swami Avimukteshwaranand after UP police stopped his Sangam dip in Prayagraj, amid his blow-hot, blow-cold ties with Congress over mixed views on Rahul Gandhi.

‘Wholesale attack on democracy underway in India, corruption rampant,’ Rahul says in Colombia

At a session at a university, part of his South America trip, the LoP underscored need for India to focus on manufacturing, noting that China has used its strength to counter US tariffs.

10 months since shock Haryana defeat, Congress to walk into its 3rd assembly session without an LoP

Monsoon session of assembly begins Friday without an LoP, underscoring Congress's inability to make organisational decisions amid factional differences.  

Month after Jharkhand poll rout, BJP yet to pick leader of opposition. What’s behind party’s paralysis

Having lost tribal vote-base as well as sections of OBCs this assembly poll, BJP is unsure of whether to choose tribal or non-tribal for LoP, has to rethink entire strategy, say leaders.

Opposition has the lost art of parliamentary etiquette & repartee. Remember Jaitley, Swaraj

Members of the present party in government were largely in the opposition post-Independence. Their conduct should be compared to that of today’s opposition.

Stage set for showdown before Congress meet as Hooda faction MLAs want him as Haryana LoP again

'Informal' meet called by Hooda days ahead of Friday's crucial Congress Legislature Party meeting saw 31 MLAs vow their support to him. However, 5 MLAs from Selja camp skipped it.

Rahul likely headed to US in September in 1st visit as LoP, to meet students, diaspora & lawmakers

Congress leader’s tour will come at a time when US presidential poll campaign is in hectic phase. He is scheduled to speak in Washington DC, Texas, New Jersey, Los Angeles & Chicago.

Caste balance, non-controversial, seniority, acceptability — why SP made Mata Prasad Pandey UP LoP

This, party insiders say, was done to reach out to upper castes. Going with balancing act, SP also elevated two Muslims & one Dalit ahead of five-day Monsoon session of UP assembly.

5, Sunehri Bagh: LoP Rahul Gandhi offered Type-VIII bungalow in Lutyens’ Delhi, yet to accept

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra inspected Bungalow No. 5 at Sunehri Bagh, but Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi is yet to accept offer to take up residence there, it is learnt.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.