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IrelandDelhi rally coverage puts Rahul Gandhi's reaction in question
Republic Bharat's upload combines a question about the opposition leader with an account of activists carrying plastic imitation fingers.
IndiaStory of Why this story? One of Republic Bharat's most watched videos since yesterday, with 388,026 views.
Republic Bharat: The Hindi news channel of the Republic network, founded by the journalist Arnab Goswami, since 2019. 32M subscribers and 24B views.
Breaking On INDI Bloc Rally News LIVE: Rahul Gandhi ने पकड़ा माथा? | SIR | CEC | BJP | Gyanesh Kumar
A question about Rahul Gandhi's reaction gives India's Republic Bharat another angle on the opposition rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan. The upload asks whether the Congress politician held his head, while its description focuses on a symbolic demonstration by party workers and student activists.
According to the broadcaster, Congress and National Students' Union of India activists carried plastic imitation severed fingers and posters at the November 1 gathering. These were protest props, not a report of physical injuries. NSUI is Congress's student wing.
The rally brought together the INDIA opposition alliance, a Congress-led coalition opposed to the governing Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies. Gandhi is the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament.
The upload is titled "Breaking On INDI Bloc Rally News LIVE: Rahul Gandhi ने पकड़ा माथा? | SIR | CEC | BJP | Gyanesh Kumar", meaning, in part, "Rahul Gandhi holds his head?" That question is the broadcaster's framing, rather than an established account of his response. The title also names Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The video drew about 388,000 views since yesterday, making it one of India's most-watched new uploads on leading news channels.
Indian National Congress politician who has served as leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament, since 2024.
More on Wikipedia ›The Indian National Congress is one of India's oldest political parties. It played a leading role in the movement for independence from British rule.
More on Wikipedia ›The student wing of the Indian National Congress, formed in 1971 by merging student organisations from Kerala and West Bengal.
More on Wikipedia ›A multi-party opposition alliance led by the Indian National Congress. It opposes the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government.
More on Wikipedia ›A Hindu nationalist political party that has governed India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi since 2014. It is one of the country's two major parties, alongside Congress.
More on Wikipedia ›India's Chief Election Commissioner and a former Indian Administrative Service officer.
More on Wikipedia ›Published on Trari
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- Channel
- Republic Bharat
- Subscribers
- 32,000,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 94,565,805
- Channel views, pace per day
- 5,009,681 (on a normal day: 9,151,248)
- Video published
- November 2, 2026
- Video views so far
- 388,026 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 431,387
The numbers
This rally upload drew a substantial audience since yesterday. The total below refers to this video, not the channel's wider coverage.
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Which political party is NSUI the student wing of?
The National Students' Union of India is the student wing of the Indian National Congress.