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The Indian opposition leader's response features alongside Sonia Gandhi's memoir release and renewed concern over Delhi's air pollution.
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Rahul Gandhi has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate after accusing him of describing the opposition as Naxalites, according to India's Hindi-language news channel Republic Bharat.
The channel's live bulletin brings together the political exchange, the release of Sonia Gandhi's memoir and deteriorating air quality in the capital. It drew about 176,000 views since yesterday.
According to the broadcast's accompanying account, Rahul Gandhi responded on X to Modi's address during a Diwali visit with troops in Bastar. Gandhi, the Congress politician who leads the opposition in India's lower house of Parliament, accused the prime minister of lying and called for a debate about who was acting against the country. Naxalite is a term associated with India's Maoist insurgency. The account does not give the full passage of Modi's speech that prompted the response.
Another strand concerns Belonging: A Journey of Love, which the channel says was released on November 10 by HarperCollins India. It describes the former Congress president's memoir as an account of her journey from Italy to India and her family life, but says references to Modi, the Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Chinese incursions have brought it into political debate. A dispute over a change of publisher also features in the coverage.
Away from the political exchanges, the bulletin reports worsening pollution across Delhi and its surrounding urban region. Its accompanying account puts Chandni Chowk's air quality index at 400 early on November 10, after a brief improvement attributed to stronger winds. The reported reading concerns that neighborhood at that time, rather than a single measure for the entire capital.
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The bulletin identifies Sonia Gandhi's memoir as Belonging: A Journey of Love.