India, May 12 -- It was KC Venugopal who formally announced it in June 2024 that Rahul Gandhi was chosen to be the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

After the Congress secured 99 Lok Sabha seats in the general elections - its best result in a decade, and enough to cross the 10% threshold required to claim the post of Leader of Opposition - that was Venugopal's duty as the All Indian Congress Committee's (AICC) General Secretary (Organisation).

Now it is up to Rahul to decide if Venugopal, widely considered among his closest aides, heads home to Thiruvananthapuram as Kerala's next chief minister.

Kozhummal Chattadi Venugopal, born on February 4, 1963 in Payyanur, Kannur district of Kerala, came to politics through the student wing ...