The same video was also shared elsewhere on X<\/a> as well as on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was shared as parliament convened for its\u00a0first session<\/a> since a national election that deprived the BJP of a parliamentary majority and forced Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a><\/span><\/span> to rely on coalition allies to govern (archived link<\/span><\/a>)<\/span>.<\/p>\n Gandhi — a scion of a dynasty that has already given India three prime ministers —\u00a0<\/span>defied analysts’ expectations and exit polls to help his Congress party\u00a0nearly double<\/a> its parliamentary numbers and secure his position as\u00a0leader of India’s opposition<\/a>.<\/p>\n The post had been vacant for a decade because two dismal election results for Congress — once India’s dominant party — left it short of a requirement that the opposition leader come from a party that commands at least 10 percent of the lawmakers in the 543-seat Lok Sabha, parliament’s lower house.<\/p>\n Gandhi had regularly brandished the constitution at election rallies, warning that Modi’s BJP wanted to drastically change the text to support its Hindu nationalist politics.<\/p>\n Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah rebuffed the accusation, telling local broadcaster\u00a0NDTV<\/a> the BJP government did not plan to change the constitution (archived link<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n The video circulating on social media, however, has been edited. Gandhi was not in the chamber when Thakur made his remarks.<\/p>\n A keyword search led to the original video posted on the official YouTube channel of public broadcaster Sansad TV<\/a> on July 1, 2024 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The video is titled, “Anurag Thakur’s Remarks | Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address<\/span> in 18th Lok Sabha”.<\/p>\nManipulated video<\/h3>\n