Indian police have announced the arrest of the social media chief of India's main opposition Congress party, after being accused of misleadingly altering a widely shared video amid ongoing national elections.

The primary opposition in India, the Indian National Congress, has announced after weeks of suspense and uncertainty that Rahul Gandhi, the party's former president will run for the general elections from Raebareli in northern India.

Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the party is unable to campaign properly with its accounts frozen.

India’s main opposition the Congress party says its bank accounts have been frozen by the income tax department weeks before the expected announcement of national elections.

The Indian government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has defeated a no-confidence motion in the parliament.

India’s main opposition Congress has swept past Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Saturday's vote in the southern state of Karnataka

Top Indian opposition figure and Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi has pledged to continue fighting to preserve India’s democratic values, after he was expelled from the parliament.