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The ___MASK12___ ( INC , often called Congress ), is one of two major political parties in India ; the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party . India , officially the ___MASK100___ of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan ( Malayalam :                     ) ( born 26 December 1949 ) is an Indian politician . From 13 April 2012 to 1 January 2014 he was the Home Minister in Oommen Chandry Ministry , Government of Kerala . He was holding the Vigilance Portfolio , handed over from the current Chief Minister Oommen Chandy . He has handed over the charges of Home Ministry to Ramesh Chennithala from 1 January 2014 and taken the Forest , Transport , Sports , Cinema & Environment portfolios . Malayalam is a language spoken in India , predominantly in the state of Kerala . It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and was designated as a Classical Language in India in 2013 . It was developed to the current form mainly by the influence of the poet Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan in the 16th century . Malayalam has official language status in the state of Kerala and in the ___MASK18___ territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry . It belongs to the Dravidian family of languages and is spoken by some 38 million people . Malayalam is also spoken in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka ; with significant speakers in the Nilgiris , Kanyakumari and Coimbatore districts of Tamil Nadu , and Dakshina Kannada of Karnataka . A chief minister is the elected head of government of a sub - national ( e . g ., constituent federal ) entity . Examples include : Provinces Governor of Federal states in Nepal ; a state ( and sometimes a ___MASK18___ territory ) in India ; a territory of Australia ; provinces of Sri Lanka or Pakistan ; Philippine autonomous regions ; or a British Overseas Territory that has attained self - governance . It is also used as the English version of the title given to the heads of governments of the Malay states without a monarchy . The Government of Kerala ( Malayalam :         ) headquartered at Thiruvananthapuram is a democratically elected body that governs the State of Kerala , India . The state government is headed by the Governor of Kerala as the nominal head of state , with a democratically elected Chief Minister as real head of the executive . The state government maintains its capital at Thiruvananthapuram ( Trivandrum ) and is seated at the Kerala Government Secretariat or the Hajur Kutcheri . Oommen Chandy (); is an Indian politician of the ___MASK12___ who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2011 to 2016 . He was also Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011 . Oommen Chandy is a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly , representing Puthuppally , since 1970 . The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government . The Leader of the Opposition is seen as ___MASK43___ Prime Minister , Premier or Chief Minister to the incumbent and heads a rival alternative government known as the Shadow Cabinet or Opposition Front Bench .