Rahul Gandhi is Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha
Congress MP from Raebareli Rahul Gandhi is Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, the Congress Party said
[Rahul Gandhi with Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and other Congress leaders after his appointment as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.]
New Delhi: Congress MP from Raebareli Rahul Gandhi is Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, the Congress Party said.
Rahul Gandhi became the Leader of Opposition (LoP) after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) adopted a motion Wednesday June 26, 2024. The decision was seconded by the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP).
The Pro-tem speaker was early in the morning Wednesday informed about the decision taken by the CWC and CPP.
“Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi wrote to Pro-tem speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab, informing him of the decision to appoint Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha,” Party General Secretary KC Venugopal announced after the meeting with allies.
The post of Leader of the Opposition will be held by Rahul Gandhi after a gap of ten years as there was no one on the post from 2014 to 2019.
It was because no party had won in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections to officially stake claim for the post of LoP.
As Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi should be accorded the protocols reserved for a Cabinet Minister.
Rahul Gandhi has been an MP for five terms and currently represents the Rae Bareli constituency in the Lok Sabha. He took oath as an MP on Tuesday while holding a copy of the Constitution.
He had won the 2024 elections from Wayanad and Raebareli two seats. He however resigned from the Wayanad seat in Kerala from his younger sistet Priyanka Gandhi will contest the by-elections.
Soon after taking charge of the office of the Leader of Opposition (LoP), Rahul Gandhi was seen in the Parliament leading, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju, Om Birla to the speaker’s chair after his election to the post for the consecutive second term.
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