Congress Passes Resolution To Appoint Rahul Gandhi As Leader Of Opposition In Lok Sabha

The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party's decision-making body, decided to appoint Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. During an extended CWC meeting, the newly-elected MPs unanimously chose Rahul Gandhi to take on this role.

When asked about Gandhi's potential role as LoP in the Lok Sabha, KC Venugopal, the Congress general secretary stated that Gandhi would make a decision soon regarding this. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi stated that he needed time to think it over.

Congress President Shri @kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi ji, Shri @RahulGandhi and other senior leaders attended the Extended Congress Working Committee meeting in Delhi today. pic.twitter.com/BEH7hVKtCe

— Congress (@INCIndia) June 8, 2024

This is the first time since the lok sabha 2014 elections that Congress has got the post of Leader of the Opposition, having previously fallen short of the required 10 percent of seats in both 2014 and 2019.

Several senior Congress leaders, including Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor, have advocated for Rahul Gandhi to take the position. Shivakumar emphasized Gandhi’s commitment to winning over those people who did not vote for Congress this time. Tharoor praised Gandhi as the standout performer of the Lok Sabha elections.

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The Congress Working Committee (CWC) met to assess the party's performance in the recent elections and to plan future actions, a day after the NDA elected Narendra Modi as its Parliamentary Party leader. Key party figures, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and President Mallikarjun Kharge, participated in the meeting. KC Venugopal noted that 32 of 37 leaders attended the meeting.

It was later revealed that the meeting was followed by a dinner hosted by Mallikarjun Kharge for extended CWC members and party MPs.

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