CWC Passes Resolution to Make Rahul Gandhi Leader of Opposition

New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee on Saturday unanimously passed the resolution to make Rahul Gandhi the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, reported The Tribune.

Rahul Gandhi has won the Lok Sabha elections both from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh and Wayanad in Kerala.

“Our demand is the same as that of 140 crore people of the country that Rahul Gandhi has to take the position of the leader of the opposition,” said Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, when asked whether Gandhi should assume the position of Leader of Opposition in the House.

“Rahul Gandhi said he will make a decision very soon,” said Congress general secretary K C Venugopal on CWC resolution to take up role of LoP. Venugopal said the CWC also adopted the resolutions hailing the role of Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi in Lok Sabha polls.

The Congress has become the second-largest party in the Lok Sabha with 99 seats. This will be the first time that the Congress, since its ouster from power in 2014, will get the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.

It failed to get the position in the past 10 years as its tally was below the requisite 10 per cent of total seats in the House, both in 2014 and 2019.