Rahul Gandhi chosen LoP in Lok Sabha after INDIA meeting
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi chosen LoP in Lok Sabha after INDIA meeting

Hindustan Times  

Congress lawmaker Rahul Gandhi will be the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, the party announced on Tuesday after a meeting with key INDIA bloc leaders, marking the first time in a decade that the Lower House will fill the position. New Delhi, Jun 25 : Congress MP Rahul Gandhi takes oath as a Member of the 18th Lok Sabha during its second day, at the Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. “Congress parliamentary party chairperson 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, in which Gandhi was also present. Gandhi’s appointment as LoP also comes amid heightened acrimony between the NDA and an emboldened Opposition, which has 236 MPs in the Lok Sabha.

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No LoP, but selection panel will choose AP Lokayukta chairman: Lokesh
1 month, 2 weeks ago

No LoP, but selection panel will choose AP Lokayukta chairman: Lokesh

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: TDP-led NDA government will uphold the spirit of Lokayukta by selecting its chairman, despite the fact that Leader of Opposition is not part of the selection committee, said Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh. Lokesh introduced the Andhra Pradesh Lokayukta Amendment Bill, 2024 in the Legislative Council on Friday to amend the composition of the five-member selection committee, doing …

LoP status must be earned, CM Chandrababu Naidu tells Jagan
1 month, 3 weeks ago

LoP status must be earned, CM Chandrababu Naidu tells Jagan

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Criticising YSRC president YS Jagan Mohan Reddy for boycotting the Assembly session for not being given the Leader of Opposition status, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday asserted that dictating terms and demanding positions will not work in a democracy. While congratulating Undi MLA K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju on being unanimously elected as the Deputy Speaker of …

Rahul Gandhi’s seating at Independence Day event stirs controversy
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi’s seating at Independence Day event stirs controversy

Hindustan Times  

A controversy erupted on Thursday after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi sat in the last few rows for the Independence Day programme at the Red Fort, with the Opposition calling it an insult to the people, even as the government argued that arrangements were tweaked to accommodate Olympians attending the event. Officials in the defence ministry, which is …

'LoP is strongest democratic tool for every Indian, will raise voice in Parliament': Rahul Gandhi
6 months, 1 week ago

'LoP is strongest democratic tool for every Indian, will raise voice in Parliament': Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

The Leader of Opposition is the strongest democratic tool for every Indian, Rahul Gandhi said today and asserted that he will raise the voice of the people of India in Parliament. "LoP is the strongest democratic tool every Indian has. Image Source : RAHUL GANDHI 'Leader of Opposition is strongest democratic tool for every Indian': Rahul Gandhi. Constructive debate on …

Challenge and an opportunity
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Challenge and an opportunity

Hindustan Times  

The Lok Sabha will have a Leader of Opposition for the first time in 10 years in Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. New Delhi: Congress MPs Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi during President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of the Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, June 27, 2024. As LoP, Gandhi will be the chairman of the crucial Public …

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi named Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi named Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has been named the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, party general secretary KC Venugopal announced after a meeting of floor leaders of opposition parties. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi shows a copy of the Constitution of India while taking oath as a Member of the 18th Lok Sabha during its second day, at the Parliament, …

Congress to decide on LoP in Lok Sabha: Sharad Pawar
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress to decide on LoP in Lok Sabha: Sharad Pawar

The Hindu  

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on June 20 said the Congress will decide on the appointment of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha as it has maximum seats among the INDIA bloc parties in the Lower House of Parliament. Asked if efforts will be made to have the Lok Sabha's deputy speaker from the opposition, Mr. Pawar claimed this …

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

Success in the Lok Sabha has imperiled the Opposition’s equation in the Rajya Sabha, with the Congress narrowly saving the post of Leader of the Opposition after two of its members K.C. A total of 10 vacancies, two each from Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Tripura have arisen following victory of Rajya …

Lok Sabha to get LoP after 10 years, opposition hopes deputy speaker gets elected
7 months ago

Lok Sabha to get LoP after 10 years, opposition hopes deputy speaker gets elected

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, With the INDIA bloc parties' numbers increasing in the 18th Lok Sabha, the lower house is set to get a leader of the opposition after ten years, and opposition leaders also hope that a deputy speaker will be elected soon, a post that had been vacant for the last five years. Lok Sabha to get LoP after 10 …

The LoP Question: Will Rahul Seize the Authority Sonia Fought For?
7 months ago

The LoP Question: Will Rahul Seize the Authority Sonia Fought For?

News 18  

It is not AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge but Sonia Gandhi, head of the Congress Parliamentary Party, empowered to appoint Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Under subclause ‘C,’ the chairperson, not the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha, has the power to nominate the party leaders in both houses, as well as deputy leaders and …

CWC passes resolution to appoint Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
7 months ago

CWC passes resolution to appoint Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

The extended Congress Working Committee, the highest executive forum of the party, on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution to appoint its former chief Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. “In another resolution, the CWC unanimously requested Rahul Gandhi to take the LoP post in the Lok Sabha. Asked if Gandhi has accepted the responsibility, …

Congress names Rahul Gandhi as the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha
7 months ago

Congress names Rahul Gandhi as the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha

Op India  

The Congress Working Committee passed the resolution that party MP Rahul Gandhi should be appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, sources said on Saturday. After the CWC meeting, Congress MP Kumari Selja said, “It was the CWC’s wish that Rahul Gandhi be elected the LoP…” Senior Congress leader and newly elected MP from Alappuzha KC Venugopal …

Rahul Gandhi to be made leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha? Congress leaders, Sanjay Raut say ‘no objection if…’
7 months ago

Rahul Gandhi to be made leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha? Congress leaders, Sanjay Raut say ‘no objection if…’

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: After Congress' victory in 99 Lok Sabha constituencies, party leaders and MPs advocate for Rahul Gandhi to assume the role of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is set to become the leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha? According to reports, Congress has been urging Rahul Gandhi …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu Joins BJP
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress Ludhiana MP Ravneet Bittu Joins BJP

News 18  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 LIVE: BJP Fields State Education Minister Basanta Kumar Singh in Violence-hit Manipur Days after the BJP said it will be supporting the NDA candidate for the Outer Manipur seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the party on Tuesday declared its candidate for Inner Manipur. Ludhiana Congress MP Who joined BJP Was An Open Critique of …

BJP appoints Vokkaliga strongman R Ashok as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka
1 year, 1 month ago

BJP appoints Vokkaliga strongman R Ashok as Leader of Opposition in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Almost six months after the assembly elections results in Karnataka, the BJP has announced senior MLA R Ashok as the Leader of Opposition in Congress ruled southern state, after a daylong meeting held at a five-star hotel in Bengaluru on Friday. Though various strongmen of BJP were in the race for the post, the party has chosen the Vokkaliga leader …

Lok Sabha Speaker nominates Rahul Gandhi to Standing Committee on Defence
1 year, 4 months ago

Lok Sabha Speaker nominates Rahul Gandhi to Standing Committee on Defence

Live Mint  

Newly reinstated Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi has been nominated to the Standing Committee on Defence. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla nominated four Opposition MPs - two from the Congress and one each from NCP and AAP - to different Parliamentary committees on Wednesday evening. “With the emphasis of their functioning to concentrate on long-term plans, policies and the philosophies …

Maharashtra Congress meeting | No discussion on Opposition leader's post; party decides to 'wait and watch'
1 year, 6 months ago

Maharashtra Congress meeting | No discussion on Opposition leader's post; party decides to 'wait and watch'

The Hindu  

The Congress Legislature Party meeting on July 4 didn’t discuss the issue of the Leader of Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly and has decided to take a “wait and watch” approach amid political developments in the State, a senior leader said. It was earlier said that the Congress might discuss the issue of staking claim to the post of LoP …

Maha Congress Convenes Meeting, Discussion on Opposition Leader's Post Likely
1 year, 6 months ago

Maha Congress Convenes Meeting, Discussion on Opposition Leader's Post Likely

News 18  

Maharashtra Congress has convened a meeting of its legislators on Tuesday where the issue of staking claim to the post of Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly may come up for discussion, a party leader said. The post of Leader of Opposition fell vacant after Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar resigned on Friday. “The Congress has convened a …

'LoP'oint for Congress in Gujarat: May Lose Leader of Opposition Post after Pulverising Poll Rout
2 years, 1 month ago

'LoP'oint for Congress in Gujarat: May Lose Leader of Opposition Post after Pulverising Poll Rout

News 18  

As if a crushing defeat in the Gujarat assembly elections wasn’t enough, a bruised and battered Congress is also likely to lose the post of the Leader of Opposition in the state. Gujarat’s assembly has 182 seats and a party needs at least 10 per cent of these to send a Leader of Opposition, or LoP. The Congress had in …

Congress to come precariously close to losing LoP post in Rajya Sabha
2 years, 10 months ago

Congress to come precariously close to losing LoP post in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

By July, there will be two big changes in the Rajya Sabha — one, there won’t be a single Akali Dal member, and second, there will be only one member BSP member left in the House. In cases of such sweeping mandates, the disillusionment also sets in that quickly,” Rajya Sabha member and senior Akali Dal MP Naresh Gujral said. …

At Lok Sabha strategy meet, clamour for Rahul Gandhi overshadows agenda
5 years, 6 months ago

At Lok Sabha strategy meet, clamour for Rahul Gandhi overshadows agenda

Hindustan Times  

The clamour for Rahul Gandhi to continue as Congress president pushed everything else on the agenda to the sidelines at the first strategy meeting of the party’s newly elected Lok Sabha members on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi had said at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest decision making body, on May 25 that he would step down …

Maharashtra Assembly: Opposition wants Congress MLA Wadettiwar as its leader
5 years, 6 months ago

Maharashtra Assembly: Opposition wants Congress MLA Wadettiwar as its leader

India TV News  

Opposition members in the Maharashtra Assembly on Monday asked Speaker Haribhau Bagade to nominate Congress MLA Vijay Wadettiwar as the leader of opposition in the Lower House. NCP leader Ajit Pawar noted that Bagade on Sunday said he will consult a "few people" and take a decision. Pawar, in a lighter vein, then said the chief minister had "taken away" …

BJP will have no walkover in Lok Sabha, says Rahul Gandhi as Congress admits party can't stake claim for post of LoP
5 years, 7 months ago

BJP will have no walkover in Lok Sabha, says Rahul Gandhi as Congress admits party can't stake claim for post of LoP

Firstpost  

Asserting that the Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha will ‘work together like a pride of brave-hearted lions’ to protect the Constitution, party president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stated that even though the party was two MPs short of qualifying as the main Opposition party, “the BJP will have no walkover in the Parliament”. He also used the platform to …

Narendra Modi government will not have Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha again
5 years, 7 months ago

Narendra Modi government will not have Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha again

India Today  

The Congress has won 52 Lok Sabha seats in the just-concluded Lok Sabha election. Nehru’s Congress won 1951-52, 1957 and 1962 Lok Sabha elections with an overwhelming majority and the main Opposition parties consistently failed to win 10 per cent of the seats. In 1971 Lok Sabha election that Indira Gandhi won single-handedly after splitting the Nehru’s Congress, the largest …

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