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New Delhi:Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was officially recognised as the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the 18th Lok Sabha Wednesday, a day after his party communicated its decision to appoint him as the LoP to pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab...
As LoP, Gandhi will now be part of the high-level committee that selects the Chief Election Commissioners, CBI director, Lokpal, Chief Vigilance Commissioner and National Human Rights Commission chairperson...
As Rahul Gandhi takes on the mantle of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha,ThePrint looks at who gets to become the LoP, the role, responsibilities and the privileges he enjoys in a parliamentary system...
The parliamentary party was called Congress Party (opposition) and its leader was accepted as the Leader of the Opposition, the manual says, adding that since Independence, it was the first time that the Lok Sabha had a recognised Opposition Party and a Leader of the Opposition...
In a 2019 article, Achary had argued against Congress not being given the option to have a Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, stating that since the position was a statutory one, the numerically largest party in the opposition had the right to have their leader recognised as the Leader of the Opposition by the Speaker...
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