Last Updated on 10/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
Rahul Gandhi is holding the post of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
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- The strength of the membership for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Upper House should be 25.
- And Congress is two more than this figure
- The Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha is Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge
leader of Oppose In Rajya SabhaAfter 10 years, this time Congress got the post of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, which is being handled by Rahul Gandhi, while Congress has also secured the post of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, this question started when during the Lok Sabha elections, KC Venugopal (Rajasthan) and Deepender Hooda (Haryana) won the Lok Sabha elections from Alappuzha and Rohtak.
Due to this the number of Congress MPs in Rajya Sabha has gone up from 29 to 27. However, for the post of Leader of Opposition in the Upper House, the number should be 25 and Congress is two more than this figure. Currently, the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha is Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge.
Before the Lok Sabha elections, Congress was afraid of losing the opposition seat in the Rajya Sabha
During the Lok Sabha elections, when the Congress was looking for winning candidates to contest the elections, the names of Rajya Sabha MPs came up and then the top leaders gave this argument. The reason behind this is that Congress has lost the assembly elections of different states and the party is not getting Rajya Sabha from there. If Rajya Sabha MPs also contest the Lok Sabha elections, then the vacant seat will also go out of Congress’s hands. According to the rules of Rajya Sabha, to get the post of Leader of Opposition in the Upper House, a party should have ten percent of the total number of MPs in the House, which is currently 250 MPs in the Rajya Sabha.
According to the top leaders of Congress, the party cannot win a seat in Rajasthan due to less number of MLAs there but the party is expecting a seat due to victory in Telangana assembly elections. This discussion started when Keshav Rao resigned from BRS and joined Congress and also resigned from Rajya Sabha. There is a discussion that the party can send Keshav Rao to Rajya Sabha after which the number of Congress in the House will become 28.