- Apart from Venugopal, Shailja, Manish Tiwari and Gogoi, names of many MPs are under discussion
Pravesh Kumar Mishra, New Delhi
After the Congress party got 99 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, discussions have begun on who will be the Leader of Opposition. Many senior leaders of the party want to see Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. But there is talk that Rahul Gandhi is not ready for this.
In such a situation, the question is who will the party appoint to this important post? If sources are to be believed, at present the senior leaders of the party are talking to Rahul Gandhi in this regard, but after Rahul Gandhi’s refusal, the names of four leaders are in the lead for this post. If sources are to be believed, the name of Kumari Shailja, MP from Sirsa, Haryana, who was close to Sonia Gandhi, is at the top. After that, the name of Gaurav Gogoi, a young leader who has been aggressively cornering the government inside and outside the Parliament by standing shoulder to shoulder with Rahul Gandhi and MP from Jorhat seat of Assam, is coming to the fore. Whereas on the basis of experience and seniority, the names of KC Venugopal, who won from Kerala’s Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency, and Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari are being considered. Gaurav Gogoi does not have long experience as an MP, while many other MPs have more experience than him. In such a situation, if experience is the priority, it is possible that some other MP may come ahead of Gogoi. As far as the discussion about Manish Tewari is concerned, the biggest obstacle in it is the pressure group Group 23 formed within the party recently, which launched a nationwide Save the Idea of ??India campaign under the leadership of Ghulam Nabi Azad. His presence as a member of it. Although the above matter had calmed down long ago, some leaders are still putting pressure on the party leadership against Manish Tewari on the basis of this issue. If sources are to be believed, the name of the party’s organization general secretary KC Venugopal has also been included in this race. Venugopal, one of Rahul Gandhi’s favorites, who was a Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan, has won from Kerala’s Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency this time. Venugopal has experience of organization and government, so on the basis of seniority, consensus can be reached on his name.
Sources are telling that apart from the above four experienced leaders, many names are under consideration before the party leadership. It is believed that after the Parliament session begins, the party president will announce the name of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
Special attention is also being given to parliamentary experience
Sources are telling that along with regional and caste equations, special attention is also being given to parliamentary experience for this post. Although Kumari Selja has a long experience of holding many important posts in the organization and working as a cabinet minister in the government while being a Rajya Sabha MP. But at present, the party president Mallikarjun Kharge himself is holding the post of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, so there is doubt whether a member belonging to the same caste community will be made the Leader of Opposition in both the houses or not. Similarly, discussions are being held about the experience of Gaurav Gogoi.