Venkaiah Naidu: Parliament has functioned well without LOP
- 5 years ago
Parliament affairs minister rules out LOP for Congress
As the Congress eyes the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh has said laws should be amended.
"To hold LoP position 55 seats are required so the law needs to be amended," Mr Singh said today.
"That's not in my domain, that's in the Speaker's domain," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said.
On Thursday, Mallikarjun Kharge, who heads the Congress in the Lok Sabha, led a delegation of UPA partners to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to urge her to grant the Leader of the Opposition's post to the alliance on the ground that it was "pre-poll" combination.
In the 16th Lok Sabha, the Congress has 44 MPs, and 59 along with its allies. That, according to these sources, makes it difficult for the Lok Sabha speaker to accede to the Congress' demand.
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As the Congress eyes the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, senior party leader Digvijaya Singh has said laws should be amended.
"To hold LoP position 55 seats are required so the law needs to be amended," Mr Singh said today.
"That's not in my domain, that's in the Speaker's domain," Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu said.
On Thursday, Mallikarjun Kharge, who heads the Congress in the Lok Sabha, led a delegation of UPA partners to Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to urge her to grant the Leader of the Opposition's post to the alliance on the ground that it was "pre-poll" combination.
In the 16th Lok Sabha, the Congress has 44 MPs, and 59 along with its allies. That, according to these sources, makes it difficult for the Lok Sabha speaker to accede to the Congress' demand.
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