CWC passes resolution to appoint Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha
PTC Web Desk: Congress Working Committee on Saturday passed the resolution to appoint MP Rahul Gandhi as the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi won the Lok Sabha Elections from Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh, and Wayanad, Kerala.
After the CWC meeting, Congress MP Kumari Selja stated, "It was the CWC's wish that Rahul Gandhi be elected as the LoP..."
Senior Congress leader and recently elected MP from Alappuzha, KC Venugopal, stated, "CWC unanimously requested Rahul Gandhi ji to take the responsibility of the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha."
The CWC resolution acknowledged Rahul Gandhi's efforts during the election campaign.
"Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has to be singled out largely because of the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that he designed and led. Both these Yatras that reflected his thinking and personality were historic turning points in our nation's politics and instilled hope and confidence in lakhs of our workers and crores of our voters."
It added, "Rahul Gandhi's election campaign was single-minded, sharp and pointed and more than any other individual it was he who made the protection of our republic's Constitution the central issue in the 2024 elections." "The PaanchNyay-Pachees Guarantee programme which resonated so very powerfully in the election campaign was the outcome of Rahulji's yantras in which he listened to the fears, concerns and aspirations of all people, especially youth, women, farmers, workers, Dalits, Adivasis, OBCs and minorities."
The extended Congress Working Committee met in the nation's capital on Saturday. Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Manish Tiwari, DK Shivakumar, and Revanth Reddy were among those who attended the meeting.
- ANI
