New Delhi | After failing to convince Rahul Gandhi to take up the post, the Congress on Tuesday named senior lawmaker Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury its leader in Lok Sabha.
At a meeting today morning which included Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother Sonia Gandhi, the matter was decided.
The party wrote a letter to Lok Sabha informing them that Chowdhary would represent the single largest party and would be a leader to all other members in the Lower House.
The question of a Lok Sabha leader opened up after the party’s senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge lost the election. Congress tried convincing its party chief for the position.
“If the Prime Minister’s message is delivered to his ministers or juniors then it will be beneficial for all… What the Prime Minister is preaching is most of the time not being implemented by their party leaders,” Adhir Chowdhury was quoted as saying by news agency IANS.
Along with Adhir Chowdhury, Kerala leader K Suresh, party spokesperson Manish Tewari and Thiruvananthapuram lawmaker Shashi Tharoor were in the running for the post.
But Chowdhary being a five-time member of the Lok Sabha was chosen due to his long experience in the political scene.
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