Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is all set to become the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Rajya Sabha, as incumbent Ghulam Nabi Azad’s term ends on February 15.
There has been no official word from the Congress, but it is learnt that the party has informed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat about Mr. Azad’s replacement.
Former Law Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid was among the first leaders to congratulate Mr. Kharge.
“Best wishes to Sh @kharge ji for being appointed as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha,” Mr. Khurshid tweeted.
Mr. Kharge, known to be a Gandhi family loyalist, was the Congress leader in the Lok Sabha between 2014 and 2019. After losing the 2019 Lok Sabha poll, he was brought into the Rajya Sabha in June last year.
Senior leader Anand Sharma, who along with Mr. Azad came to be identified with the group of 23 dissenters that had sought a revamp of the Congress in a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi last August, is the Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha.
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