New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi elected as the Chairperson of Congress Parliamentary Party. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had proposed the name of Sonia Gandhi and Gaurav Gogoi, Tariq Anwar, K Sudhakaran backed it. This comes after the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting of the party that was held in the national capital on Saturday, after the opposition’s I.N.D.I.A won big in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
The BJP-led NDA secured majority in the recently concluded Lok Sabah Elections 2024 while I.N.D.I.A won 232 seats breaking BJP’s ‘400 Paar’ target.
After being elected as the Chairperson Of Congress Parliamentary Party, Sonia Gandhi said that she was deeply conscious of the great responsibility all the leaders have placed on them yet again. “Let me first of all greet and congratulate all the newly elected Lok Sabha MPs. You have fought a tough election under the most challenging of circumstances. You have surmounted many obstacles and campaigned so very effectively. Your success has given us a much greater presence in the Lok Sabha and a more effective voice in its proceedings, both of which will help give greater strength to our participation,” she said.
“The Indian National Congress has once again demonstrated its resilience.It was up against a mighty and malevolent machine that was doing its utmost to destroy us. It tried to cripple us financially. It carried out a campaign against us and our leaders that was full of lies and defamation. Many wrote our obituaries! But under the determined leadership of Khargeji we persevered. He is an inspiration to all of us. His commitment to the party organization is truly extraordinary and we all have to learn from his example,” she added.
“The Bharat Jodo Yatra and the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra were really historic movements which rejuvenated our party at all levels. Rahul deserves special thanks for his tenacity and determination to fight on in the face of unprecedented personal and political attacks. He also shaped our narrative on guarantees and protection of the Constitution very sharply,” the former Congress chief said.
She said the CWC Resolution passed earlier in the day has also thanked all the colleagues and workers across the country who worked “so hard and so very diligently for our success”.
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In the CWC meet, senior Congress party leader KC Venugopal announced that the Congress Working Committee has passed a resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to assume the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. “CWC unanimously requested Rahul Gandhi to take the position of the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha…Rahul ji is the best person to lead this campaign inside the Parliament,” KC Venugopal said in a press briefing.
Venugopal expressed that with our leader and workers energized, the resurgence of Congress has commenced. He further noted that the atmosphere within the CWC is markedly different from that of four months ago.
Apart from this, Venugopal said that Rahul Gandhi will soon take a decision on the proposal soon. This will be the first time that the Congress, since it lose power in 2014, will get the post of Leader of Opposition in the lower house of parliament.
In 2014 and 2019, the grand old party failed to win the requisite 10 per cent of total seats in the House and hence couldn’t get the LoP position.
