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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party.
This development came mere hours after the Congress Working Committee passed a resolution seeking the appointment of Rahul Gandhi as Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
The newly re-elected MP is expected to take a decision on the matter 'very soon'.
The Lok Sabha has incidentally functioned without a Leader of Opposition since 2014 as no party managed to secure the requisite seats to assume the role.
Congress candidates defied analyst expectations during the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections — securing 99 seats and becoming eligible to hold the LoP role for the first time since 2014.
An Opposition party is required to secure at least 10% of the total seats in the House in order to become eligible for the post.
Sonia Gandhi was nominated as CPP chairperson by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge during the meeting on Saturday evening.
The proposal was seconded by party leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Tariq Anwar and K Sudhakaran and eventually passed unanimously.
Sonia Gandhi has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party.
Rahul Gandhi is likely to be appointed as the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.