NEW DELHI:
Congress
MP
Gaurav Gogoi
has been named the party's deputy leader in
Lok Sabha
, the appointment coming days after the nomination of
Rahul Gandhi
as the leader of opposition. Gogoi was also the deputy leader in the 17th Lok Sabha.
Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson
Sonia Gandhi
has sent a letter to
Speaker Om Birla
nominating the floor managers in the lower house ahead of the budget session starting on July 22.
Eight-term MP and the senior most LS member Kodikunnil Suresh is the new
chief whip
of Congress, and Manickam Tagore and Mohammad Jawed are party whips. While Tagore has retained his role as whip, Jawed is a new addition.
INDIA bloc fielded Suresh for the post of Speaker to challenge Om Birla, who was elected by a voice vote. The opposition is still demanding the post of deputy speaker.
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