New Delhi: The Congress is leaving no stone unturned to get the post of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Senior party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Captain Amarinder Singh met Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and submitted a memorandum signed by 60 MPs regarding the Leader of Opposition issue.
The Speaker assured the party that she will examine the issue.
But sources have said that the Narendra Modi government is set to reject the Congress's bid for the post. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told the Speaker that the Congress doesn't meet the criteria to get the required post. The Congress has won 44 seats in the 543-member House and according to the law, a party needs 10 per cent of the total seats to claim the post of the Leader of the Opposition. The Congress, however, falls short by 11 seats.
The Congress has threatened to move Supreme Court if the decision goes against them.
Congress President Sonia Gandhi has claimed that it is the largest party in the opposition so it should get the post of the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha. "We are the largest party and we have accepted we have lost. But since we are the largest party we should get the post. We will decide on legal options," Sonia said.
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