As Ghulam Nabi Azad’s tenure as leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha comes to an end on February 15, senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is all set to take his position. Congress President Sonia Gandhi has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu for appointing Kharge to the post as Azad is retiring.
Mallikarjun Kharge from Karnataka, was the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. However, Congress could not get the leader of opposition’s post in the previous and the current Lok Sabha, as its numbers were less than the mandated 10% of the total number of seats in the Lower House.
Mallikarjun Kharge will be the 17th Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha since December, 1969.
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Mallikarjun Kharge is a top-ranking leader in Karnataka politics.
During 2008 Assembly elections, the Congress went to polls under Mallikarjun Kharge’s leadership.
Congress lost to the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP and…