With the Congress suffering a shattering thrashing, gathering President Sonia Gandhi and her deputy Rahul Gandhi are said to be loath to taking up the post of Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha.
This could light up the possibilities of Kamal Nath, the senior most Congress MP, becoming pioneer of the Congress in the House. He can get to be Leader of the Opposition if the Speaker unwinds the standards or perceives the whole UPA as a piece, which has 56 Mps.
Kamalnath may be selected as the leader of opposition in Loksabha
Congress got 44 seats in the Lower House this time and to be perceived as the main Opposition, a gathering need to get no less than 10 for every penny of the aggregate quality of the 543-member House – that is 55 Mps.
Nonetheless, there is nothing statutory about this prerequisite, which might be waived by the Speaker.
Kamalnath may be selected as the leader of opposition in Loksabha
There is likewise theory that AIADMK and Trinamool Congress having 37 and 34 members separately can meet up to claim the post of Leader of the Opposition.
Interestingly, Nath could be the star tem Speaker and additionally he is one of the senior most members in the House. Two Mps Manikrao Gavit of Congress and Basudeb Acharia of CPI-M, senior to Nath, lost the decisions this time.