Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge might proceed as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, in violation of a key rule, because the social gathering hasn’t but selected his substitute in parliament.
If Mr Kharge holds two posts, it is going to be a whole reversal of the “One Person, One Post” coverage that Rahul Gandhi burdened at a time Ashok Gehlot hoped for a double function.
Sonia Gandhi has known as a gathering of the Congress Parliamentary Party’s “strategy group” tomorrow. Only Mr Kharge, Jairam Ramesh and KC Venugopal have been known as for the meet from Rajya Sabha, sources say.
Digvijaya Singh and P Chidambaram, who’re seen as frontrunners to exchange Mr Kharge in Rajya Sabha, haven’t been invited to the assembly, sources say.
Mr Kharge had resigned as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha earlier than submitting his nomination papers for Congress chief, however sources say he might proceed within the function, not less than for the winter session of parliament.
Sources say after the brief session is over, the social gathering is more likely to shake up the Congress Parliamentary Party.
Besides Mr Kharge, there are two extra “exceptions” to the Congress coverage. Adhiranjan Choudhary, who’s Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, can be the social gathering’s Bengal president. Jairam Ramesh is each Rajya Sabha chief whip and chief of Congress Communications.
In September, Rahul Gandhi had asserted that the Congress could be agency on the coverage it dedicated to throughout its Udaipur session in February.
His message was for Ashok Gehlot, who, because the Gandhis’ best choice for Congress president on the time, had been reluctant to surrender the Rajasthan Chief Minister’s publish. Congress MLAs near him even refused to attend a gathering, in a uncommon present of defiance, objecting to Mr Gehlot being changed by his rival Sachin Pilot in Rajasthan if he took up a nationwide function.
Mr Gehlot was lastly dropped and Mr Kharge stepped in because the “official” candidate for the Congress president polls in October. It now appears that the Congress might want to make an exception for Mr Kharge in spite of everything.