Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, which will be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Kharge will attend the oath-taking ceremony in his capacity as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, as per media reports.
The reports also stated that this decision was taken after consultations with several I.N.D.I.A bloc leaders yesterday.
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress, which is an I.N.D.I.A bloc partner as well, has refued to attend the ceremony. Bharat Raksha Samithi (BRS) chief K Chandrashekar Rao has also decided to skip the swearing-in event.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) convened a meeting on Saturday and urged Rahul Gandhi to take up the role of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha.
However, Rahul Gandhi stated that he would take a decision about this "very soon". Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was elected as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party by the newly-elected Rajya Sabha MPs at a meeting held in Central Hall of Parliament on June 8.
Congress general secretary KC Venugopal, while urging Rahul Gandhi to take the mantle of LoP, said: "Rahul Gandhi is the best person to lead this campaign inside the Parliament, this is what the CWC's view was...the entire CWC feels for a better and strong vigilant Opposition, those who want to protect the Constitution also, should be safe under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi as a Leader of Opposition, this is what the CWC resolution is."
PM-designate Narendra Modi is all set to take the oath today at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for a third consecutive term at 7:15 PM. After BJP failed to cross the majority mark in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Modi will now be leading a coalition government in alliance with TDP an JD (U).
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