Manmohan Singh proposed Sonia Gandhi's name for CPP leader: RPN Singh

Newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs of the Congress on Saturday met for the first time where they elected Sonia Gandhi as the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). At the CPP meeting was chaired by Sonia Gandhi, all 52 Lok Sabha MPs were present, besides its members in the Rajya Sabha. Gandhi, who represents Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha, is the chairperson of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).