New Delhi: After UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was elected leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP), party President Rahul Gandhi said under her leadership the Congress will prove to be a strong opposition.
“Under her leadership, the Congress will prove to be a strong and effective opposition party, that will fight to defend the Constitution of India,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet.
His remarks came soon after Sonia Gandhi was elected as CPP leader unanimously as the newly-elected LS members of the party elected her to the post once again during their first meeting here on Saturday.
The CPP met here at the central hall of Parliament, amid continuing upheaval in the party as Rahul Gandhi has been adamant on stepping down following a huge debacle in last month’s LS polls.
However, suspense over the Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha continued as the party has authorised Sonia Gandhi to decide on it.
Sonia Gandhi won the Rae Bareli seat from Uttar Pradesh by defeating the BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh by over 1.67 lakh votes.
According to party leaders, Sonia Gandhi’s name was proposed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Sonia Gandhi was party president till 2017 for 19 long years before passing the baton to son Rahul Gandhi. Will work together like a pride of brave-hearted lions to protect Constitution: Rahul
No walkover for BJP
Undeterred by the fact that Congress had won just 52 seats in the Lok Sabha, party Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said they would work together like ‘a pride of brave-hearted lions to protect the Constitution and institutions’ and that the BJP will have no walkover in Parliament.
In a post on social media, Mr Gandhi said, ”the Congress Party may have just 52 Lok Sabha members, but we will work together like a pride of brave-hearted lions to protect our Constitution & Institutions & to fearlessly do our duty as the leading Opposition party. The BJP will have no walkover in Parliament.”
This is the first statement by the Congress President since the results of the general elections in which the BJP retained power with a landslide win, securing 303 seats in the Lok Sabha while the Congress put up a poor performance with just 52 seats in the Lower House. (Agencies)
