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Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - File photo of leaders of Indian National Congress (INC) party Rahul Gandhi (fourth right) and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (centre) alongwith MK Stalin (third right), Chief Minister of India’s Tamil Nadu state and President of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party listen to an address by INC party President Mallikarjun Kharge (not pictured), after a meeting of opposition alliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc in New Delhi on June 5, 2024, on the following day of voting results for India’s general election. ― AFP pic
NEW DELHI, June 8 ― Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s chief rival Rahul Gandhi was nominated today to lead India’s opposition in parliament after an election result that rescued his party from the political wilderness.
Modi will be sworn into office for a third term this weekend following a poll that deprived his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of a majority, forcing it to rely on coalition allies to govern.
Gandhi defied analysts’ expectations and exit polls to help his Congress party nearly double its parliamentary numbers, its best result since Modi was swept to power a decade ago.
A meeting of the Congress leadership today voted unanimously to recommend Gandhi’s election as India’s official opposition leader, a post that had been left vacant since 2014.
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“All participants unanimously passed the resolution that Rahul Gandhi should take the position of leader of opposition in the parliament,” Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal told a news conference after a meeting of the party’s executive.
The nomination will be put before a meeting of the 232 lawmakers belonging to a Congress-led opposition alliance later today.
Gandhi is the scion of the dynasty that dominated Indian politics for decades and is the son, grandson and great-grandson of former prime ministers, beginning with independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru.
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If elected, as expected, he will be recognised as India’s official opposition leader when the new parliament sits, which local media reports suggest will happen as soon as early next week.
Parliamentary regulations require the opposition leader to come from a party that commands at least 10 percent of the lawmakers in the 543-seat lower house.
The post has been vacant for 10 years because two dismal election results for Congress ― once India’s dominant party of government ― left it short of that threshold.
File photo of leaders of Indian National Congress party Rahul Gandhi (third left) and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (third right) gesturing to supporters as they arrive for a meeting in New Delhi on June 5, 2024, on the following day of voting results for India's general election. ― AFP pic
‘Another chance’
Tuesday’s election results increased the party’s parliamentary representation from 52 to 99 seats.
A statement from the Congress executive said that “many challenges” remained in the party’s road to reclaiming its credibility and returning to government in the future.
“The people of India have spoken ― the Congress has been given another chance,” the statement said.
“It is now up to us to build on it. We must and we will.”
Modi and his Hindu-nationalist BJP ruled outright for the past decade but failed to repeat its previous two landslide wins this time, despite widespread expectations of another easy triumph.
He was instead forced into quick-fire talks with the 15-member National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, which guaranteed him the parliamentary numbers to govern.
There are no indications yet of what concessions Modi may have offered in return, though several larger coalition allies are reported to be seeking cabinet posts.
The NDA has 293 members in the next parliament, 21 above a simple majority.
Modi and his new ministry will be sworn in by President Droupadi Murmu tomorrow evening. ― AFP
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