Delhi High Court moved for nomination of Lok Sabha leader of Opposition

New Delhi: A plea seeking direction to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to appoint a leader of opposition in the 17th Lok Sabha has been filed in the Delhi High Court. The public interest litigation (PIL), filed by advocates Manmohan Singh and Shishmita Kumari, may be heard by a vacation Bench on June 26. They have also sought direction to the Speaker to frame a policy for the leader of opposition’s appointment. “In the new Lok Sabha, with 52 members, the Congress is the largest party in the opposition and is, therefore, the rightful claimant to the post under the law. There is no ambiguity about it as the law is absolutely clear on this point,” they stated. Denying the second largest party in Parliament (Lok Sabha) the leadership of the opposition would set the wrong precedent and dilute democracy, they said. They said that the Congress could not claim the leader of opposition’s post .(IANS)

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