Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is all set to lead the Opposition in Lok Sabha. He has been chosen as Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the lower house of Parliament. The decision was taken in a meeting of the floor leaders of the INDIA bloc at Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge's residence on Tuesday. This is for the first time in a decade that there will be LoP in Lok Sabha. A letter about the decision has been sent to Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab.

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Rahul Gandhi has been an MP for five terms and currently represents the Rae Bareli constituency in the Lok Sabha. He took oath as an MP on Tuesday while holding a copy of the Constitution. The Congress, being the single largest opposition party, gets the post of opposition leader after a gap of 10 years. It had failed to get the 10 per cent members required in the Lok Sabha to secure the post in the last two elections.

(With inputs from PTI)

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