Mallikarjun Kharge to replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
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Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge will replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, sources told news agency PTI. Azad, Congress' Rajya Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir, is set to retire from the Upper House on February 15 after serving as the leader of the opposition for over six years since June 8, 2014. Jammu and Kashmir does not have an Assembly currently after it was made a Union Territory with the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge will replace Ghulam Nabi Azad as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, sources told news agency PTI. Azad, Congress' Rajya Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir, is set to retire from the Upper House on February 15 after serving as the leader of the opposition for over six years since June 8, 2014. Jammu and Kashmir does not have an Assembly currently after it was made a Union Territory with the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in August 2019.
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