Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly Speaker C Ayyannapatrudu rejected YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's demand for Leader of the Oppositio...

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) has unanimously passed a resolution requesting Rahul Gandhi to take the position of the LoP in Lok Sab...

BJP, which has been reduced to 3 in house of 70, expects treasury benches to accord it status of Leader of Opposition in Assembly and would...

The AG also said that the power to recognise a Parliamentary Party or group for functioning in the House is solely that of the Speaker.

CIC Rajiv Mathur retired on August 22, 2014. Since then, the chair lies empty, and technically, all orders passed by the CIC’s office in th...

"There is no minimum percentage prescribed for the selection of the Leader of Opposition," Under Secretary of the Lok Sabha Secretariat K S...

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has rejected Congress' demand for being accorded the status of Leader of Opposition.

Activists have emphasised its importance saying that the post is essential to end the government's dominance in Lokpal selection panel.

He said the apex court's decision yesterday to go into the issue of interpreting the provision of LoP is a "vindication" of Congress' stand.

Mahajan defended her decision of not according LoP's status to the leader of the Congress party in the House for want of numbers.

The court also observed that the issue of LoP is relevant not only in Lokpal law but also in other existing and incoming legislations.

Emphasising the importance of the post, a bench headed by Chief Justice R M Lodha said Leader of Opposition conveys the voice of a represen...

Government today hailed the Supreme Court dismissal of a plea which had sought that the Leader of Opposition (LoP) status in Lok Sabha be g...

Alleging that the government is playing petty politics over an important issue like LoP, he said, "Government of India needs to rise above ...

While hastening to add that what he says "does not mean that she is acting on the behest of somebody", Nath insisted, "But there is always ...

He also said that if the Speaker rules against Congress on the LoP issue, it would be right and proper for the Congress to go to the court.

Indeed the LoP is a statutory requirement for the selection of a Lokpal under the new Lokpal Act. The govt however seems to have hardened i...