India Debates: NDA cutting opposition down?

Keeping the Congress on tenterhooks, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will take a decision on the issue of giving the post of Leader of Opposition to the party after studying rules, regulations and precedents.

Elected to the post unanimously a week ago, she says she would consult constitutional authorities, legal experts and "experienced persons" before deciding the issue ahead of the Budget session, expected to start on July 7.

"Definitely we will have to think over it. There are rules and regulations. One says ten per cent, another says single largest group. And there are past precedents which I will have to study. Only after that I will be able to take a decision", Mahajan told.

She was replying to a question whether it was necessary for a party to win a minimum of ten per cent seats of the 543-member House to get the Leader of the Opposition status.

Mahajan appeared not impressed by the Congress argument that though it has secured 44 seats, the UPA, which is a pre-poll alliance, has secured 58 seats.

"Rules say, If I am not wrong, whether a party has that many seats. They do not talk of a coalition. Leader of the Opposition belongs to the main opposition party and it is the party that is recognised, not the alliance", she said.


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