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| Speaker Defends Decision on Leader |
| Speaker Defends Decision on Leader of Opposition: 'Supreme Court Questioned the Centre, Not Me'
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| INDIA
, 23-August-2014
9:12:45 AM |
| Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today defended her decision to deny the Leader of Opposition or LoP's post to the Congress, a day after the Supreme Court expressed its concern about the post remaining vacant. (No Leader of Opposition? Please Explain, Says Supreme Court to Centre)
Her decision, said Ms Mahajan, was based on rules and tradition. She added that the apex court had made no observation against her.
"The Supreme Court has questioned the Centre on the issue of the Lokpal's appointment in the absence of the LoP and the Attorney General will inform the court about the government's stand. It has made no observation against the Speaker," she told journalists. (Speaker Rejects Congress Claim for Leader of Opposition)
She defended her decision of not according the LoP's status to the leader of the Congress party in the House, as the party lacked the requisite numbers.
"I have taken the decision after studying the rules and traditions and after taking experts' opinions on the issue. No opposition party has more than 55 seats. Till date, the rule that a party should have a minimum of 10 per cent seats in the House (for being accorded the status of LoP) has not changed," she said
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