Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Gaurav Gogoi as the party’s deputy leader in the Lok Sabha and Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu as its whip in the Lower House of Parliament on Thursday, August 27.
The appointments came ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, which is likely to commence from September 14. It is seen as a move by the Congress to strengthen its team of floor leaders in the Lower House, party leaders said.
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Until now, the opposition party did not have a deputy leader in the Lok Sabha.
Gaurav Gogoi, son of former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, was the party’s whip in the House till now and has been elevated.
Meanwhile, Ravneet Singh Bittu is a three-time MP from Punjab.