April 23, 2026 05:54 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
'Will never forget’: Nation remembers Pahalgam victims as leaders vow strong fight against terror | 'India will never bow to any form of terror': PM Modi on Pahalgam terror attack anniversary | TCS Nashik case: No interim bail for Danish Shaikh in religious sentiments case | US woman alleges sexual assault at Karnataka homestay; owner among 2 arrested | ‘PM Modi is a terrorist’: Mallikarjun Kharge sparks row; BJP hits back | ‘What kind of order is this?’: Mamata slams ECI’s bike curbs in poll-bound Bengal, calls it ‘mischief’ | ‘90% of women can’t do politics without entering male politicians’ rooms’: Pappu Yadav sparks row; BJP targets Congress | Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO; John Ternus named successor | 15 killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into gorge in J&K’s Udhampur | Oil jumps over 5% as Strait of Hormuz closure fuels supply fears

Congress names Bengal leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as its leader in the Lok Sabha

| @indiablooms | Jun 18, 2019, at 04:09 pm

New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS): The Congress party on Tuesday named its Bengal strongman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, media reports said.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdury is a five-time MP from Bengal.

The Congress MP from Bengal is representing the Berhampore since 1999. 

"The party took the decision at a meeting this morning where party chief Rahul Gandhi and his mother, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, were present," reported Hindustan Times.

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is also the president of the Bengal Congress.

The party had clinched four seats in the Lok Sabha from Bengal in 2014.

This time the party won 2 seats,

The BJP won 18 seats in the seats in West  Bengal, amrking their significant rise in the political paradigm of the state. Te TMC won 23.

In the previous Lok Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge had played the role of the leader of Congress in the lower house of the Parliament.

He lost in the 2019 general elections.

The Congress won 51 seats in the Lok Sabha polls this year.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.