He met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and submitted his resignation letter at Udaipur Chintan Shivir in accordance with the precept of 1 man, one publish adopted by the celebration.
Congress Parliamentary Party President Sonia will now appoint a brand new chief and convey the choice to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
Now the query is who will substitute Kharge because the Leader of the Opposition within the Rajya Sabha. Sources say that the celebration is in no hurry to take a choice, however the buzz is that the publish might go to a pacesetter from a predominantly Hindi-speaking area.
Sources mentioned Digvijay Singh, who dropped out of the presidential race, Pramod Tiwari and Mukul Wasnik, who hails from Maharashtra, may additionally be in rivalry.
Kharge, who hails from South India, is about to turn out to be celebration president and with the celebration already having Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury within the Lok Sabha, it might see a person from the Hindi belt because the chief of the opposition within the higher reaches. House to steadiness regional equations.
If the management decides to look past North India, former Union Minister P Chidambaram could also be thought-about.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
