Ravneet Singh Bittu to be Congress LS leader this Parliament session

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Updated At : 09:22 PM Mar 11, 2021 IST

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Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 11

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday gave temporary charge of the position of Lok Sabha leader to Ludhiana Member of Parliament Ravneet Singh Bittu.

Bittu will discharge the role for the ongoing budget session of parliament.

The appointment came on Thursday after Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry, leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, had to leave for campaigning in the upcoming state elections.

Bittu is party’s chief whip in Lok Sabha.

With Deputy leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi also busy with Assam polls, Bittu would have to lead party’s strategy in the lower house where legislative business remains held up due to opposition’s demands to suspend all work and discuss fuel price rise first.

Bittu is a three-time Member of Parliament.

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