Sources say that apart from this, the names of party deputy leader and Dandak are yet to be announced, but a senior and a young MLA are likely to be appointed. As per the rules of the Legislative Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition gets the same status and facilities as the Cabinet Minister.
Congress sources say that the High Command has kept this issue to itself. For this, any one of the names of the three or four senior leaders who are running forward can be made the leader of the opposition. Currently it includes the names of Shailesh Parmar, CJ Chavda, Arjun Modhwadia and Tusshar Chaudhary. However, as the position of the leader of opposition is very influential, no name has been given as of now due to the possibility of internal tension in it. Sources say that apart from this, the names of party deputy leader and Dandak are yet to be announced, but a senior and a young MLA are likely to be appointed. As per the rules of the Legislative Assembly, the Leader of the Opposition gets the same status and facilities as the Cabinet Minister.
He gets a separate office, staff, bungalow and car in the assembly complex. The Congress currently does not have more than one-tenth of the total number of seats in the Legislative Assembly, but the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly can be appointed by the party with the second largest number of members after the ruling party.
