Five-time WB MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury to be Congress leader in Lok Sabha

Five-time Congress MP from West Bengal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, will be the party leader in the Lok Sabha, top party sources said Tuesday.

Chowdhury's name was cleared by the top party leadership after which a letter of his appointment was handed over to the Lok Sabha secretariat, they said.

The party, however, remained tight-lipped officially on his appointment.

Chaudhary too feigned ignorance about his appointment.

Asked about his appointment, he said the issue of who would lead the Congress in the Lower House of Parliament was not discussed in the party leaders' meeting at Sonia Gandhi's residence this morning.

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