Ravneet Singh Bittu to be leader of Congress in Lok Sabha in ongoing Budget Session

For the ongoing Budget Session of the Parliament, the Congress party on Thursday gave temporary charge of Lok Sabha leader to Ludhiana MP Ravneet Singh Bittu.

Bittu has been given the temporary charge as the Leader of Congress in the Lower House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Deputy Leader Gaurav Gogoi are busy in assembly polls in West Bengal and Assam respectively.

Chowdhury informed about the same in communication with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Loksabha Secretariat.

Bittu, who is a whip of Congress in Lok Sabha, will lead the party on the floor.

The development regarding Bittu's name also came as party's chief whip K Suresh and another whip Mckam Tagore are also engaged in assembly polls in their respective states, sources told .

It is important to note that Bittu has been assigned the task of leading Congress, overriding senior MPs from Punjab. Msh Tiwari, who is one senior MP and is also part of the G-23 group in Congress, was neglected for the task.

After demanding dialogue on farmers' issue during the first part of the Budget Session, Congress is focusing on rising fuel prices in the second half of the Budget Session in the Lok Sabha, where the House remains adjourned due to opposition's demands to suspend all work and discuss the issue first.

( With inputs from ANI )