The Lop Post

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  Opinion | Why Rahul Gandhi Is Fast Losing Support Among Allies

  As doubts grow among the INDIA bloc partners about the Congress partys ability to be the alliances pivot, Rahul Gandhi is likely to become a lame duck LoP in the coming months, without the active support of his allies

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  Opinion | As LoP, Rahul's Biggest Task Is To Keep The Opposition Steady

  For the next five years, the Prime Minister and the LoP will have to sit together on a variety of occasions to select important appointees. Rahul's biggest challenge will be to maintain his own bloc.

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  Her Coworker Lost His Thumb In A Beef Jerky Plant Accident. She Lost Her Job For Helping Him

  One early Monday morning in July 2014, a band saw blade at a West Virginia beef jerky plant lopped off a man's thumb. Upon hearing a cry of pain, and witnessing the blood that ran down her coworker's hand and arm, a food processing employee named Michele Butler-Savage rushed to help. Butler-Savage attempted to stanch the wound with paper towels and...

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  Unfair to Deny Congress Leader of Opposition Status in Maharashtra Assembly: Shiv Sena

  Even as the Congress and NCP squabble over key posts in the Maharashtra Legislature after Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde resigned as the Leader of Opposition, Shiv Sena today said it would be unfair to deny LoP status to Congress.

• Speaker Defends Decision on Leader of Opposition: 'Supreme Court Questioned the Centre, Not Me'

  Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan today defended her decision to deny the Leader of Opposition or LoP's post to the Congress, a day after the Supreme Court expressed its concern about the crucial post remaining vacant.

• 'Speaker Should Choose Leader of the Opposition Even If No Clear Applicable Rule': Somnath Chatterjee

  Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan should designate a member of the Lower House of Parliament as Leader of the Opposition even if "there is no clear applicable rule", feels one of her predecessors Somnath Chatterjee.

• Congress and Government Trade Barbs Over the Post of Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha

  The Congress and Government on Tuesday traded barbs over the post of Leader of the Opposition(LOP) in Lok Sabha with the main opposition even bringing Speaker Sumitra Mahajan in its line of fire on the issue.

• Congress 'Must' go to Court if Speaker Denies Leader of Opposition Status: Kamal Nath

  Amid talk of price rise and the economy, the BJP and Congress are now engaged in a game of "who blinks first" on the post of Leader of Opposition or LoP in the Lok Sabha for the latter.

• Nitish Kumar Supports Congress for Leader of Opposition Post

  Making a strong pitch for the Congress to get the Leader of the Opposition (LOP) post despite falling short of the requisite numbers, Janata Dal(United) or JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said this was needed as a strong opposition was necessary for the smooth functioning of the democracy.

• Congress Makes a Pitch For Leader of Opposition's Post

  Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the Lok Sabha plays an important role in the selection of constitutional functionaries such as the Lokpal, and the Congress said that it would be "undemocratic" if the ruling alliance denies them a say in making key appointments.

• Why is Nitish Kumar's Party Supporting Congress for Leader of Opposition Post

  Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) today touched off speculation about a possible political realignment in Bihar when it demanded that the position of Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in the Lok Sabha should go to the Congress.