Five-time Congress MP from West Bengal and senior lawmaker Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is set to become the party leader in the 17th Lok Sabha.
Speaking to news agency ANI on Tuesday, 18 June, Chowdhury confirmed that the party has given him this responsibility, adding that he will fight as a "foot soldier."
"I have been given this responsibility (the leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha). I was asked to stand in the front. I said okay. I am a foot soldier and foot soldiers stand in front. So I will fight as a foot soldier," he said.
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, top party officials told PTI.
Congress, however, is yet to make an official announcement regarding his appointment.