Opposition parties on Monday gave Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Samajwadi Party (SP) the responsibility of selecting a suitable candidate for the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman post.
At a meeting in the office of Opposition leader Ghulam Nabi Azad at Parliament House, opposition parties agreed to have a consensus candidate who has acceptance among all political parties.
Although the name of Trinamool Congress leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy was surfacing in political circles, Roy made it clear that his party would not field any candidate but it will extend support to the consensus candidate.
The meeting was attended by leaders of Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), SP, Trinamool Congress, Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) among others.
