Ahmedabad:

Congress Party would start the exercise to choose their leader of legislature party who would be the leader of opposition in the Gujarat assembly, a post which has cabinet minister rank status technically, from tomorrow.

Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi today said that the meeting of all the newly elected 77 MLAs of the party would be held tomorrow afternoon at the party’s state headquarter here in Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Paldi area.

Gujarat In-charge of the party and AICC general secretary Ashok Gehlot and former union minister Jitendra Singh, who has been appointed the observer for the election of the leader of the legislature party would participate in the meeting, he said.

Meanwhile, Congress state president and former union minister Bharatsinh Solanki said that the duo of central leaders would take the opinion of all the newly elected MLA’s and then go to New Delhi to discuss it with the high command before announcing the name.

Notably, the name of Patidar MLA Paresh Dhanani, Koli leadere Kuwarji Babaria and tribal leader Mohansinh Rathwa, who was the leader of opposition last time around were doing the rounds for the coveted post.

Congress has increased the number of its seats from 61 of last time to 77 this time around and it also has four supporters, taking its total strength in 182 member assembly to 81 which practically would make the new leader of opposition a much more powerful figure in the house than the last one.