Kataria chosen Raj assembly LOP

JAIPUR: Senior BJP legislator Gulab Chand Kataria was Sunday unanimously chosen as the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly by the BJP legislature party during a meeting at the party office here.

The 74-year-old was also selected as the leader of the BJP

legislature party while seventime MLA Rajendra Rathore was chosen as his deputy.

Former CM Vasundhara Raje proposed the name of Kataria as the leader of BJP

legislature party, which was seconded by the party MLAS unanimously. There was only one proposal for the post, the party’s national general secretary Arun Singh told reporters after the meeting.

He said Rathore was chosen as the deputy leader by Kataria.

Kataria, who will also be the pro-tem speaker to conduct the first meeting of the newly elected assembly, is an eight-time MLA.