AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Saturday said his party would urge the Telangana Assembly Speaker to accord the opposition party status to his party consequent to the merger of 12 Congress MLAs with the ruling TRS.
"We will urge the Telangana Speaker because MIM is the second largest party (after TRS). MIM should get the Leader of Opposition (LoP) post," Owaisi told reporters.
His party would meet the Speaker and submit a representation to him, he said, hoping that the Speaker would positively consider the request.
The BJP was given the post of Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly though the party had only three MLAs in the 70-member House, he said.
The Congress had won 19 MLAs in the Assembly polls held in December last year. It came down to 18 after state Congress president N Uttam Kumar Reddy quit as MLA following his election to Lok Sabha recently.
Twelve (12) Congress MLAs had earlier announced their decision to quit the party and join the TRS.
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