With the tenure of Ghulam Nabi Azad in Rajya Sabha nearing an end, the Congress party is busy in deciding who is going to be the next Leader of Opposition (LoP). A senior party leader, who did not wish to be named, earlier told HT that Azad could be nominated from Kerala in April when three members from the state retire. Azad was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir in 2015. But now that it has turned into a union territory, there's a possibility that Azad will have to leave his home state in order to come back to Rajya Sabha. Meanwhile, in his farewell speech on Tuesday, Azad said that he is proud to be and Indian Muslim.

Source: Hindustan Times February 09, 2021 09:26 UTC