So Who will replace Mallikarjuna Kharge as Leader of the Congress party in the Lok Sabha? Kharge has been promoted to chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee from April which was reported first by Rediff.com, while Captain Amrender Singh is the new chief minister of Punjab.

All eyes are now on Congress VP Rahul Gandhi and the party feels it's about time he takes up leadership of the Congress Parliamentary Party
and becomes Leader of Opposition ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

And if that does happen, will Jyotiraditya Scindia, a close aide of Rahul, become deputy leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party or will it be someone from Kerala?

This is the first time that the Congress has made the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha as the Chairman of the PAC.

The Congress won 44 seats in the Lok Sabha in the polls. The main opposition party is required to have at least 55 MPs in the Lok Sabha or 10 per cent of it total strength of 545. However, the Speaker of Lok Sabha can confer the status on his or her discretion.

The crippling defeat of Congress-Samajwadi Party alliance has hurt the prestige of the Gandhi family by putting question marks on future projects under Rahul Gandhis leadership and Priyanka Gandhis assumed political instincts.