NEW DELHI (TIP):
The government has again made it clear that absence of a Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha would not impact its functioning. Asked whether the government would follow a similar formula like the one adopted for the judicial commission,— that put the leader of the largest opposition party in the panel — for selection of Lokpal, chief vigilance commissioner (CVC) and chief information commissioner (CIC), Naidu said, “The judicial appointments commission has a clear cut mandate.

So a certain process has been created. In other committees also there are provisions for situations where there is no LoP.” “If there is absence of one member, it does not make any void,” he said when asked about the necessity of LoP of Lok Sabha in the selection process for the Lokpal, CIC and CVC.

“It is beyond my jurisdiction,” Naidu said, at the end-of-the session press conference when reporters persisted with the query on whether the government would go without a LoP and implied that it was for Speaker Sumitra Mahajan to take the call.