The newly-elected MLAs of the Congress party in Telangana on Monday authorised AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge to name the leader of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP).
A meeting of the MLAs held at a city hotel unanimously passed a resolution authorising Kharge to name the leader.
“All the MLAs unanimously resolved to authorise AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge to appoint Congress Legislature Party leader,” Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and AICC observer D. K. Shivakumar told media persons after the meeting.