Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar supported the decision to appoint senior parliamentarian Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem Speaker amid demands by the Congress to appoint K Suresh and said the Congress had imposed Emergency and should not talk about conventions.
Amid constant rants of opposition parties calming the country's constitution is in danger, JD(U) leader and Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan alias Lalan Singh rubbished such claims and said the opposition wants government intervention to refrain constitutional bodies from taking actions agains
Cricketer-turned-politician and now TMC MP Kirti Azad who has reached parliament for the first time after getting elected from Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat demanded 1,64,000 crores, allegedly due with the central government since 2021.
Amid the row over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem speaker, INDIA bloc leaders on Monday carried out a protest holding copies of the Constitution inside the Parliament premises in the national capital.
Congress MP Manickam Tagore raised questions about the NDA government for appointing a BJP MP as a pro-tem speaker and alleged them of neglecting an 8-term Dalit MP K Suresh.
Defending the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker for the 18th Lok Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said that it has never been an issue in the history of the Indian Parliament and that the Modi government adheres t
"Bhartruhari Mahtab is serving as an MP consecutively for the seventh time. The convention says that the MP with the longest period of unbroken service can be appointed as pro-tem Speaker. So, in this 18th Lok Sabha, Bhartruhari Mahtab qualifies to become the pro-tem Speaker. As far as Co
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the appointment of BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha, has been done as per the "rules", adding that Congress should not politicise the issue.
Hitting back at Congress over its allegations that conventions have been flouted in the appointment of pro tem Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijuju on Friday said that the government has followed the tradition and "violation of the system will be felt onl
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Bhartruhari Mahtab after being appointed Speaker pro-tem called it a big responsibility adding that no one from Odisha held the office earlier.