After senior cabinet minister Rajnath Singh reached out to Opposition leaders on behalf of the government in a bid to build consensus for the post of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that they had conveyed Rajnath Singh that op
With the deadline for nominations for the Speaker's position being 12 pm on Tuesday, Congress MP K Suresh asserted that the Lok Sabha speaker should be elected unanimously.
If the opposition INDIA bloc announces its candidate for the post, it will be the first time that elections will be held for the speaker of the lower house.
Amid the row over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem speaker, the Revolutionary Socialist Party's Lok Sabha MP, NK Premachandran, said that INDIA bloc will field candidates for the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker elections.
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began today with various prominent leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, taking oaths as Members of Parliament.
The first session of the Lok Sabha began with various prominent leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, taking oaths as Members of Parliament.
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 the row over the appointment of the pro-tem speaker, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Monday slammed the INDIA bloc for holding a protest by carrying copies of the Constitution to the Parliament in the national capital.
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.