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BJP’s Om Birla is a three-time MP, while Congress’s K Suresh is an eight-term MP New Delhi: The election for the post of Speaker – a rare event in the history of the Lok Sabha – will take place today, with a recharged Opposition forcing a contest. The numbers, though, appear to give the government…
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerje’s Trinamool Congress has remained the shaky spot in the united Opposition front over the election of the Speaker. The party, which started the day with the complaint that they were not consulted about fielding a candidate, ended it by expressing its disapproval of the Congress decision and…
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The Congress-led INDIA opposition bloc on Tuesday nominated Kodikunnil Suresh, an eight-time MP from Kerala, for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, triggering an election for the top parliamentary post for the first time since 1946. Mr Suresh’s nomination underlines the tense stand-off between the INDIA group and the ruling coalition led by the BJP,…
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Kiren Rijiju, the former Law Minister, is Parliamentary Affairs Minister in the Modi 3.0 cabinet (File). New Delhi: The BJP and the Congress have gone to the mattresses, again. This time the two are fighting over the appointment of BJP leader and seven-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as Pro Tem Speaker, a post active only for…
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