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New Delhi: The re-election of Om Birla to the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post – a formality given the ruling BJP-led coalition always had the numbers – was followed by a flurry of congratulatory messages, and appeals to the Kota MP to run an impartial House – from opposition leaders, including the Congress’ Rahul Gandhi. The…
PM Modi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi congratulated Om Birla New Delhi: Three-time BJP MP Om Birla was elected Lok Sabha Speaker for the second time in a row today after the NDA candidate won the election by a voice vote. The election also saw a moment of rare bonhomie between the treasury and…
Stage is set for the Lok Sabha Speaker Election between Om Birla and K Suresh New Delhi: The stage is set for the election of a Lok Sabha Speaker after three decades. On one side is BJP’s Om Birla, a three-time MP and the Speaker in the last Lok Sabha. His challenger is the Congress’s…
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New Delhi: The Trinamool Congress has decided to support Congress’s K Suresh in the rare election for Lok Sabha Speaker today, according to sources. The Mamata Banerjee-led party had yesterday said it was not consulted before K Suresh was fielded against NDA candidate Om Birla and had termed the decision “unilateral”. Ms Banerjee’s nephew and…
Victory in Speaker election is based on the number of MPs present and voting. New Delhi: Today’s election for the post of the Lok Sabha Speaker, already tilted in the government’s favour, can push the Opposition further down, with five of its 232 MPs yet to take oath. The oath pending, they cannot vote in…
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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…
The Congress’ K Suresh is an eight-time MP from Kerala’s Mavelikara. New Delhi: Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh – a late entrant in the Lok Sabha Speaker race – has accused the government of “breaking convention” regarding the naming of an opposition leader as the Deputy Speaker of the House. “We tried for a consensus but…
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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