Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday suggested to the leader of the Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, that he should read the Parliamentary Rules of Procedure again. The advice came shortly after Gandhi mentioned the names of individuals who were not Lok Sabha members in his speech on the Union Budget. Leader of Opposition in Lok …
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has amended the oath-taking rules for Members of Parliament, prohibiting them from adding any remarks during their oath as members of the House. This change comes in response to many members resorting to slogans during their oaths for the 18th Lok Sabha on June 24 and 25. Lok Sabha Speaker …
Lok Sabha MP Om Birla was elected as Lok Sabha Speaker Wednesday by a voice vote for the second time in a row. The Opposition did not press for a division of votes and pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab declared Birla as elected, saying the “ayes have it”. With Birla’s election, Mahtab said, the other motions …
The Opposition parties may field a candidate for the Speaker’s post in the 18th Lok Sabha if the Deputy Speaker’s post is not given to their camp, sources told India Today TV on Saturday. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 and conclude on July 3. During the nine-day …
Ram Mohan Naidu is also TDP’s National General Secretary and has won the Srikakulam seat. Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu has replaced Jyotiraditya Scindia as India’s Civil Aviation Minister in the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. At 36, the three-time Member of Parliament is one of the youngest ministers …
MUMBAI; Former Maharashtra chief minister and Lok Sabha speaker Manohar Joshi who died in Mumbai at the age of 86, following a long illness, began his political career by ferrying around a young Bal Thackeray to various political meetings in his car. Eventually though, it was Joshi’s astuteness, ability to build political consensus and undying …
Actor and Trinamool Congress leader Mimi Chakraborty has resigned from the post of MP, expressing unhappiness over local party leadership in her constituency, India Today reported on Thursday. Mimi Chakraborty, who won the Jadavpur seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, handed over her resignation to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. However, this would not …
Three days after the major security breach in the Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla wrote a letter to all the members of Parliament, saying that there is no link between the security breach and the recent suspension of 13 MPs from the Lower House. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Parliament security breach (HT …