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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…
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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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…
New Delhi: The BJP’s ruling coalition and the Congress’ INDIA opposition bloc will go head-to-head Wednesday in a battle for the Speaker’s post – arguably one of the most important in a parliamentary democracy and to be held for the first time since 1952 – after the two failed to agree a division of seats….
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