PRO TEM SPEAKER ROW

Elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker, the proceedings highlighted the ruling party's numerical advantage as opposition requests for division vote were declined, showcasing a lack of strength. The appointment process proceeded smoothly with the support f...

After Om Birla was elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee said on Wednesday that several opposition members sought a division vote, but the Pro-Tem Speaker did not allow it, which shows that the ruling dispe...

Kodikunnil Suresh, a senior congress MP, was nominated as the candidate for the Lok Sabha speaker post by the INDIA bloc after the ruling party and the opposition failed to reach a consensus over the deputy speaker post. The election for the Speaker...

Pro-tem Speaker Appointment Row: Leaders from the INDIA bloc protested inside the Parliament premises against the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem speaker. Congress and other party members criticised the ruling BJP for neglecting key iss...

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi criticized PM Modi's government, listing ten issues from the first fifteen days of its term, including a train accident, NEET and UGC NET exam irregularities, rising costs, and a water crisis. He accused Modi of focusing...

New Delhi: After the appointment of pro-tem Speaker for the 18th Lok Sabha, Congress MP, K Suresh said that the NDA government has violated the convention of Lok Sabha. “The NDA government has violated the convention of Lok Sabha. So far, the conven...

President Droupadi Murmu on Monday administered oath to BJP member Bhratruhari Mahtab as 'speaker pro-tem' of the newly-constituted 18th Lok Sabha.

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha begins today, with Opposition INDIA bloc MPs showing unity by entering together. Newly elected MPs, including Prime Minister Modi, will take the oath, and the session is expected to be contentious with discuss...

Parliament Session: Congress and India Bloc MPs decided not to assist the pro-tem Speaker during the oath-taking ceremony of MPs after BJP's Bhratruhari Mahtab was appointed as pro-tem Speaker instead of the more senior Congress MP K Suresh. This de...

Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said he was positively looking forward to coordination to run Parliament, as the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha gets underway. In a post on X, Rijiju said he shall always be available to ass...

With BJP lacking a majority in the House and Congress set to get the leader of the Opposition post, the Speaker's role has become crucial for the BJP-led NDA. In the 16th and 17th Lok Sabhas, BJP enjoyed absolute majority and there was no leader of ...

Opposition leaders nominated to the panel of chairpersons to assist the pro tem Speaker are considering not accepting the positions, following opposition parties objecting to the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro tem Speaker. Mahtab, a BJ...

President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Bhartruhari Mahtab as the Speaker Protem under Article 95(1) of the Constitution. Mahtab will fulfill the responsibilities of the Speaker until the election of a new Speaker. Additionally, the President has des...

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress have criticized the Centre over the pro-tem Speaker appointment issue, with the BJP asking for Kodikunnil Suresh to be appointed as the Opposition leader in the Lok Sabha. The BJP state chief K Sur...

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju criticized the Congress on Friday for politicizing the appointment of Lok Sabha pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab, highlighting that conventions were followed in selecting Mahtab due to his extensive tenu...

​​The CM, in a statement issued by his office, also questioned what is the BJP's answer to those who suspect that Suresh was not considered for the post due to the "upper caste politics" followed by the Sangh Parivar. Vijayan's remarks came a day af...

The Congress on Thursday accused the government of "destroying parliamentary norms" by choosing seven-term BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem Speaker instead of eight-term Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh who should have got it as per the conven...

Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh claimed he should have been appointed pro-tem Speaker based on LS rules and conventions as the senior most MP. He mentioned Maneka Gandhi and Veerendra Kumar as past examples of senior MPs not chosen.

Odisha's eight-time MLA Ranendra Pratap Swain was administered oath as the Pro-tem Speaker by the Governor. Chief Minister was present at the ceremony in Bhubaneswar.