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BJP's Om Birla will take on Congress leader K Suresh for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker in the first election since 1976 on Wednesday. Since Independence, the lower House of the Parliament has witnessed three elections for the Speaker in 1952, 1967 and 1976.
The Speaker in the Lok Sabha will be elected on Wednesday after several decades as the Opposition decided to field its candidate against BJP's nominee Om Birla, who has been given a re-run for the second consecutive term in the 18th Lok Sabha.
Following efforts by Rajnath Singh and Kiren Rijiju to build consensus, the opposition will not field a Speaker candidate. Om Birla, the previous Speaker, met PM Modi, indicating his possible retention.
In the last two Lok Sabha sessions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which held a majority, appointed Sumitra Mahajan and Om Birla as the Speakers in 2014 and 2019 respectively.
Lok Sabha session: Rahul Gandhi highlighted several issues including the tragic train accident in West Bengal and a slew of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sources said that the BJP may keep the Speaker's post in Lok Sabha while its NDA ally may get the Deputy Speaker post.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will hold a crucial meeting at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's residence today at 5 pm to deliberate on the matter.
The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) Yojana provides financial aid to landholding farmer families, offering Rs 2,000 every four months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the release of the 17th installment, totaling Rs 20,000 crore, benefiting 9.3 crore farmers.
The bypoll for the Vikravandi Assembly constituency is slated to be held on July 10.
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s cabinet is a mix of 17 freshers and eight experienced ministers, including him. Out of 24 ministers who took oath in Andhra Pradesh, 17 are first-timers, three are women, eight are from backward class communities, one Muslim, two from SC and one from ST among others.
The BJP -- which emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 with 240 seats -- fell short of achieving the full majority on its own. In such a scenario, it will be interesting to see who will be the Lok Sabha Speaker. Will it be from the saffron party or its allies?
In the newly formed Modi 3.0 government, NDA partners from Bihar have secured significant cabinet positions. Despite the BJP not achieving a full majority, coalition dynamics have brought JD (U), LJP (Ram Vilas), and HAM to the forefront.
Chandrababu Naidu is scheduled to take oath as Andhra Pradesh CM at 11.27 am at Kesarapalli IT Park near Gannavaram Airport.
The newly-inducted ministers held a meeting at Prime Minister's residence on Monday evening. The meeting was held even as PM Modi is yet to announce the portfolios of the new ministers.
Out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP, the BJP won 33 seats, RLD two and Apna Dal (S) only one seat, while the Samajwadi Party bagged 37 seats and Congress six.
Modi 3.0 Cabinet has taken shape after the BJP-led NDA formed the government at Centre for the third consecutive time. Let's take a look at leaders who have been dropped from the Modi Cabinet in his third term.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has taken shape after the saffron camp was voted back to power for the third consecutive time in Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Nadda, who holds a degree in law, started his political journey with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the students' wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He became president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the BJP's youth wing, in 1991.
The Ajit Pawar-led NCP, part of the ruling alliance in Maharashtra along with the BJP and the Shiv Sena, performed poorly in the Lok Sabha polls, managing to win just one seat (Raigad) from the four it contested.
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