The President's address to the joint sitting of Parliament was her first following the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha. The inaugural session of the 18th Lok Sabha began on Monday (June 24), while the 264th session of the Rajya Sabha commenced on June 27.
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"As we enter the 50th year of the Emergency, this 18th Lok Sabha reiterates its commitment to uphold, protect and preserve the Constitution built by Baba Saheb Ambedkar," Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said hours after assuming the chair in the Lower House.
With the NDA having 293 MPs in its kitty and the INDIA bloc 233, numbers clearly favour Birla in Lok Sabha, which currently has 542 members after Rahul Gandhi resigned from one of the two seats he was elected from.
In a moment of unity, PM Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi shook hands at Parliament today, welcoming Om Birla as the new Lok Sabha Speaker, underscoring bipartisan support. Rahul Gandhi, set to be Leader of the Opposition, continues a family legacy.
PM Modi's Speech In Lok Sabha: PM Modi congratulates Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
The House elected Birla with a voice vote after opposition parties fielded Congress member K Suresh as its choice for the post.
Om Birla contested against Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post after efforts to reach a consensus between the government and the opposition failed.
Om Birla, the Lok Sabha speaker of 17th Lok Sabha, was again picked by the ruling BJP-led NDA for the Lok Sabha Speaker election, while I.N.D.I.A bloc fielded Congress MP K Suresh.
The Lok Sabha will witness a rare election for the post of Speaker, as the Opposition, revitalised, contests the NDA nominee. The government, holding a slight advantage, is mobilizing to secure enough votes for a confident victory.
Lok Sabha Session: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath today congratulated Om Birla for becoming Lok Sabha Speaker for the second consecutive time and said the house would achieve new heights under his leadership. Birla was the three-time MP from Kota in Rajasthan and NDA nominee.
YSRCP is likely to support the NDA candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker in the election on Wednesday, sources said, adding that no MP of the party is in touch with the Opposition.
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.
History will not repeat itself and a new chapter will be written on Wednesday (June 26) when BJP's Om Birla and Congress' Kodikunnil Suresh will take each other head on in the 18th Lok Sabha Speaker election.
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BJP's Om Birla will fight it out with Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post after efforts to reach a consensus between the government and the opposition failed.
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.
Before filing his nomination seeking re-election for the Lok Sabha Speaker post, Kota MP Om Birla met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On the other hand, the Opposition fielded K Suresh against him prompting an election for the first time after decades.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which enjoys a clear majority in the Lok Sabha, gave little indication about its choice as it weighs its options and looks to deny the opposition any opportunity to mount a political attack.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that the statues of great leaders were removed from their locations without consultation, violating democratic principles emphasising that those statues were placed in prominent locations after due deliberation.
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