New Delhi [India], Amid row over appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as interim president, RSP Lok Sabha MP NK Premachandran said INDIA bloc will field candidates for Lok President and Vice President elections Sabha."Definitely, we are going to contest the position of president and vice...
In New Delhi [India], Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar supported the decision to appoint senior MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as interim president amid Congress demands to appoint K Suresh and said the Congress had imposed the Emergency and should not talk about conventions.Majumdar said, "The...
New Delhi [India], Cricketer-turned-politician and now Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kirti Azad, who came to Parliament after being elected from the Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha seat, demanded Rs 1,64,000 million. rupees, supposedly due to West Bengal from the central government from 2021...
New Delhi [India], Defending the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as acting Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha by Speaker Droupadi Murmu, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said it has never been an issue in the history of the Indian Parliament. ."This is not a problem as per...
New Delhi [India], The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on Monday, which will see the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The first session is expected to be stormy as the opposition is likely to corner the...
In New Delhi [India], Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Sunday defended President Droupadi Murmu's appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as acting speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha and said the decision was taken in accordance with established convention rather than law.BJP leader Sambit...
In New Delhi [India], Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Friday that the appointment of BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as acting speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha was done as per "rules", adding that the Congress should not politicize. the question.The Congress has reacted sharply to...
In New Delhi [India], Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Friday attacked the BJP over the appointment of Bhartruhari Mahtab as acting speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha, arguing that it amounts to insulting the entire House and democracy.Pointing out the fact that the appointment ignores the traditional...
New Delhi [India], responding to Congress over its allegations that conventions have been violated in the appointment of the acting speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijuju said on Friday that the government has followed tradition and the "violation of the...
New Delhi: Seven-term MP and BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on Thursday named acting Lok Sabha Speaker, going against the widely followed convention of appointing the senior-most member to the post, drawing harsh criticism from the Opposition Congress.The Acting Speaker will administer the...
New Delhi [India], President Droupadi Murmu has appointed BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as acting Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha.Suresh Kodikunnil, Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu, Radha Mohan Singh, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Sudip Bandyopadhyay were appointed to assist Speaker Protem in taking oath...
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday accused the government of "destroying parliamentary norms" by electing BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab as interim president instead of eight-term Lok Sabha member Kodikunnil Suresh, who should have got him as per the convention of appoint the highest-ranking deputy...