The discussion on Budget 2024 in Lok Sabha today witnessed a sharp exchange between Speaker Om Birla and Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, when the latter claimed that the House did not discuss the three farm laws that were later rolled back and the Chair stressed that it did. Mr Banerjee, MP from West Bengal’s … Read more
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Om Birla was elected Speaker of the House on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi moved the motion for his election in the Lok Sabha. Birla received congratulations from Modi, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and various leaders from both the NDA and the opposition. The Opposition had earlier moved … Read more
The election for the post of Speaker – a rare event in the history of the Lok Sabha – will take place today, with a recharged Opposition forcing a contest. The numbers, though, appear to give the government an advantage. Here are the top 10 updates on this big story Get the latest news updates … Read more
After days of uncertainty over the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, the NDA has decided to nominate Om Birla for the post again. BJP’s Om Birla was the Speaker in the previous Lok Sabha. Sources said that Mr Birla will file his nomination at 11.30 am today. The opposition INDIA bloc has fielded K Suresh against … Read more
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, and actor-turned-politician Arun Govil are among the key candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls with BJP’s Hema Malini, Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat seeking a hat-trick of wins from their respective constituencies. Staggered over seven stages, the first phase of … Read more
On Monday, the Congress unveiled its sixth list of five candidates for the Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. The party has announced four Rajasthan candidates and one from Tamil Nadu. In Rajasthan, the party has fielded Ramchandra Choudhary for the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat, Sudarshan Rawat for Rajsamand, Damodar Gurjar for Bhilwara, … Read more
At the lavish India International Convention Centre, Dwarka, Delhi, legislators from the G20 and guests, including the recently admitted African Union, gathered to discuss the lifestyles that must be adopted for the future of the world. On the day before the ninth G20 Parliamentary Speakers’ Summit (P20) officially opened, lawmakers shared their perspectives on the … Read more