Amid suspense over the Lok Sabha Speaker post ahead of the Parliament session, a meeting of ministers are set to be held at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence on Tuesday evening.
In this meeting, Lok Sabha Speaker and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker will meet the senior ministers, according to the media reports. Many ministers of the NDA including JP Nadda, Ashwani Vaishnaw, Kiren Rijiju, Rammohan Naidu, Chirag Paswan and Lalan Singh will be present at the meeting.
Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda met the sitting Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla at his residence before the meeting at Rajnath Singh’s residence.
The Opposition INDIA bloc might field a candidate for the Speaker’s post if the Deputy Speaker’s post is not given to them. ‘It has always been a tradition that the post of the Speaker will be with the ruling party and the post of Deputy Speaker will be with the opposition, said Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari regarding the post of Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
Meanwhile, on June 26 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will propose the name of NDA’s candidate for Lok Sabha Speaker.
Modi will introduce the Cabinet of Ministers to the Parliament after the election of the Lok Sabha Speaker, according to the media sources. The special session of the Parliament will start on June 24, with the election of Lok Sabha’s Speaker and Deputy Speaker being on top of the agenda. The Lok Sabha will start the proceedings to elect its new Speaker on June 26.
While N Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) emphasised the need for NDA partners to reach at a consensus, while Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has said they will support the BJP’s choice.
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