First post-election session of the Indian Lok Sabha begins on Monday, overshadowed by Mahtab’s appointment as interim Speaker – India News

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha begins on Monday with the taking of oath for newly elected members, followed by the election of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on June 26 and President Draupadi Murmu’s address to a joint sitting of both Houses on June 27.

The session is expected to be overshadowed by the controversy over the appointment of BJP’s Baatruhari Mahtab. The opposition appointed the parliamentary leader and seven-term lawmaker as interim speaker. Member K Suresh missed out on the position.

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju defended Mahatab’s election, noting that he had served seven consecutive terms as an MP. Rijiju pointed out that Suresh had lost elections in 1998 and 2004, and this was his fourth consecutive term as an MP after being elected in 1989, 1991, 1996 and 1999.

President Draupadi Murmu will administer oath to Mahtab as interim Speaker at the Presidential Palace on Monday. Mahtab will then convene the Indian House of Representatives at 11 am in the Parliament House.

The proceedings will begin with a moment of silence to mark the first sitting of the 18th Lok Sabha. Secretary General of the Lok Sabha, Utpal Kumar Singh, will present the list of elected members to the Parliament.

Mahtab will then invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Speaker of the House John McCain will be sworn in. The Speaker pro tempore will also swear in committees appointed by the president to help run Congress until a speaker is selected. June 26th.

The appointed chairpersons include Kodikunnil Suresh (Indian National Congress), TR Bahl (Bharatiya Janata Party), Radha Mohan Singh and Paggan Singh Kulast (both Bharatiya Janata Party), and Sudip Bandopadhyay (Workers’ Party of India).

Following the Speaker’s oath, Mahtab will administer the oath or declaration of the Council of Ministers. The state legislators will take oath in alphabetical order over the next two days.

Elections for the Speaker of India’s Lok Sabha are scheduled for Wednesday, after which the Prime Minister will present his Council of Ministers to the House of Representatives.

President Murmu will address a joint sitting of Parliament on June 27. Debate on the motion of thanks for the President’s address will begin on June 28, with the Prime Minister expected to respond on July 2 or 3.

Both houses will take a short recess and then reconvene for the presentation of the federal budget on July 22.