New Delhi: The Lok Sabha will elect a Deputy Speaker on Wednesday, if there is more than one candidate for the post. The BJP-led NDA government is expected to field M Thambidurai from J Jayalalithaa's AIADMK, with an eye on the party's support in the other house, the Rajya Sabha.
The process of filing nominations for the post will be held tomorrow.
The BJP plans a quid pro quo for the post going to the AIADMK. While the NDA has a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, it needs all the support it can garner in the Rajya Sabha, where it is in a minority. The AIADMK has 10 members in the Rajya Sabha.
The BJP has 46 MPs in the 250-member Rajya Sabha and its allies have another 19. It will need at least 125 for a simple majority.
Ms Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi traded barbs during the general election, but as soon as they had registered their big victories, they reached out and congratulated each other in May this year.
The deputy speaker presides over house proceedings and conducts business in the absence of the speaker. By convention, the post is usually offered to a member of an opposition party.
The process of filing nominations for the post will be held tomorrow.
The BJP plans a quid pro quo for the post going to the AIADMK. While the NDA has a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, it needs all the support it can garner in the Rajya Sabha, where it is in a minority. The AIADMK has 10 members in the Rajya Sabha.
The BJP has 46 MPs in the 250-member Rajya Sabha and its allies have another 19. It will need at least 125 for a simple majority.
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Ms Jayalalithaa and Prime Minister Narendra Modi traded barbs during the general election, but as soon as they had registered their big victories, they reached out and congratulated each other in May this year.
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The deputy speaker presides over house proceedings and conducts business in the absence of the speaker. By convention, the post is usually offered to a member of an opposition party.
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