Ahead of the 17th Lok Sabha session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke at Parliament House. He said that "every word of Opposition was valuable". Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and other leaders took oath on the first day of the session. When PM Modi's name was called out for taking oath, members from the ruling NDA thumped the desk greeting the Prime Minister with slogans such as "Modi Modi" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai". Before the House met, Virendra Kumar was sworn in as the interim speaker by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
This is parliament's first session after the constitution of the new government at the Centre. During this session Union budget will be presented and several key bills will be introduced. The budget will be presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 5. Among the bills likely to be introduced in this session is one that would make the practice of Triple Talaq illegal.
The Parliament session will end on July 26.