Deputy Speaker

The state secretariat in Mumbai witnessed unprecedented scenes on Friday when Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators jumped from the third floor to protest the inclusion of a community in the Scheduled Tribes category.

Noting that all members have the right to express themselves in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday pulled up Congress deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi for apparently preventing fellow party MPs from asking questions.

Congress' deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, expressing deep concern over "deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct" in the House

The post of the Deputy Speaker post, vacant in the second term of the Narendra Modi government, will be filled again. But in another break from tradition, the incumbent is likely to be from the NDA and not the Opposition,

Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh - a late entrant in the Lok Sabha Speaker race - has accused the government of "breaking convention" regarding the naming of an opposition leader as the Deputy Speaker of the House.

The BJP's NDA and the Congress' INDIA bloc will go head-to-head in a battle for the Speaker's post - arguably one of the most important in a parliamentary democracy and to be held for the first time since 1952 - after the two failed agree a deal.

The government has fielded Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju to build consensus on the choices for the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker post, sources have said.

Historically, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker have been elected by consensus. However, there are indications that the 18th Lok Sabha may witness contests for these posts.

Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party-backed independent candidates Babar Saleem Swati and Suriya Bibi on Thursday took the oath as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial a

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Thursday said Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar's decision holding the faction led by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar to be the real Nationalist Congress Party was "ridiculous".

The Supreme Court on Monday extended time till February 15 for Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide pleas of the Sharad Pawar faction seeking disqualification of NCP MLAs affiliated to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's group.

As the row between Maldives and India continues to spiral after three Maldivian ministers made derogatory remarks against PM Modi and India, former Deputy Speaker of the island nation Eva Abdulla labelled the comments as "shameful and racist".

It is parliamentary convention and a constitution requirement that Lok Sabha has a deputy speaker. But this Lok Sabha, which is nearing the end of its tenure, never had one.

Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma to be Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Ministers; Raman Singh will be Speaker, say sources

Soon after a delegation of the Shiv Sena (UBT) handed over a letter to the Deputy Speaker seeking expedited action in disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp, Ajit Pawar made it clear that the action would not actually topple the government.

The state secretariat in Mumbai witnessed unprecedented scenes on Friday when Maharashtra Deputy Speaker Narhari Zirwal and three other legislators jumped from the third floor to protest the inclusion of a community in the Scheduled Tribes category.

Noting that all members have the right to express themselves in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday pulled up Congress deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi for apparently preventing fellow party MPs from asking questions.

Congress' deputy leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi on Saturday wrote to Speaker Om Birla, expressing deep concern over "deteriorating standards of parliamentary conduct" in the House

The post of the Deputy Speaker post, vacant in the second term of the Narendra Modi government, will be filled again. But in another break from tradition, the incumbent is likely to be from the NDA and not the Opposition,

Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh - a late entrant in the Lok Sabha Speaker race - has accused the government of "breaking convention" regarding the naming of an opposition leader as the Deputy Speaker of the House.

The BJP's NDA and the Congress' INDIA bloc will go head-to-head in a battle for the Speaker's post - arguably one of the most important in a parliamentary democracy and to be held for the first time since 1952 - after the two failed agree a deal.

The government has fielded Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju to build consensus on the choices for the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker post, sources have said.

Historically, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker have been elected by consensus. However, there are indications that the 18th Lok Sabha may witness contests for these posts.

Jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party-backed independent candidates Babar Saleem Swati and Suriya Bibi on Thursday took the oath as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial a

The Sharad Pawar-led NCP on Thursday said Maharashtra assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar's decision holding the faction led by deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar to be the real Nationalist Congress Party was "ridiculous".

The Supreme Court on Monday extended time till February 15 for Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar to decide pleas of the Sharad Pawar faction seeking disqualification of NCP MLAs affiliated to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's group.

As the row between Maldives and India continues to spiral after three Maldivian ministers made derogatory remarks against PM Modi and India, former Deputy Speaker of the island nation Eva Abdulla labelled the comments as "shameful and racist".

It is parliamentary convention and a constitution requirement that Lok Sabha has a deputy speaker. But this Lok Sabha, which is nearing the end of its tenure, never had one.

Arun Sao and Vijay Sharma to be Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Ministers; Raman Singh will be Speaker, say sources

Soon after a delegation of the Shiv Sena (UBT) handed over a letter to the Deputy Speaker seeking expedited action in disqualification of 16 MLAs of the Shinde camp, Ajit Pawar made it clear that the action would not actually topple the government.