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Om Birla Pulls Up Gaurav Gogoi For Stopping MPs From Asking Questions
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.
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Ministers Making Threatening Remarks Against Opposition: Congress MP
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
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NDA Likely To Keep Deputy Speaker Post, Announcement Soon: Sources
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,
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"We Tried For Consensus But...": K Suresh To NDTV On Speaker Post Row
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.
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Government vs Opposition On Speaker, First Contest In Decades
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.
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Rajnath Singh's Outreach Call On Speaker, M Kharge's Deputy Speaker Reply
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.
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Opinion | Consensus Or Confrontation: How Will The 18th Lok Sabha Function?
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.
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No Deputy Speaker To Secure Parliament, Centre Orders Probe Into Breach
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.
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Akali Dal's Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, Other Punjab Leaders Join BJP
Mr Atwal, who quit the SAD to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the son of Charanjit Singh Atwal, who was the deputy speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 and who also served as the speaker of the Punjab Assembly in the past.
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Unconstitutional To Not Have Deputy Speaker In Lok Sabha: Congress
The Congress on Sunday raised the issue of the Lok Sabha having no deputy speaker for about four years and claimed that this was "unconstitutional".
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"'Chamar' Used As Slur For My Father, A Deputy PM": Ex-Speaker Meira Kumar
Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan.
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Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea On Election Of Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker
The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted time to the Centre to state its stand on a PIL alleging inaction by Constitutional functionaries in not holding election to the post of Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.
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High-Level Probe Ordered Into Death Of Karnataka Council Deputy Chairman
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday called for a high-level probe by an independent agency into the death of Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda.
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Trinamool Lashes Centre, Says, 62 Sittings, No Deputy Speaker Of Lok Sabha
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) hit out at the government on Wednesday over its "dubious record" of keeping the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker's seat vacant for 62 sittings of the Lower House of Parliament.
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Learnt A Lot From Ex-Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda: PM In Jharkhand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he learnt many things from former Lok Sabha deputy speaker Kariya Munda when he used to visit Khunti as a BJP worker.
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Om Birla Pulls Up Gaurav Gogoi For Stopping MPs From Asking Questions
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.
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Ministers Making Threatening Remarks Against Opposition: Congress MP
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
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NDA Likely To Keep Deputy Speaker Post, Announcement Soon: Sources
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,
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"We Tried For Consensus But...": K Suresh To NDTV On Speaker Post Row
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.
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Government vs Opposition On Speaker, First Contest In Decades
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.
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Rajnath Singh's Outreach Call On Speaker, M Kharge's Deputy Speaker Reply
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.
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Opinion | Consensus Or Confrontation: How Will The 18th Lok Sabha Function?
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.
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No Deputy Speaker To Secure Parliament, Centre Orders Probe Into Breach
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.
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Akali Dal's Inder Iqbal Singh Atwal, Other Punjab Leaders Join BJP
Mr Atwal, who quit the SAD to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the son of Charanjit Singh Atwal, who was the deputy speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 and who also served as the speaker of the Punjab Assembly in the past.
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Unconstitutional To Not Have Deputy Speaker In Lok Sabha: Congress
The Congress on Sunday raised the issue of the Lok Sabha having no deputy speaker for about four years and claimed that this was "unconstitutional".
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"'Chamar' Used As Slur For My Father, A Deputy PM": Ex-Speaker Meira Kumar
Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan.
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Court Seeks Centre's Stand On Plea On Election Of Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker
The Delhi High Court Wednesday granted time to the Centre to state its stand on a PIL alleging inaction by Constitutional functionaries in not holding election to the post of Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha.
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High-Level Probe Ordered Into Death Of Karnataka Council Deputy Chairman
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday called for a high-level probe by an independent agency into the death of Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda.
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Trinamool Lashes Centre, Says, 62 Sittings, No Deputy Speaker Of Lok Sabha
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) hit out at the government on Wednesday over its "dubious record" of keeping the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker's seat vacant for 62 sittings of the Lower House of Parliament.
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Learnt A Lot From Ex-Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Kariya Munda: PM In Jharkhand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he learnt many things from former Lok Sabha deputy speaker Kariya Munda when he used to visit Khunti as a BJP worker.
