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The optics of a pocketbook Constitution in anyone's hands does not imply they have read it or are interested in wading through this lengthy text. Yet, the optics have given an unprecedented tangible form to the Constitution.

Adopting a tit-for-tat strategy to counter the BJP's offensive in Parliament, the Congress has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, flagging "inaccuracies" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after passage of the Motion of Thanks on the President's address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament.

Rahul Gandhi - whose scorching speech in Parliament Monday, which triggered a furious pushback from the BJP and interventions, twice, from PM Modi - wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to question the expunging of parts of his speech.

After Rahul Gandhi's fiery speech in Parliament yesterday, in which he launched a scathing attack on BJP - large portions of which have been expunged from official records - the stage is set for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's anticipated response

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today questioned why Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla bowed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his re-election on Wednesday. To this, Mr Birla replied that his values had taught him to respect elders

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,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised newly-elected Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla for his condemnation of the Emergency.

PM Modi lauded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for his condemnation of the Emergency in the Lok Sabha today and said it was a wonderful gesture to stand in silence in honour of all those who suffered during those days.

Om Birla's re-election to the Lok Sabha Speaker's post - a formality given the ruling BJP-led coalition always had the numbers - was followed by a flurry of congratulatory messages, and appeals to the Kota MP to run an impartial House.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that he hoped that actions like suspension of MPs would not be taken in the 18th Lok Sabha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended his congratulations to Om Birla on his re-election as the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, set to be Leader of Opposition, shook hands today in parliament as they together welcomed the newly re-elected Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, marking a fresh chapter in the 18th Lok Sabha.

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 optics of a pocketbook Constitution in anyone's hands does not imply they have read it or are interested in wading through this lengthy text. Yet, the optics have given an unprecedented tangible form to the Constitution.

Adopting a tit-for-tat strategy to counter the BJP's offensive in Parliament, the Congress has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, flagging "inaccuracies" in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Tuesday after passage of the Motion of Thanks on the President's address to the joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament.

Rahul Gandhi - whose scorching speech in Parliament Monday, which triggered a furious pushback from the BJP and interventions, twice, from PM Modi - wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to question the expunging of parts of his speech.

After Rahul Gandhi's fiery speech in Parliament yesterday, in which he launched a scathing attack on BJP - large portions of which have been expunged from official records - the stage is set for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's anticipated response

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today questioned why Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla bowed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his re-election on Wednesday. To this, Mr Birla replied that his values had taught him to respect elders

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,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today praised newly-elected Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla for his condemnation of the Emergency.

PM Modi lauded Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla for his condemnation of the Emergency in the Lok Sabha today and said it was a wonderful gesture to stand in silence in honour of all those who suffered during those days.

Om Birla's re-election to the Lok Sabha Speaker's post - a formality given the ruling BJP-led coalition always had the numbers - was followed by a flurry of congratulatory messages, and appeals to the Kota MP to run an impartial House.

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that he hoped that actions like suspension of MPs would not be taken in the 18th Lok Sabha.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended his congratulations to Om Birla on his re-election as the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, set to be Leader of Opposition, shook hands today in parliament as they together welcomed the newly re-elected Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, marking a fresh chapter in the 18th Lok Sabha.

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.