BJP's Om Birla vs Congress' K Suresh for Lok Sabha Speaker post: Who has advantage? Numbers explained

Om Birla, a three-time MP from Kota, and longest-serving Lok Sabha MP from Kerala K Suresh person filed their nominations for the station of Lok Sabha Speaker. The information process volition beryllium held today, June 25, and the elections volition beryllium held connected June 26. Click present for Lok Sabha Session LIVE Updates

Om Birla vs K Suresh: Who has vantage successful 543-member Lok Sabha?

The NDA, which has 293 MPs successful the 543-member Lok Sabha, enjoys a wide majority. The Opposition bloc has 234 legislators successful the little House of Parliament.

With numbers successful favour of the NDA, Om Birla is acceptable to go the Lok Sabha Speaker for the 2nd term.

Why did Opposition tract K Suresh?

K Suresh's information arsenic the Opposition campaigner came aft a tense sermon betwixt the NDA and INDIA bloc implicit the station of lawman Speaker. INDIA bloc said it was consenting to enactment NDA campaigner but lone if the lawman Speaker station is fixed to the Opposition.

Rahul Gandhi said Defence Minister and elder BJP person Rajnath Singh had called Mallikarjun Kharge to scope a statement betwixt the 2 blocs but the talks fell isolated implicit the lawman Speaker post.

“Rajnath Singh called Mallikarjun Kharge and helium asked him to widen enactment to the Speaker. The full Opposition said that we would enactment the Speaker but the normal is that the Deputy Speaker station should beryllium fixed to the opposition. Rajnath Singh said that helium would telephone backmost Mallikarjun Kharge but helium has not done that yet," Rahul Gandhi said.

Kodikunnil Suresh was fielded aft the NDA did not judge the Opposition request for eputy Speaker post.

This is archetypal Lok Sabha Speaker predetermination since Independence

This is the first clip since Independence that elections volition beryllium held for the Lok Sabha Speaker since Opposition, too, has fielded its campaigner for the post. The Lok Sabha Speaker and lawman Speaker person ever been elected by statement betwixt the ruling enactment and the Opposition.

Since the ruling NDA and the Opposition reached nary concensus, some blocs fielded their candidates for the Lok Sabha Speaker post. The predetermination volition beryllium held connected June 26.

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Published: 25 Jun 2024, 01:00 PM IST