Lok Sabha gears up for first Speaker election fight since 1976
For the first time in decades, an election for the Lok Sabha Speaker‘s post will take place on Wednesday because of the BJP-led NDA government and the Congress-led I.N.D.I.A opposition couldn’t agree on a candidate.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will move the motion in Lok Sabha to elect BJP leader Om Birla as the speaker of the house.
Congress’s Kodikunnil Suresh will go up against the BJP’s Om Birla for the post of Speaker for the 18th Lok Sabha.
The vote for the post of Speaker will take into account the number of MPs present and voting. The majority’s pick will be elected the Speaker.
The NDA, which has 293 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha, enjoys a clear majority, with the opposition I.N.D.I.A bloc having 234 MPs.
Meanwhile, the I.N.D.I. Alliance may find it difficult to gain votes as five of its 232 MPs are yet to take oath. Seven MPs – five from the Opposition and two Independents – have not taken oath and cannot vote.
While BJP’s Om Birla is a three-time MP from Rajasthan’s Kota and the Speaker in the last Lok Sabha, Congress’s pick K Suresh is an eight-term MP from Kerala’s Mavelikara.
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Who did not want a division of vote on the floor. Once again the lack of dignity was glaring.