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Speaker Protem row: 3 Opposition MPs may refuse to join Mahtab’s assisting panel

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As the row over the appointment of the new Speaker Protem, Opposition sources reportedly said on Saturday that Suresh Kodikunnil, Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu and Sudip Bandyopadhyay may not join the panel of chairpersons to assist Speaker Protem Bhartruhari Mahtab in administering the oath to the newly elected members of the Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the India … Read more

‘Destroying Parliamentary norms’: Congress on BJP’s B Mahtab as pro-tem Speaker

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Seven-term parliamentarian and BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on June 20 appointed pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, deviating from the largely followed convention of appointing the senior most member of the House to the post, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition Congress. The primary job of the pro-tem Speaker is to administer the oath … Read more