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Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday resigned from Wayanad seat of Lok Sabha, said the official notification. Earlier during the day, the Congress leader formally informed the Lok Sabha Speaker's office about retaining the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat and vacating the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. Priyanka Gandhi enters political arena:

Rahul Gandhi has decided to retain the Rae Bareli seat and give up Wayanad. Rahul won both seats in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections 2024.A candidate can contest elections from multiple seats in India.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the first such instance in the history of Independent India as the presiding officer has always been chosen by a consensus.Elections to the post of the Speaker of the Central Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council - the legislature of British India, were held for the first time on August 24, 1925 when Swaraj Party nominee Vitthalbhai J Patel won the coveted post against T Rangachariar.Patel, the first non-official member to be elected as the Speaker, won the maiden election with a narrow margin of two votes. Patel had polled 58 votes against 56 garnered by Rangachariar.Also Read: Will INDIA bloc get the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker post? Explained in 5 PointsBuoyed by its increased strength in the Lok Sabha, the opposition INDIA bloc is now aggressively demanding the post of the Deputy Speaker, which by convention is held by a member of an opposition party."We will force a contest for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker if the government does not agree to have an opposition leader as Deputy Speaker," a senior Congress leader said.The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on June 24 during which new members of the Lower House will take oath and the Speaker elected.The INDIA bloc won 233 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 seats to retain power for the third consecutive term.

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition's INDIA bloc are close to reaching consensus on the crucial post in the Lower House of the Parliament. The Lok Sabha is set to elect a Speaker on June 26.

Rahul Gandhi chose to keep Rae Bareli and announced candidacy of his sister from Wayanad seat.Taking to X, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the Congress decision to field Priyanka Gandhi from Wayanad was “shamelessness". “There is shamelessness and there is Cong type of shamelessness - imposing one member after another of their dynasty on voters of Wayanad - after shamelessly hiding the fact that Rahul was contesting from another constituency," Rajeev Chandrasekhar said.The BJP leader further alleged that this pattern of betrayal is the reason why the party has witnessed defeat for a consecutive third term.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to propose the name of the new Lok Sabha Speaker on June 25. This announcement will come as the 18th Lok Sabha session kicks off, running from June 24 to July 3, with an anticipated reconvening for the Budget session in late July.

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Monday said Shiv Sena leader Ravindra Waikar should be stopped from taking oath as the Lok Sabha member, amid a controversy after he won the Mumbai North West seat by a thin margin of 48 votes. The Vanrai police in Mumbai have registered a case against Waikar's brother-in-law for allegedly using a mobile phone at a counting centre in Goregaon (which is part of Waikar's constituency) on June 4, when results of the general elections were announced. Speaking to reporters here, Raut said, «Waikar's electoral victory is under suspicion, and a complaint has already been filed at the Vanrai police station in Mumbai. Due to the ongoing controversy surrounding the poll outcome, Waikar should be prevented from taking oath as a member of the Lok Sabha.»

Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Om Birla said on Sunday that all these decisions are taken by political parties and he has no role in it. «All these decisions are taken by political parties. These decisions cannot be taken by me,» Birla said. Further, the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha said that the 'Prerna Sthal' that contains statues of great leaders and freedom fighters and will be inaugurated today will inspire the current and younger generations.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said all partners of the opposition INDIA bloc will try to ensure support for the ruling ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) if it fields a candidate for the Lok Sabha speaker's election. Talking to reporters here, Raut claimed the Lok Sabha speaker's election will be crucial and if the BJP gets the post, it will break the government-supporting parties like the TDP, JD(U) and the political outfits of Chirag Paswan and Jayant Chaudhary. «We have the experience that BJP betrays the people who support it,» Raut claimed. «I hear the TDP wants to field its candidate. If that happens, INDIA bloc partners will discuss the issue and will try to ensure that all the INDIA alliance partners extend support to the TDP,» he said.

Rajya Sabha will inaugurate the newly constructed Prerna Sthal in the presence of the Speaker of Lok Sabha, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs on Sunday evening. According to an official press release, all Members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha have also been invited to the programme. The statues of great leaders and freedom fighters are installed inside the Parliament House Complex. These great Indians made significant contributions in the history of India, cultural renaissance and the freedom struggle. These statues were located at different places in the complex, which made it difficult for visitors to properly see them.

equation between the Opposition INDIA bloc, which won nearly 230 seats, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which won over 290 seats, in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.ALSO READ: Union Budget 2024 likely to be tabled in Parliament by third week of JulyUnlike the 2019 and 2014 Lok Sabha elections, this time, the ruling BJP failed to cross the majority mark (272 seats) in the 543-member Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress and its allies emerged stronger in comparison to the last two national elections.This makes it interesting to watch the upcoming Parliament session, where the Opposition is likely to raise a host of issues, while it won't be that easy for the Modi 3.0 government to pass laws.

chief minister. True to his word, he has now ascended to the position and is poised to enter the House.

Mint analysis of individual-level data sourced from ADR, which compiles the information from each candidate’s nomination affidavit in every election. A state-wise analysis further revealed that the new MPs facing criminal cases belong only to 22 of the 36 states and Union territories: there are none from the other 14 (which includes the seven north-eastern states and Uttarakhand among major states). Eleven states witnessed an increase in the number of such Lok Sabha members, while seven saw a decrease.

‘Paswan got 5 MPs, yet…': Shiv Sena, NCP (Ajit Pawar) miffed for being denied a berth in Modi govt 3.0 cabinet?In a post on X (formerly Twitter), he said, “For all the talk about the NDA partners pressing for their fair share in the Modi 3.0 ministry, they obviously don’t have much sway in the corridors of power. The portfolios given to the allies are the leftovers because the BJP hasn’t left anything meaningful for them."“You can bet your bottom dollar the post of Speaker Lok Sabha will stay with the BJP as well," he added.According to media reports, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led by Ajit Pawar are miffed with Modi government for not being allotted a cabinet position, indicating potential trouble brewing within the NDA allies in Maharashtra.Also read: Seven women sworn-in as ministers in new NDA govt.

Mansukh Mandaviya, who served as the union health minister at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, was on Monday appointed as India's new sports minister, replacing Anurag Thakur in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet. The 52-year-old Mandaviya won the Porbandar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat by defeating his nearest Congress rival Lalit Vasoya by a margin of 3.83 lakh votes.

portfolios to several elected Lok Sabha members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Modi 3.0. Notable leaders such as Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and S Jaishankar have retained their key portfolios from Modi government 2.0, ensuring continuity and stability in key ministries.

as per the government.The Council of Ministers in Modi 3.0 has 13 members from the Rajya Sabha, while 57 are newly-elected MPs from the Lok Sabha. Two of the new ministers of state – Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian – are not members of either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha and are required to become a member of Parliament within six months of their oath-taking.Of the total 31 cabinet ministers, including PM Modi, as many as eight are Rajya Sabha members.

Bihar clearly shows the NDA's concern for tightening its grip over the "social justice politics" in the caste-ridden state just a year ahead of the assembly polls in the state.

Congress chairman Sonia Gandhi on Saturday was unanimously elected as the chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party, PTI reported citing sources.

Shiv Sena on Saturday claimed that two newly elected Lok Sabha members from the Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena were in touch with Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Addressing a press conference here, Shiv Sena spokesperson Naresh Mhaske refused to name the two Lok Sabha members citing the anti-defection law, but said that four more lawmakers would soon join the two and cross over to the Shinde-led party.

Nitish Kumar on Friday vowed to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form the new government at the centre and said that his party will always be with National Democratic Alliance (NDA).