Chowdhury noted that the Rajya Sabha is on the verge of electing a deputy chairman, emphasising that it was an “opportune moment” to elect the deputy speaker of the lower house.

It had approached the YSR Congress, which reportedly turned it down since it would have been difficult to align their protest against the government for not according special status to Andhra Pradesh with occupying the post. Several of their senior members are likely to skip the session, considering the risk of COVID-19 infection.

“According to constitutional mandate the seat of the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha should be filled either by election or consensus as early as may after a new Lok Sabha is constituted,” Chowdhury wrote in the letter, a copy of which has been reviewed by HT. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik during a call on in New Delhi Tuesday June 11 2019.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, BJP's Om Birla defeated Congress's Ramnarayan Meena with a huge margin of over 2.5 lakh votes in the Kota-Bundi Lok Sabha seat.

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According to sources, two-time MP from Rajasthan's Kota, Om Birla will be the Speaker for the 17th Lok Sabha that began its session on Monday. “This trend started in the 6th Lok Sabha of 1977 when the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai of the Janata Party offered the post to the Opposition, making Godey Murahari of the Congress the Deputy Speaker. The election of Deputy Lok Sabha Speaker did not take longer than 17 days (for first Lok Sabha) till 1989 with usual time being seven days. The post has also been given out to allies in the 7th Lok Sabha of 1980 and the 8th Lok Sabha of 1984,” O’Brien pointed out. While the Congress has been forceful in raising the issue, other Opposition parties have been less enthusiastic.

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It has helped us keep apace with events and happenings. Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has passed a resolution to support NDA candidate Om Birla for his candidature for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker. Lucknow, Patna, “This session will be a historic session as it being held in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled from September 14 to October 1. Congress floor leader Adhir Ranjan Chaudhary has written to Speaker Om Birla and said that according to the constitutional mandate the post of the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha should be filled either by “election or consensus ” as early as possible after a new Lok Sabha is constituted. Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla released a souvenir of Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha titled ‘Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies in India, 2019’ held at Dehradun during 17-19 December 2019. “It gets worse with every passing session.

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