After negotiations and hectic discussions, the Cabinet Modi was sworn in during a historic and resplendent ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The new administration reflects the BJP balancing act with its NDA allies, namely the Janata Dal-United (JDU), the Telugu desam Party (TDP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).
But as the film dialogue says: “Image Abhi Baaki Hai”. The BJP allies may have obtained a representation in the Modi government, but the JD (U) and the TDP are still engaged in consultations on the position of the speaker of Lok Sabha.
Why are both parties so interested in the speaker’s position? Why is this message considered important? We dive deeply in the matter and get you all the answers.
Speaker choice
The speaker is the constitutional chief and ceremonial of Lok Sabha. According to a report, the institutions of speaker and vice-president are from India in 1921 under the provisions of the law of 1919 on the provisions of the government of India (Montague-Chelmsford reform).
The speaker is generally elected during the first meeting of Lok Sabha members. Before his selection, a pro-Tem president appointed by the president takes the oath automatically to the new deputies. It is after the deputies serve as a Lok Sabha speaker is elected by a simple majority. Interestingly, no specific criteria should be fulfilled for the speaker’s position.
In the last two Lok Sabhas, Sumitra Mahajan and Om Birla were elected.
Importance of the speaker
As a chief of Lok Sabha, the speaker is the leader of the lower room of Parliament. It is the speaker’s duty to maintain the decorum in the house and is also authorized to adjourn the procedures of the house or to suspend it in case the order cannot be maintained.
What makes the speaker even more important is that he / she is considered to be the final interpreter of the provisions of the Constitution of India, the rules of procedure and the conduct of the affairs of Lok Sabha.
The speaker also decides on the disqualification of a member and is the final authority on defection issues.
It is because of these responsibilities that even if the speaker comes from a specific party, he / she should operate in a non -partisan manner. Interestingly, the veteran of the N Sanjiva Reddy Congress had resigned from the congress after being elected president of the fourth Lok Sabha.
Somnath Chatterjee was even expelled by the Communist Party of India-Marxist {CPI (M)} on the non-partisan position he had taken during the request without confidence in 2008 against the United Progressive Alliance.
The role of the speaker becomes even more significant when it comes to the anti-defection law. In cases where a deputy defected another party, it is up to the speaker to decide on disqualification petitions, with the moment and the results of the decision based only with them.
In 2023, Rahul Narwekar, the president of the Maharashtra legislative assembly, was accused of engaging in partisan policy when she dealt with the question of the Shiv Sena faction led by Eknath Khadse and the Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Thackeray.
TDP, JD (U) in the running for the speaker
Since June 4, when the results of Lok Sabha have been declared, and the TDP and the JD (U) have emerged as “royal” within the NDA, Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar have launched the speaker of the speaker .
The TDP shot this post, citing the example of the GMC Balayogi of the TDP which was a speaker when former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee led the Coalition led by the BJP in the 1990s.
Survey experts cite that the reason why Naidu is pressure for the post in Lok Sabha is to protect him as well as his party from any possible split in the future. As NDTV Note, Naidu wants the speaker’s position in “insurance” against the BJP.
In fact, in the past two years, there have been defection cases within the parties in power at the level of the state, which has overturned governments. They believe that having the speaker’s position will save them from a possible mutiny in the future.
Earlier, it was reported that the TDP was pressure for Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu to be the candidate for the speaker. However, Naidu was sworn in in the cabinet on Sunday. Now reports have emerged that the TDP is pressure for the son of former president of Lok Sabha, Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi and the first deputy, the GM GM Harish Madhur.
A New Indian Express The report indicates that by putting the name of Madhur, the TDP wants to win the credit to make the president of the chamber again. By the way, GMC Balayogi was the first Dalit president of Lok Sabha during the term of Atal Bihari Vajpayee as PM.
However, the BJP would not be in mood to give in and only wishes its own member as a speaker. In fact, a India time The report indicates that the president of the BJP of Andhra Pradesh and deputy of Rajahmundry, Daggubati Porandswari, is one of the probables of the post of speaker in the 18th Lok Sabha.
Sources told India time That the former Minister of the Union and daughter of the founder of TDP, NT Rama Rao, could be excluded from the new cabinet of Prime Minister Modi, only so that she can be appointed speaker of Lok Sabha.
The opposition speaks
Although negotiations on the speaker’s position are always activated, the AAM AADMI (AAP) party said that a BJP speaker in the new Lok Sabha would be “dangerous for parliamentary traditions”. The position, according to Sanjay Singh of the AAP, should be held by the TDP, the second largest member of the NDA with 16 deputies.
He told journalists earlier: “Never in the country’s parliamentary history were no more than 150 suspended deputies, but the BJP did … So, if the speaker is BJP, bills will be adopted Arbitrarily by violating the Constitution, parties like TDP, JD (U) and other small parts will be broken and forced to join (the BJP). BJP has a story of this. »»
With agency entries
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