New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the new government will always strive to take everyone along and build consensus to serve the country. Addressing the media ahead of the beginning of the 18th Lok Sabha session, Modi noted that it will be the first time when MPs will take oath in the new Parliament building.
During his address, PM Modi also remarked that tomorrow, June 25 will mark 50 years of the “blot” that was put on the democracy of India, referring to the Emergency period.
Congress and INDIA bloc MPs are likely to refrain from assisting in the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MPs during the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, which is set to begin today, expressing dissatisfaction over the appointment of BJP MP Bhartruhari Mehtab as protem Speaker instead of the eight-time Congress MP K Suresh.
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will commence today with the swearing-in of all newly elected Members of Parliament and run until July 3. Following the two-day swearing-in ceremony, the election for the Lok Sabha Speaker is slated for June 26, and President Murmu will address a joint session of both houses on June 27.
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