Parliament Session 2024: Kangana Ranaut, Anurag Thakur, Deepender Singh Hooda take oath as members of 18th Lok Sabha

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Lok Sabha adjourned for the day.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Congress MPs KC Venugopal, K Suresh take oath as member of the 18th Lok Sabha

Congress MP KC Venugopal takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Congress MP K Suresh takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Anurag Thakur takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha

BJP MP Anurag Thakur takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Kangana Ranaut takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha

BJP MP Kangana Ranaut takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda takes oath

Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha

Parliament Session 2024 Live: PM Modi will complete the 5-year tenure excellently, says BJP MP Ravi Kishan

BJP MP Ravi Kishan said, "This time there is a strong Opposition. When bills come in the favour of the country, I hope they will not create obstacles in passing them. Their voters will also know that their chosen MP is doing concrete work and not destructive work. PM Modi will complete the 5-year tenure excellently. Opposition should not do mischief like tearing bills, hooting or throwing papers and respect the Parliament with discipline. They should present their points and have a debate, but they should let the House run and not become an obstacle. PM Modi has always respected the Constitution. They won one time by lying but this lie (of changing the Constitution) will not work again. They will reach their original figure again."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Kodikunnil Suresh is senior most member of this House, but only because he belongs to the opposition party, he has not been nominated as the pro-tem Speaker, says NK Premachandran

"It is the convention of the House that the senior-most member has to be nominated as the pro-tem Speaker. Kodikunnil Suresh is the senior most member of this House, but only because he belongs to the opposition party, he has not been nominated as the pro-tem Speaker.

So, we want to protest and that's why we have come with the Constitution. No member from the opposition is there in the panel to supervise the oath," says RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party) MP NK Premachandran.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: The government has nothing to hide.The government has taken this issue very seriously, says Chirag Paswan

On protest by INDIA bloc leaders, Union Minister Chirag Paswan says, "The issues related to the public should be raised but issues which create confusion should not be raised." On the NEET issue, he says, "The government has nothing to hide.The government has taken this issue very seriously. Investigation agencies are conducting investigations. For the welfare of students, the decision will be taken shortly.The culprits will not be spared"

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Gaurav Gogoi takes oath

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: NEET exam is not really fair, says DMK MP Kanimozhi

On NEET row, DMK MP Kanimozhi said, " Tamil Nadu has always been saying that we don't want NEET and wanted to be exempted from it.Today it is very clear that this exam is not really fair. Tamil Nadu has always been saying that we don't want it and now the whole country is saying this"

Parliament Session 2024 Live: No evidence he understood true meaning of people's verdict, say Cong on PM's pre-session remarks

The Congress said Monday Prime Minister Narendra Modi had nothing new to offer in his remarks ahead of the start of the 18th Lok Sabha and "as usual resorted to diversion" and that he has forgotten that the last 10 years of "undeclared emergency" was ended by the people.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said Prime Minister Modi made a longer than usual customary address "but clearly, even after the moral and political defeat, the arrogance remains".

Parliament Session 2024 Live: On PM Modi's remarks on Emergency, Congress MP Manickam Tagore says, "Everyday democracy is facing threat in India"

He said, "For the past 10 years, every activity of Mr Modi has been against democratic forces. Even the statues of Gandhi ji and Babasaheb Ambedkar in Parliament have been removed and kept somewhere else..."

"This is the way they want to run this country and they are lecturing us about democracy. This is very ridiculous for the Prime Minster, Mr Modi. He has lost the confidence of the people. His party is reduced from 303 to 240. So, he will repeat these kinds of things again and again," he added.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: BJP has always respected the Constitution, says Arun Govil

On protest by INDIA bloc leaders, BJP MP Arun Govil said, "BJP has always respected the Constitution...Congress imposed the Emergency. Any party can say anything. BJP has never done anything like this."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Ramdas Athawale speaks on Opposition's protest in Parliament premises

On opposition's protest holding a copy of the Constitution in Parliament premises, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said, "Now, the opposition does not have any other topic... PM Narendra Modi is not going to change the Constitution. But still, they (the opposition) are trying to advertise this in a wrong manner."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Will not allow attack on Constitution, says Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of attacking the Constitution, and said it was not acceptable to them.

"We would not allow the attack on the Constitution that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are doing," he told reporters in Parliament complex.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: INDIA bloc's show of strength in Parliament, raise call to 'save Constitution'

INDIA bloc MPs gathered in the Parliament complex on Monday in a show of strength on the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, holding copies of the Constitution and raising slogans on "saving democracy".

Holding copies of the Constitution in their hands, they raised slogans such as "long live Constitution", "we will save Constitution", "save our democracy".

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Union Minister Suresh Gopi takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha

Parliament Session 2024 Live: INDIA bloc MPs march together as show of strength

INDIA bloc MPs gathered in the Parliament complex on Monday for a show of strength as they marched to the Lok Sabha together on the first day of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha raising slogans to "save Constitution".

Opposition leaders, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool Congress' Sudip Bandyopadhyay, DMK's TR Baalu, assembled at the spot where the Gandhi statue once stood in the Parliament complex.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Chirag Paswan takes oath as member of the 18th Lok Sabha

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Cabinet Ministers take oath

Union Minister Giriraj Singh takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha

Union Minister Pralhad Joshi takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Minister and BJP MP Dharmendra Pradhan takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat take oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: PM Modi takes oath as MP, retains Varanasi seat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took oath as member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

This is the third term of Modi as a member of the Lok Sabha. He retained the Varanasi seat, which he has been winning since 2014. As Leader of the House, he was the first one to take oath.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Cabinet Ministers take oath

Union Minister and BJP MP Piyush Goyal takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: PM Modi takes oath as MP in Lok Sabha

First session of the 18th Lok Sabha commences at the new Parliament building.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes oath as MP.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: INDIA bloc leaders protest

INDIA bloc leaders including Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, protest in Parliament premises

Parliament Session 2024 Live: People gave me the opportunity third time, responsibilities increased three-fold, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "The people of the country have given us an opportunity for the third time. This is a great victory, a grand victory. Our responsibility increased threefold...So, I assure the countrymen that in our third tenure, we will work three times harder and we will get three-time results."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: PM Modi says concensus important, reminds Opposition of their duties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "In the last 10 years, we have always tried to implement a tradition because we believe that a majority is required to run the government but to run the country a consensus is of utmost importance."

"So, it will be our constant efforts to serve Maa Bharti and fulfill the aspirations and ambitions of the 140 crore people, with everyone's consent and by taking everyone together. We want to go ahead and speed up decisions by taking everyone together, by maintaining the sanctity of the Constitution," he added.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: PM Modi notes Emergency's 50th anniversary falls on June 25, calls it a 'black spot' on India's democracy when Constitution was discarded

He said, "Tomorrow is 25th June. 25th June marks 50 years of the blot that was put on the democracy of India. The new generation of India will never forget that the Constitution of India was completely rejected, every part of the Constitution was torn to pieces, the country was turned into a prison, democracy was completely suppressed..."

"While protecting our Constitution, while protecting the democracy of India, the democratic traditions, the countrymen will take a resolution that no one will dare to do such a thing in India again which was done 50 years ago. We will take a resolution of a vibrant democracy. We will take a resolution to fulfil the dreams of the common people as per the directions of the Constitution of India," he added.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: People have given our govt mandate for a third term, have put stamp of approval on our policies, intentions, says PM Modi

We will always strive to take everyone along, build consensus to serve country, fulfil people's aspirations, says PM Modi

Parliament Session 2024 Live: PM Modi to address media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address media

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Parliament, ahead of the commencement of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha today.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: There will be a positive beginning, says Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dr Syed Naseer

Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dr Syed Naseer Hussain said, "There will be a positive beginning. Many new MPs have come. We have called all our MPs to the CPP office so that we can instruct them about parliamentary work. There will be a constructive opposition. We will raise people's issues and when it comes to the country, we will cooperate in that too..."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Bhartruhari Mahtab takes oath as pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha

Bhartruhari Mahtab takes oath as pro-tem Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha

President Droupadi Murmu administers the oath

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Kiren Rijiju meets Bhartruhari Mahtab ahead of swearing in ceremony

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijij wrote on X: "Had the privilege of meeting Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab ji before his swearing-in ceremony as the pro tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha along with my colleagues Hon'ble MoS Arjun Ram Meghwal and MoS Dr L Murugan. His wisdom & experience are invaluable as he embarks on this journey. Looking forward to working together. Best wishes to him."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Attitude of the government is still that of an arrogant government, says Congress MP

Congress MP Manickam Tagore said, "...the attitude of the government is still that of an arrogant government. They superseded a Dalit MP who is an 8-term MP. K Suresh should have been the pro-tem speaker. It is very unfortunate that the Parliamentary Affairs Minister has taken such a decision without any consultation with the opposition parties..."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: Appointment of Pro tem Speaker is basically to administer oath to the newly elected members and help in the election of the new Speaker, says Rijiju

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said, "...I met all the leaders. Just now I met DMK Parliamentary Party leader TR Baalu. Everyone agrees that Pro tem Speaker has never been an issue in the history of Indian Parliament and the appointment of Pro tem Speaker is basically to administer oath to the newly elected members and help in the election of the new Speaker..."

Parliament Session 2024 Live: The NDA government has violated the convention of Lok Sabha, says Congress MP K Suresh

Congress MP K Suresh said, "...The NDA government has violated the convention of Lok Sabha. So far, the convention was that the MP who was elected for a maximum number of times will be the pro-tem Speaker..."

"Bhartruhari Mahtab is 7th time elected MP. However, I am the 8th time elected MP. They are insulting the opposition again. That's why the INDIA alliance unanimously decided to boycott the panel members," he added.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: New MPs to take oath today

The President has appointed Kodikunnil Suresh (Congress), T R Baalu (DMK), Radha Mohan Singh and Faggan Singh Kulaste (both BJP) and Sudip Bandyopadhyay (TMC) to assist Mahtab in administering the oath/affirmation to the newly elected members of the Lok Sabha.

After the panel of chairpersons, the pro-tem speaker will administer the oath/affirmation as Lok Sabha members to the Council of Ministers. The members from states, in alphabetical order, will take oath or make affirmation over the next two days.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: 'Positively looking forward for coordination to run Parliament', says Kiren Rijiju

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday said he was positively looking forward to coordination to run Parliament, as the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha gets underway.

"The First Session of the 18th Lok Sabha begins today, the 24th June, 2024. I welcome all the newly elected Hon'ble members. I shall be always available to assist the members as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. I'm positively looking forward to co-ordination to run the house," Rijiju posted on X.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: President's address scheduled for June 27

The President is scheduled to address the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament on June 27.

The debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address will begin on June 28. The prime minister is expected to respond to the debate on July 2 or 3.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: When is Lok Sabha speaker election?

The election to the post of Lok Sabha Speaker will take place on Wednesday and the prime minister will introduce his council of ministers to the House soon after.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: What's on agenda?

The proceedings will begin with members observing a moment of silence on the occasion of the first sitting of the 18th Lok Sabha.

This will be followed by Lok Sabha Secretary General Utpal Kumar Singh placing on the table of the House the list of the members elected to the lower house.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: What is the pro-tem Speaker row

The row over appointment of BJP leader and seven-term member Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem speaker is likely to cast shadow over the session.

The move has drawn flak from the opposition, which alleged that the claim of Congress member K Suresh to the post was overlooked by the government.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: President Murmu will administer the oath to Bhartruhari Mahtab as pro-tem Speaker

President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath to Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

Parliament Session 2024 Live: First session of 18th Lok Sabha to begin today, new MPs to take oath

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha beginning Monday will see oath-taking by newly elected members followed by election of the Lok Sabha Speaker on June 26.