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The last time that a member of the Opposition front was the Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker was under the two Manmohan Singh-led UPA governments between 2004 and 2014. While Charanjit Singh Atwal, a leader of then BJP ally Akali Dal, was the Deputy Speaker in 2004-09, the BJP’s Kariya Munda held the post from 2009 to 2014.
Following the Lok Sabha elections, battle lines have been drawn between the ruling BJP-led NDA and the Opposition INDIA alliance for the by-elections in 13 Assembly constituencies across the country.
Following the NDA’s impressive performance in Bihar, where it won 30 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats, the state has got a sizable number of berths — three Cabinet and five Ministers of State — in the Union Council of Ministers. However, the NDA’s choice of ministers has revealed a stark regional and social imbalance.
Following the NDA’s impressive performance in Bihar, where it won 30 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats, the state has got a sizable number of berths — three Cabinet and five Ministers of State — in the Union Council of Ministers. However, the NDA’s choice of ministers has revealed a stark regional and social imbalance.
Amid some discordant notes among BJP allies over allocations in the Union Council of Ministers, the Shiv Sena on Monday said its support for the Narendra Modi-led government was unconditional and there was no bargaining happening for any Cabinet post or portfolio.
SHORT of a majority and needing the support of his allies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday framed the mandate and the road ahead in terms that were conciliatory signalling a reaching out to states and to parties across the aisle.
The DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance’s clean sweep in Tamil Nadu has left principal Opposition party AIADMK grappling with questions about its future, given that it has faced a poll debacle for the second straight parliamentary election, and has provided the BJP with a silver lining despite troubles of its own.
As the BJP banks on its Narendra Modi card and the Opposition INDIA bloc frames its campaign around “saving democracy and the Constitution”, voters in South Bihar where polling will be held on April 19 largely deploy caste to spell out their choices.