Lok Sabha Session Day 2 Highlights: Floor leaders of INDIA bloc parties to meet at Kharge’s residence tonight

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 Highlights: Nominations for the Lok Sabha Speaker post will be closed by noon today. Union Minister Rajnath Singh is working to build consensus for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker positions, engaging with the Opposition. On the first day of the 18th Lok Sabha session, 262 MPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took the oath. The remaining 281 MPs, including Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav, will take oath today. 

The Speaker election of 18th Lok Sabha is scheduled for Wednesday. Meanwhile, the opposition held a protest march inside the Parliament complex, with MPs from the INDIA bloc raising slogans and displaying copies of the Constitution. Key leaders like Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Akhilesh Yadav participated.

Catch all the highlights on Lok Sabha Session Day 2 here:

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: If Oppn insists on division, paper slips will be used, says expert

If the opposition insists on a division during the election for the post of Lok Sabha speaker on Wednesday, votes will be cast on paper slips as the electronic display system cannot be used because the members of the new House are yet to be allotted seats, an expert said. NDA nominee Om Birla is pitted against INDIA bloc's Kodikunnil Suresh for the coveted post.

Constitution expert and former Lok Sabha secretary general P D T Achary told PTI that the motions which have been moved will be put one by one in the order in which they have been received. They will be decided, if necessary, by division.

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: Floor leaders of INDIA bloc parties to meet at Kharge's residence tonight

Floor leaders of the Opposition bloc, the 'Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA)', will meet today at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's residence following the announcement of K Suresh as their candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker. The meeting is scheduled for 8 pm at Kharge's residence in Delhi, where the leaders are expected to discuss the upcoming speaker election on June 26.

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: ‘Ready to support Speaker but…’:  Congress' KC Venugopal

Congress leader KC Venugopal on Tuesday said that the Opposition was ready to unanimously support the NDA candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker position on the condition that it give a commitment on giving the post of the Deputy Speaker to them. The INDIA bloc announced Congress MP K Suresh as its candidate for the Lok Sabha Speaker election. This was announced after Venugopal and DMK's TR Baalu met BJP leader and Union Minister Rajnath Singh.

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: No consensus on Speaker's post

INDIA bloc is likely to field its candidate for the post of Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha, sources told ANI. 

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: Om Birla files nomination for Speaker's post

BJP MP Om Birla files his nomination for the post of Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha NDA has fielded Om Birla, INDIA bloc has fielded Congress MP K Suresh for the post of Speaker. 

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: K Suresh files nomination for Speaker's post

Congress MP K Suresh files his nomination for the post of Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. 

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: ‘Speaker does not belong to any party’, says Piyush Goyal

On INDIA bloc fielding K Suresh for Lok Sabha post, Union Minister and BJP MP Piyush Goyal says, "They said first decide the name for Deputy Speaker then we will support the Speaker candidate. We condemn such politics. A good tradition would have been to choose the Speaker unanimously. The Speaker does not belong to any party or opposition; he belongs to the entire House. Similarly, the Deputy Speaker also does not belong to any party or group; he belongs to the entire House and hence there should be consent of the House. Such conditions that only a particular person or from a particular party should be the Deputy Speaker, do not fit into any tradition of the Lok Sabha."

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: Chirag Paswan speaks on Speaker elections

Union Minister Chirag Paswan says "This is not the elections for any party. The election of the Speaker is for the House. I do not remember if there was any election for the post of Speaker after independence. The way the Opposition has come up with conditions that they want the Deputy Speaker's post is not right. Even if there will be elections, it is sure that he (Om Birla) will win..."

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: ‘Non-biological PM has broken this tradition’, Congress on Speaker election

“Barely 24 hours after his hypocrisy-laden pravachan on consensus and cooperation the non-biological PM has made a contest for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker inevitable. Convention has been that the Speaker is elected unanimously and the Deputy Speaker's post goes to the Opposition. The non-biological PM has broken this tradition. It is actually no surprise. He has still not woken up to the reality of the 2024 poll verdict which was a PPM defeat for him--personal, political and moral,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on X (formerly Twitter). 

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: ‘Opposition was adamant on their condition’, says Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan

Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh says, "To talk about the Speaker's position, KC Venugopal and TR Balu had come. They spoke to the Defence Minister. The Defence Minister informed about the Lok Sabha Speaker candidate from the NDA side and he asked for support. Venugopal said that the name of the deputy speaker should be accepted... The defence minister said that when that election comes, we will sit together and discuss... They were adamant on their condition. 'Sharton ke aadhar par wo loktantra chalana chahte hain, dabaav ki rajneeti karna chate hain... This does not work in a democracy..."

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Lok Sabha Speaker post

On Lok Sabha Speaker post, Union Civil Aviation Minister and TDP leader Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu says, "It is not a good thing to keep conditions. Democracy does not work on conditions. And as far as the Speaker election is concerned, whatever should have been done by the NDA, they all did it. Specially Rajnath Singh ji, being a senior leader, reached out to everyone. He also reached out to the opposition and told them that we are proposing Om Birla ji's name, so your help is needed in this. So when it was their turn to help, they put up a condition that we would do it only if you give us this (Deputy Speaker post). There was never a convention to support Speaker on a conditional basis...They want to do politics in this too..."

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: ‘Deputy Speaker is our right’, Congress MP K Suresh's first reaction after filing nomination

On his nomination for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker, Congress MP K Suresh says, "I have filed my nomination. It is the party's decision, not mine. There is a convention in Lok Sabha that the Speaker will be from the ruling party and the Deputy Speaker will be from the opposition... Deputy Speaker is our right. But they are not ready to give it to us. Till 11:50 am we were waiting for a response from the government, but they did not give any response. That is why we filed the nomination."

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: ‘No election has ever taken place for Speaker post’, says Kiren Rijiju

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju says, "We had a conversation with all the floor leaders of the Opposition regarding the post of the Speaker. The Speaker is not for a party, it is for the functioning of the House. The Speaker is elected unanimously. It is disheartening that Congress has nominated its candidate for the Speaker. No election has ever taken place for the post of the Speaker. Congress put this condition that if they get the post of Deputy Speaker they will support our candidate for the Speaker's post. This give and take of posts of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker is not right..."

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: BJP MP Om Birla takes oath as member of 18th Lok Sabha

BJP MP Om Birla takes oath as a member of the 18th Lok Sabha. He also filed his nomination papers for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker today. 

Lok Sabha Session Day 2 LIVE: Still waiting if they are ready to give Deputy Speaker post', says KC Venugopal

Congress MP KC Venugopal says "We are still waiting, if they are ready to give the Deputy Speaker post, we are ready to elect the NDA's candidate unanimously.Yesterday PM Modi told about consensus for the smooth functioning of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. We are ready to support the Speaker suggested by the Govt's side provided they should also honour the Opposition. We have witnessed for the last few years that the Speakers will be from the Govt's side and the Deputy Speaker from the Opposition. When UPA was in power, we gave the Deputy Speaker to the NDA for 10 years. The convention is so in the Lok Sabha that the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha is given to the Opposition. Rajnath Singh called Mallikarjun Kharge yesterday. Mallikarjun Kharge said we are happy to support your candidate but we want the post of Deputy Speaker to which Rajnath Singh told him that we will consult PM Modi and revert..."