Highlights of the Lok Sabha session on June 24, 2024

MPs from the INDIA bloc march in unison to demonstrate their power and to "save the Constitution."The Lok Sabha will reconvene on June 25 at 11 a.m. after being postponed. Amit Shah, the minister of housing, Rajnath Singh, the minister of defense, and prime minister Narendra Modi all took an oath of office to become members of parliament at the start of the Lok Sabha's first session. As members of the 18th Lok Sabha, among others, Union Ministers G. Kishan Reddy, Chirag Paswan, Kiren Rijiju, Nitin Gadkari, and Mansukh Mandaviya took an oath of office. Taking the oath of office as members of the 18th Lok Sabha were Union Ministers Bhupender Yadav, Giriraj Singh, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, JD(U) MP Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, BJP MP Piyush Goyal, and Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.Mahtab, a seven-time member of the BJP, took the oath of office as the 18th Lok Sabha's pro-tem speaker earlier today. At Rashtrapati Bhavan, President Droupadi Murmu gave the oath.

The BJP's selection of Mr. Mahtab as the pro-tem speaker, however, has angered the opposition MPs of the INDIA bloc, who claim that it departs from the custom of designating the senior member.The Lok Sabha Speaker will be chosen on June 26. President Murmu is expected to speak to the joint session of both chambers of Parliament on June 27. Earlier, PM Modi greeted all of the recently elected MPs and assured the media that the new administration would always work to unite the people and forge consensus in order to serve the nation. He made these remarks while speaking to reporters outside the newly constructed Parliament building.