The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on Monday with the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, followed by the election of the Lok Sabha Speaker on June 26. President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of both the Houses on June 27.
This will be the first Lok Sabha session following the general elections conducted from April to June. In the 18th Lok Sabha, the NDA holds a majority with 293 seats, while the BJP has 240 seats, just shy of the 272 majority mark on its own. The Opposition INDIA bloc has 234 seats, with the Congress holding 99 of them.
On Monday, President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath to Mahtab as the protem Speaker of the Lok Sabha at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Following this, Mahtab will proceed to Parliament House and call the Lok Sabha to order at 11 am.
The proceedings will start with members observing a moment of silence for 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.
Mahtab will then call upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Leader of the Lok Sabha, to take oath as a member of the House. After PM Modi takes the oath, his Council of Ministers will take also the oath.
The protem Speaker will then administer the oath to the panel of chairpersons appointed by the President to assist him in carrying out the proceedings of the House till the election of the Speaker on June 26.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Lok Sabha on July 2 in reply to the President’s address. He will speak in Rajya Sabha the next day. There will be no Zero Hour and Question Hour.
Meanwhile, Rajya Sabha’s 264th session will be held from June 27 to July 3, 2024. Both the Houses are expected to go into a brief recess and re-assemble on July 22 for the presentation of the Union Budget.
