On the third day of the 18th Lok Sabha, Om Birla of the Bharatiya Janata Party was elected as the Speaker of the House through a voice vote, defeating opposition candidate Kodikkunil Suresh of the Congress. This was a rare contest for the Speaker post as the NDA government and the INDIA group of opposition parties could not reach a consensus. However, Mr. Birla had the majority with the support of the NDA and YSRCP. After his election, he was escorted to the Chair by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to drop incumbent Kaiserganj MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh and has named his son, Karan Bhushan Singh, as their candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. This move comes after multiple allegations of sexual harassment by women wrestlers against Brij Bhushan. Meanwhile, the government of Karnataka has issued a lookout circular against Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, who is facing sexual harassment charges and is believed to be in Germany.
In a surprising turn of events, Congress leader Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination from the Indore Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh and was shortly after "welcomed" into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya. This comes after speculation that another Congress candidate in Surat had colluded with the BJP, leading to their nomination being rejected. With the elections in Indore fast approaching and the last day to submit nominations passed, this move could have a major impact on the results.
Mukesh Dalal of the Bharatiya Janata Party has been declared the winner of the Surat Lok Sabha seat after all other candidates withdrew their nominations. This comes after Congress' Nilesh Kumbhani and Suresh Padsala had their nominations rejected due to discrepancies in paperwork. With this win, the BJP has claimed the first "lotus" from Surat, as they refer to their party symbol, and congratulated their candidate for the victory.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has replaced two-time MP Kirron Kher with Sanjay Tandon as its candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat. Tandon, a local resident and son of a former BJP leader, has been the party president in Chandigarh for almost a decade. This decision has caused surprise and division within the local BJP factions, as Kher has been the chosen candidate in the past two elections. This move highlights the ongoing internal struggles within the BJP in the run-up to the June 1 voting for the Chandigarh seat.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that Sanjay Tandon, a former Chandigarh BJP chief and son of former Punjab Deputy CM Balram Das Tandon, will be the party's candidate for the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, replacing incumbent MP Kirron Kher. This move comes after Kher's failure to shake off the "outsider" tag and the BJP's loss in the recent civic polls to debutant Aam Aadmi Party. Local leaders and residents have cited Kher's lack of accessibility and anti-incumbency as reasons for wanting a local candidate to represent the city.
After much speculation, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia as its candidate for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2024. Ahluwalia is a Bengali-speaking politician, who hails from Asansol, and is expected to give a tough competition to the incumbent Trinamool Congress heavyweight Satrughan Sinha. This decision comes after the party's previous candidate, Pawan Singh, withdrew from the race amid criticism for his derogatory songs towards women. Ahluwalia is a seasoned politician, having previously served as the Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Employment and the Deputy Opposition Leader in the Rajya Sabha.
Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, India's first Olympic medalist in boxing, Vijender Singh, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters in Delhi. Singh, who ran unsuccessfully in the 2019 Lok Sabha election as a Congress candidate, comes from the Jat community, which has political influence in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. In response, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge launched the party's 'Ghar Ghar Guarantee' initiative in Delhi, aiming to reach out to eight crore households across the country and make them aware of the party's "guarantees".
In a move that has grabbed the attention of many, popular Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut has officially joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and will be running for a seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The 37-year-old actress, who has been a vocal supporter of the party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressed her honor and excitement in being chosen as the candidate from her birth place Himachal Pradesh's Mandi constituency. Other notable names included in BJP's fifth candidate list are former Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay and industrialist Naveen Jindal.