NEW DELHI: The elections for the new Parliament Speaker are scheduled to be held on Wednesday, June 26, two days after the eighteenth Lok Sabha is set to begin.
Depending on the requirements of government business, the session is expected to conclude on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, said a government press release.
All the elected MPs will also take oath in the upcoming Lok Sabha session.President Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on June 27 and is likely to outline the new government’s roadmap for the next five years.
The Speaker is generally elected in the first meeting of members of the Lok Sabha. Before the Speaker can be picked, an MP, usually the longest serving, is selected as the pro-tem (for a limited period of time) Speaker.
The pro-tem Speaker presides over the first few sittings of the new house and also presides over the administration of oaths of new MPs and conducts the vote for the Speaker and deputy Speaker.