Lok Sabha

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Lok Sabha

(ˈləʊk ˈsʌbə)
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the lower chamber of India's Parliament. Compare Rajya Sabha
[Hindi, from lok people + sabha assembly]
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Summary: New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of 17th Lok Sabha will meet for the first time at Parliament Annexe here on Monday.
by Times News Service Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the new Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla.
NEW DELHI -- Out of the 542 seats in the Parliament, there will be 27 Muslim MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha, an increase of four MPs from 2014, many of whom are from the Congress and All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC).
New Delhi: For the last few decades, they were the BJP's prominent faces and voices in the Lower House of Parliament but now their voices would not be heard in the 17th Lok Sabha which is to be constituted after the May 23 results.
Tamil Nadu's ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party yesterday announced it will fight the Lok Sabha elections in alliance with the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Bharatiya Janata Party, allotting seven and five of the 39 seats respectively to them.
IANS Lucknow/Patna In results that can set the tone for the 2019 general elections, the BJP on Wednesday received a severe drubbing in the Lok Sabha and assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar losing four of the five seats, including the prestigious Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies, after non-BJP parties teamed up in alliances against the saffron party in the two states.
DEADLOCK over the post of the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha continues with the Congress adamant over its claim and ruling BJP in no mood grant the favour to the opposition party.
In the Lok Sabha, 14 members represent Assam, Chhattisgarh (11), Gujarat (26), Haryana (10), Himachal Pradesh (4), Karnatka (28), Madhya Pradesh (29) and Rajashtan sends 25 members to the Lok Sabha.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha recorded the highest number of working hours in the last 20 years as also the highest number of questions answered orally in the same period, according to PRS Legislative Research.
Summary: Former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and eight-time Lok Sabha member was visibly upset
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