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BJP's Virendra Kumar sworn in as pro tem speaker

Source: PTI
June 17, 2019 11:24 IST
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IMAGE: BJP MP Virendra Kumar being sworn in as the pro tem speaker of Lok Sabha by President Ram Nath Kovind. Photograph: Courtesy @rashtrapatibhvn/Twitter

President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday sworn in seven-term member of Parliament Virendra Kumar as the pro tem speaker of Lok Sabha.

Kumar will oversee the oath-taking of newly elected Lok Sabha members on Monday and Tuesday.

 

On Wednesday, as soon as a new speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha is elected, his role will cease to exist.

Kumar, 65, won the Lok Sabha election from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.

He was a minister of state in the previous Modi government.

As pro tem speaker, Kumar will preside over the first sitting of the Lok Sabha and administer the oath to the newly elected MPs.

He will also oversee the election of the Lok Sabha speaker.

The first session of the newly constituted Lok Sabha will be held from June 17 to July 26.

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