BackCongress’s Kamal Nath to be pro tem speaker
BJP's Venkaiah Naidu says govt has conveyed the recommendation to appoint Nath to President Pranab Mukherjee
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New Delhi: Former parliamentary affairs minister and senior Congress leader Kamal Nath will be the pro tem speaker in the new Lok Sabha.
The government has conveyed the recommendation to appoint Nath, who is the most senior member of the lower house, to President Pranab Mukherjee, parliamentary affairs minister M. Venkaiah Naidu told reporters in New Delhi.
The pro tem speaker performs the duties of the office of the speaker from the commencement of the sitting of the Lok Sabha till the election of the speaker.
Nath, who was minister for urban development and parliamentary affairs in the last government, won from his pocket borough of Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh for the ninth term. The name of Nath is also doing rounds in Congress circles for the post of the leader of the opposition.
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