BJP won the first round of messages and signals, know the story of Rahul’s change in attitude in 24 hours

Clear message of Modi government- nothing has changed

In this denial of the government, the leaders of both the ruling and opposition parties are well aware of the deliberate message being given by Modi Government 3.0. That is, the seats may have reduced, but the attitude has not changed and will not change. The government has made it clear that there will not be any significant difference in the attitude of this government from the previous two governments. By giving the way forward to the opposition, which is ready to fight it out in the election of the Lok Sabha Speaker, the government has made it clear that it has so much control over the numbers in the House and the NDA allies that it does not need to adopt a defensive posture against the opposition even now.

Summarizing the developments, a senior MP said, “I see it as a case of tit for tat. If the opposition behaved on the first day of the Lok Sabha as if they were the undeclared winners of the Lok Sabha elections, then by rejecting the condition for consensus on the Speaker’s election, the government replied that nothing has changed. Those who have dealt with snakes would know the art of dealing with an injured snake as well.”

Now, what will happen to the post of vice president?

As the House is set to witness more uproar in the coming days, the debate in Parliament is on whether the government will give the post of Deputy Speaker to an NDA ally in future or keep it hanging like it did in the last two terms. The 18th Lok Sabha is also testing the unity in the India Bloc as the first election to the House is being held. Ally TMC MPs refused to sign the nomination papers of alliance candidate Kodikunnil Suresh. TMC tried to distance itself by arguing that the Congress did not consider it necessary to discuss the matter with Mamata Banerjee ’till the last minute’. This exposed the discord within the opposition camp for the first time since the Lok Sabha elections.

Om Birla created a record as soon as he/she won, but will he/she get a chance to create history as Lok Sabha Speaker?

Congress defeated by TMC’s move?

When Trinamool leader Sudip Bandopadhyay spoke to Congress’ KC Venugopal to express Mamata’s displeasure, Rahul Gandhi swung into action. he/she spoke to Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee. Then a series of damage control exercises followed and the Trinamool supremo agreed to send party MPs Derek O’Brien and Kalyan Banerjee to the India Block leaders’ meeting at Mallikarjun Kharge’s house on Tuesday night to discuss the strategy for the House. It is learnt that Trinamool representatives at the meeting said that though the party is now in support of K Suresh, the party leadership will make it clear on Wednesday whether the opposition should settle the Speaker’s election by actual voting or just by voice vote. Now that Om Birla has been elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker, it is clear what the TMC would have decided.

SP-NCP also gave a ‘shock’

In fact, SP and NCP had also raised objections to Congress for not taking Mamata Banerjee’s opinion while deciding the name of K. Suresh. This is also a warning for many in the opposition that the Congress leadership will have to always keep in mind the respect of regional stalwarts who have a better strike rate against the BJP. For this, the Congress party will have to show a lot of sensitivity towards the sentiments of the allies.

figures are not clear

On the other hand, many believe that the ruling party will use this contest not only to win the post of Speaker, but also to score some points against the opposition and show that it has dominance in the House. The mood of both the opposition parties is already being monitored. If not during the Speaker’s contest, then in the future, especially when Rahul Gandhi will be working actively as the leader of the opposition. Many believed that the Speaker’s election will also give an opportunity to those parties to express their attachment which are not in any camp right now. More than Om Birla’s re-election as Speaker, the focus was on which party is able to gather additional numbers or face leaks. But due to the election being conducted without voting, it will not be clear at the moment. If there was voting, it would have been known, how many MPs are in which side. Now we will have to wait for the future for this.

With inputs from CL Manoj of Economic Times