Samajwadi MP from Ayodhya is Trinamool's suggestion for Deputy Speaker: Sources

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Samajwadi Party leader Awadhesh Prasad recently won the Lok Sabha elections from the Faizabad constituency, in which Ayodhya is located...

Trinamool Congress on Sunday urged the Centre to make Samajwadi Party's Faizabad MP Awadhesh Prasad Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the sources told India Today..

Until now, the center has not released the schedule for the election of Deputy Speaker, a post that remained vacant during the 17th Lok Sabha...

It is a parliamentary convention to elect a Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from a party other than the ruling party to ensure an accountable democratic parliament...

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