Key Points
At approximately 11:15 am Wednesday, 26 June, Sansad TV showed what many of us have wanted to see since the Lok Sabha election results on 4 June: a handshake between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, now Leader of the Opposition, in the Lok Sabhasignifying a basic cordiality between the government and the Opposition...
In a 25 June editorial titled Its Peoples House, The Times of India wrote: it is still not too much to expect civility and conviviality in the Houseelectoral results suggested an aggressive govt (sic) and forceful opposition work side by side..
On Wednesday morning, when it was clear there would be a vote for the Speaker of the Lok Sabha between BJPs Om Birla and Congress K Sureshthe first in 50 years and only the fourth time everafter considerable bickering between the two sides, NDTVs Marya Shakil, wondered whether what the people wanted is being ignored..
For no sooner had Birla been elected Lok Sabha Speaker and welcomed by both sides of the House, he brought up the Emergency, declared by former Congress PM Indira Gandhi on 25 June 1976, calling it a jailhouse of democracy..
Now, all thats left is for Republic TVs Arnab Goswami to have Vadra as a panellist representing the Vadra Congress on his shows.. On Aaj Tak, Sudhir Chowdhary and reporter Mausami Singh found considerable change in the political situation between the 2019 and 2024 electionsSingh said Rahul Gandhi now exuded self-confidence, gave frequent media bytes and continuously went after PM Modi...
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