New Delhi. The first session of the Parliament after the Lok Sabha elections will begin on June 24 and will continue till July 3. During this, the new Lok Sabha Speaker is also to be elected on June 26. Although the Lok Sabha Speaker has been elected without any conflict for the last two times, but this time the opposition, which emerged stronger in the elections, has started staking claim for the post of Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker.

According to the indications received at the moment, the opposition will demand the post of Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha on the basis of consensus, but if consensus is not reached, then it can also field its candidate for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker.

Generally there has been a tradition of the Vice President being from the opposition

Meanwhile, the Congress, the biggest opposition party in the Lok Sabha, will start discussions with its allies about the post of Deputy Speaker. Generally, it has been a tradition that the Deputy Speaker is from the opposition. This time the situation in the Lok Sabha will be quite different. After ten years, an opposition leader will be in the House. Also, the opposition will have a good number. In such a situation, it will try its best to capitalize on every opportunity. The opposition alliance has got 233 seats this time in the Lok Sabha elections. Out of these, Congress alone has about 99 seats.

The post of Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha was vacant in 2019

After the BJP came to power in 2014, the post of Deputy Speaker in the 16th Lok Sabha was given to the AIADMK by the BJP-led NDA. M Thambidurai was made the Deputy Speaker on behalf of it. In 2019, the Deputy Speaker was not elected in the 17th Lok Sabha. This post remained vacant throughout.