Rejig in BJPs parliamentary executive |
The Bharatiya Janata Party`s parliamentary party executive got a rejig on Wednesday as names of veteran leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were missing. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the leader of the party in the Lower House, with defence minister Rajnath Singh as his deputy. BJP president and Union home minister Amit Shah, who will make his Lok Sabha debut, is also a part of the team. The Budget Session of Parliament will begin from Monday. The government has also called an all-party meeting on Sunday, June 16, which will be chaired by the Prime Minister. Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a meeting on Thursday and Friday with state unit chiefs and organisational secretaries to finalise the details, including the schedule, of its organisational polls, that may lead to the election of his successor. In the Rajya Sabha, Thaawar chand Gehlot, has been named Leader of the House. His Cabinet colleague Piyush Goyal will be the deputy leader. In the Lok Sabha, the BJP`s strength has increased to 303. Other special invitees from the Lok Sabha to the BJP parliamentary party executive are Nitin Gadkari, Arjun Munda, Narendra Singh Tomar and Jual Oram. In the Rajya Sabha, the BJP is the single largest party, with 70 members.
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