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THE  17th Lok Sabha assembled for its first sitting on June 17. On the first day, Virendra Kumar took oath before the president and assumed the charge of pro-tem speaker. Subsequently, all the newly elected members of Lok Sabha took oath. On June 19, BJP MP Om Birla was elected the Speaker. P R Natarajan will be the floor leader of the CPI(M) in Lok Sabha. Felicitating the speaker, Natarajan said Birla has an experience of more than 25 years in legislative assembly as well as in Lok Sabha.

Finance Bill Anti-constitutional, Modi Govt Undermining Parliamentary Democracy: Yechury

Following is an edited excerpt of CPI(M) Leader in the Rajya Sabha Sitaram Yechury’s speech on the Finance Bill, 2017:  

I am extremely worried about this discussion because I do not think this is really the Finance Bill. As somebody had said, this is a financial bully, not a Bill, that has been brought about by the government and passed in an extreme hurry in the other House (the Lok Sabha).

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