Parliament to adjourn on opening day today

June 04, 2014 09:02

The first sitting of the 16th Lok Sabha will be adjourned for the day on Wednesday after paying tributes to Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde, who died in a car accident in New Delhi on Tuesday morning.

Congress MP Kamal Nath will take oath as the pro-tem speaker in the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10 am. He will preside over the Lok Sabha proceedings till the election of a new speaker on June 6.

The Lok Sabha will take up the obituary reference to Munde, which will be moved by Nath.

After observing a two-minute silence as a mark of respect to the departed member, the House will adjourn for the day.

As per the earlier schedule, newly-elected members were to be administered oath today and June 05.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said the Lok Sabha might sit late on June 5 now. The oath-taking by members will continue till the afternoon of June 6.

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