BJP leaders’ meet to discuss speaker candidate

New Delhi: A meeting of top BJP leaders was being held at Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s residence on Tuesday evening to discuss the names of candidates for the Lok Sabha speaker and deputy speaker.

Among those who attended the meeting were Manohar Lal Khattar, Bhupender Yadav, Virendra Kumar, Piyush Goyal, Annapurna Devi, S jaishankar, JD(U)’s Lalan Singh, and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan.

The election for the Lok Sabha speaker’s post will be held on June 26, two days after the beginning of the first session of the Lower House.