1st Lok Sabha session will start today

The new Lok Sabha, with a more dominant Congress heading a coalition having a comfortable majority with its allies, opens its first session on Monday whose highlight would be the election of the Speaker and unfolding of UPA govt's plan of action. The first two days of the 15th Lok Sabha has been kept for newly elected members to take oath followed by election of the Speaker on 3rd June.

President Pratibha Patil would address the joint sitting of both Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on 4th June which would chart out the road map of the second term of the Manmohan Singh government which came to power with renewed mandate as Congress alone secured 206 seats. The party had 145 seats in the previous House. With pre-poll allies, the UPA was almost near the majority mark of 272 and back by post-poll partners, the coalition strength has gone up to 322. The Lok Sabha will have seven sittings while the Rajya Sabha would commence its session from 4th June.