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Update: 2024-06-26
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1. Arvind Kejriwal has been arrested by the CBI inside Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court in the alleged liquor policy case, and then, inside a tumultuous hour, withdrew a Supreme Court petition challenging a stay on grant of bail after his arrest in March in the same case by the Enforcement Directorate. That petition was withdrawn the ED offered no objection citing a desire to launch a more substantial appeal against the High Court's decision to stay the Rouse Avenue Court's bail order. 2. prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, set to be Leader of Opposition, shake hands in parliament as they together welcome the newly re-elected Lok Sabha Speaker, Om Birla, marking a fresh chapter in the 18th Lok Sabha. Rahul Gandhi is the third member of the Gandhi family to take the post of the Leader of the Opposition. Mr Gandhi follows in the footsteps of his mother, Sonia Gandhi, who served from 1999 to 2004, and his father, Rajiv Gandhi, who was the Leader of the Opposition from 1989 to 1990. Pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab has declared the election results after the Opposition, which had put forward Congress MP K Suresh as its candidate, chose not to push for a vote on the motion. Following the announcement, Prime Minister Modi and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju approach Mr Birla's seat in the front row of the treasury benches to escort him to the Speaker's chair. Accompanying them Rahul Gandhi. It is a matter of honour that you have been elected to this chair for the second time, PM Modi says, congratulating Mr Birla. I congratulate you on behalf of the entire House and look forward to your guidance for the next five years. Your sweet smile keeps the entire House happy. I would like to congratulate you on behalf of the entire opposition and the INDIA alliance, says Rahul Gandhi. You are the final arbiter of people's voice. The government may have political power, but Opposition also represents the voice of the people. Opposition would like to assist you in your work, I am confident you will allow us to speak in House.
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