Explainer: How many members are there in Lok Sabha?

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The Lok Sabha, with 545 seats, abides by the Indian Constitution's Article 79, ensuring representation for elected officials, SC, ST, and the Anglo-Indian Community. Future delimitation post-2026 will likely adjust seat distribution.

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Lok Sabha

Lower house of the Parliament of India

Chaotic winter session ends: Lok Sabha worked for 57% of the time, Rajya Sabha for 43%

Parliament's winter session concluded amidst unprecedented chaos, marked by low productivity, protests, and even physical altercations. The session saw minimal..

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Lok Sabha Speaker bars protests at Parliament gates: Report

Tensions flared outside Parliament as NDA and INDIA bloc MPs clashed, accusing each other of disrespecting B.R. Ambedkar. Two BJP MPs were injured in the..

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'Rahul Gandhi physically manhandled by three MPs...': Congress writes to LS speaker over ruckus on Parliament premises

Congress MPs including KC Venugopal, K Suresh and Manickam Tagore wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and alleged that the INDIA Bloc MPs were physically..

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Who is Mukesh Rajput? BJP MP injured amid protests outside Parliament

BJP MP Mukesh Rajput, a three-term representative from Farrukhabad, was hospitalized after a clash with INDIA bloc MPs during Lok Sabha protests. Rajput..

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Mallikarjun Kharge writes to Lok Sabha Speaker after Parliament showdown: 'I was physically pushed by...'

In his letter to Birla, Kharge highlighted that their protest march was against the insulting remarks on Dr Ambedkar made by the Union Home Minister in his..

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Constitution of India

Supreme law of India since 1950

'Those who love Babasaheb Ambedkar can't support BJP': Arvind Kejriwal's letter to Nitish Kumar, Chandrababu Naidu

Arvind Kejriwal criticizes Amit Shah's remarks on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, labeling them disrespectful and indicative of the BJP's perspective on the architect of the..

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Amit Shah Slams Congress For 'Snubbing' Ambedkar, says party distorted the legacy|Oneindia 13:55

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‘Congress is Anti-Ambedkar’: Amit Shah Attacks Congress, Says It Is Anti-Constitution | Watch 03:15

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'Garibi hatao' was biggest 'jumla' of Congress for generations: PM Modi

During a Lok Sabha debate commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the Congress party's slogan..

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'We saw India being defamed before the world': PM Modi attacks previous Congress govt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted his government's "One Nation, One Grid" initiative, contrasting it with the 2012 nationwide power outage during the..