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16th LS pays homage to Munde, House adjourned till Thursday

New Delhi, June 04 (ANI): The first session of the 16th Lok Sabha convened on a sad note on Wednesday, with a tribute to senior BJP leader and union rural development minister Gopinath Munde, who was killed in a car accident yesterday. The session got underway with protem speaker Kamal Nath paying tribute to Munde and asking for the house to observe two minutes of silence. Nath praised Munde's work and recounted his long and illustrious political career in Maharashtra, which culminated in his appointment as the minister for rural affairs. After paying tribute to Munde the house was adjourned till Thursday. Jun 4, 2014
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Kamal Nath takes oath as pro-tem Speaker of Lok Sabha

New Delhi, June 04 (ANI): Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath took oath as the pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Wednesday. He will preside over the Lok Sabha proceedings till the election of a new speaker on June 06. This piquant situation has arisen out of the untimely death of Union minister Gopinath Munde on Tuesday. Jun 4, 2014