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Home minister Rajnath Singh will sit next to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, occupying the seat left conspicuously vacant, when Parliament meets for the budget session on July 7.
The seat allocation seems in keeping with the home portfolio being seen as next in seniority to the PM though there is no hard and fast rule to the effect.
Singh's seating does not necessarily reflect the "number 2" slot which many believe is largely irrelevant with Modi leading a BJP group that commands a clear majority in Lok Sabha.
The seat next to Modi was occupied by BJP veteran L K Advani on the day the 16th Lok Sabha met on June 4 but remained vacant thereafter.
The seat allocation seems in keeping with the home portfolio being seen as next in seniority to the PM though there is no hard and fast rule to the effect.
Singh's seating does not necessarily reflect the "number 2" slot which many believe is largely irrelevant with Modi leading a BJP group that commands a clear majority in Lok Sabha.
The seat next to Modi was occupied by BJP veteran L K Advani on the day the 16th Lok Sabha met on June 4 but remained vacant thereafter.