Senior Lok Sabha member Kamal Nath will be the Protem Speaker to conduct the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected MPs. Mr Nath will be assisted by four other senior members of the 16th Lok Sabha.

Briefing reporters in New Delhi today after assuming the charge of Parliamentary Affairs ministry, Mr Venkiah Naidu said Mr Kamal Nath's name has been recommended by President Pranab Mukherjee.

Prakash Javadekar and Santosh Gangwar, both Ministers of State, also assumed their charge along with Mr Naidu.