President prorogues fifth session of 17th Lok Sabha

President Ram Nath Kovind has prorogued the fifth session of 17th Lok Sabha. The session had commenced on 29th January.

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President also prorogued the Rajya Sabha. The House was adjourned sine die on 25th of this month.

Termination of a session of the House by an order made by the President under article 85(2) is called ‘prorogation’.

The President in exercising the power to prorogue the House acts on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Usually, prorogation follows the adjournment of the sitting of the House sine die.

The time-lag between the adjournment of a House sine die and its prorogation is generally two to four days, although there are instances when a House was prorogued on the same day on which it was adjourned sine die.

It is not necessary that both the Houses should be prorogued simultaneously.