Nitin Gadkari gets back seat next to Amit Shah in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been allocated seat number one in the Lok Sabha chamber, while the seat opposite to him on the other side of the semicircular front row has been earmarked for Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari was earlier allocated division number 58 in the second column, but has now been given seat number four next to Home Minister Amit Shah, according to a circular issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has got division seat number two, next to the Prime Minister.

Another prominent opposition leader, Akhilesh Yadav, who heads the Samajwadi Party (SP), will sit on seat number 355 in the front row. Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sudip Bandhopadhyay will sit next to Mr. Yadav. TMC leaders Abhishek Banerjee, Kalyan Banerjee and Saugata Roy have been allocated seats numbered 280, 281 and 284 in the second row.