Lok Sabha Speaker Elections: It’s a historical day today with the speaker being elected for the Lok Sabha. In contention are BJP’s Om Birla, three-time MP from Rajasthan’s Kota and the Speaker in the last Lok Sabha and Congress’s eight-term MP from Kerala’s Mavelikara, K Suresh.
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav congratulated NDA’s Birla on assuming the Lower House’s speaker chair.
– After Om Birla was elected as Lok Sabha speaker, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says “Respected Speaker, it is the good fortune of the House that you are occupying this Chair for a second time.”
