BJP MP Om Birla Elected Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha
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Thursday, June 27, 2024
BJP MP Om Birla was elected as the speaker of 18th Lok Sabha. He defeated the Congress MP Kodikunnil Suresh in a voice vote.
The Speaker and Deputy Speaker are traditionally appointed with consensus between ruling and opposition parties. The speaker being usually from the ruling party and the deputy speaker from a party other than the ruling party, a tradition followed from 1990 to 2014. The deputy speaker post has been vacant since May 2019. Uncertainties over Deputy Speaker's position in the 18th Lok Sabha prompted the opposition to field Kodikunnil Suresh against Om Birla.
Sources
[edit]- "Shri Om Birla Elected as Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha" — Press Release, Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi, June 26, 2024
- FP Explainers. "Why is the Congress demanding the Deputy Speaker’s post in Lok Sabha? What does history reveal?" — Firstpost, June 26, 2024
- "Deputy Speaker" — sansad.in, June 26, 2024
- India Today Video Desk. "INDIA bloc's K Suresh on Speaker election: 'Government compelled'" — India Today, June 26, 2024