Om Birla has been unanimously elected as the 17th Lok Sabha Speaker with
the opposition Congress coming out in support of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s candidate.
Birla will replace Sumitra
Mahajan.
Mr.Om
Birla:
He is a two-time
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament (MP)
from Rajasthan.
Birla is also a member of the Standing
Committee on Energy in Parliament, member of Committee on Petitions and Consultative Committee for
Ministry of social justice and empowerment. He has an 86% average
attendance in the House.
Nominated
by:
Mr.Birla was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah and minister for
transport and highways and shipping Nitin Gadkari. He was also backed by Biju
Janata Dal (BJD) and YSR Congress Party (YSRCP).
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) which was
led by the Congress has also decided to support Birla’s candidature.
