Om Birla was first elected as the Lok Sabha speaker in 2019 (File photo) New Delhi: Capping days of speculation over the name of the new Lok Sabha Speaker, the NDA on Tuesday decided to nominate BJP MP Om Birla for the post, a position he held in the previous House. 5 Points About Om
Seven-term parliamentarian and BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab was on June 20 appointed pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha, deviating from the largely followed convention of appointing the senior most member of the House to the post, drawing sharp criticism from the opposition Congress. The primary job of the pro-tem Speaker is to administer the oath
BJP’s Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) candidate Sujay Vikhe-Patil has sought verification of the machines. New Delhi: The Election Commission has received eight applications from aggrieved candidates, including those from the BJP and the Congress, for verification of tampering or modification in micro-controller chips embedded in the EVMs post declaration of Lok Sabha election results on June 4.