Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Om Birla will be the next Lok Sabha Speaker. Two-time MP from Rajasthan’s Kota, Birla will be the Speaker for the 17th Lok Sabha.
Birla won the Lok Sabha election from Kota-Bundi parliamentary seat in Rajasthan. As per sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have taken a decision on the name. Once nominated, he will easily become the Speaker as the NDA has a clear majority in the House.
Birla will be succeeding Sumitra Mahajan for the post who served as the Speaker in the 16h Lok Sabha. Eight-time MP from Indore, Sumitra Mahajan had not contested the 2019 Lok Sabha election after the BJP seemed hesitant in fielding her from the seat as she has crossed the 75-year age bar.
Once the ruling party takes the decision on the name, it is officially proposed by the Prime Minister or the minister of parliamentary affairs. This time the motion to propose the name has to be done before Tuesday noon. All the motions proposed will have to be seconded by one member. The member whose name has been proposed has to give in writing her willing to accept the chair of the speaker. All these documents have to be addressed to the secretary general, Lok Sabha.
The Budget Session of the 17th Lok Sabha began on Monday and saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi among others take oath.
Meanwhile, some reports said Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to chair a meeting of her party’s Parliament strategy group today to chalk out the strategy for the ongoing session of Parliament. In the meeting, leaders are likely to discuss a common agenda to ensure better floor coordination among the Opposition parties, a source in the party told news agency ANI.