Om Birla elected as Speaker for 18th Lok Sabha by voice vote

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Om Birla of the BJP-led NDA was elected as Speaker for the 18th Lok Sabha by voice vote on Wednesday. The election followed a motion moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and seconded by Union Minister Rajnath Singh and JD(U) leader Lalan Singh. The election was necessitated after the NDA and INDIA bloc failed to reach a...

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Om Birla Triumphs: Elected Speaker of Lok Sabha in Historic Showdown | Modi, Rahul Congratulate Him

Om Birla has been elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha after a voice vote in the Lower House of the Parliament on Wednesday. The 18 th Lok Sabha witnessed a rare contest for the Speaker post on Wednesday between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Om Birla and Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and the INDIA group of Opposition parties failed to arrive at a consensus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi moved the motion to elect Mr. Birla as the Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday. The motion to appoint Mr. Suresh as the Speaker was moved by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Arvind Sawant. #loksabhaspeaker #PMModi #RahulGandhi #OmBirlaVideo #PMModiRahulTogether #loksabhaspeakerelection #loksabhaspeakerlive #ombirla #IndiaAlliance #nda #ksuresh #parliamentsession #parliamnetsession2024 #loksabha #loksabhalive #live #ksuresh #18thloksabhasession #latestnews #livenews #newslive ~HT.318~PR.152~GR.125~ED.101~

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