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NDA candidate Om Birla was unmously elected as the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday.Birla's name was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was supported by all major Opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, DMK, and BJD.The YSRCP and TDP also supported Birla's candidature.Soon after Birla's appointment, Prime Minister Modi went up to the Speaker's chair and congratulated him."It is a matter of great pride for the House and we all congratulate Om Birla on being unmously elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Many MPs know Birla well. He has served in the state of Rajasthan also," Prime Minister Modi said.The unopposed election of Birla, a two-time BJP MP from Kota in Rajasthan, was a smooth affair, however, it broke the record of women holding the post for the past 10 years.In 2009, Meira Kumar became the first woman to be elected to the post during the UPA-2, while the NDA followed suit by nominating Sumitra Mahajan in 2014.An agriculturist and social worker, the low-profile leader has been active in politics from his student days and served as state unit president of the Bhartiya Yuva Morcha in 1991 and as vice-president at the national level.Birla was elected to the 17th Lok Sabha from Kota where he defeated Congress' Ramnarain Meena by over 2.5 lakh votes. He was elected to the last Lok Sabha from the same seat.Born on 23 November 1962, Om Birla completed his Masters in Commerce from Government Commerce College, Kota and the Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer.In 2003, he defeated Shanti Dhariwal, of the Congress by a margin of 10,101 votes, to win his first assembly election from Kota South. Subsequently, he won the Assembly polls in 2008 and 2013.Birla was the Parliamentary Secretary (MoS rank) in the Vasundhara Raje government from 2003 to 2008. In the last Lok Sabha, Birla was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy in Parliament and member of Committee on Petitions and Consultative Committee for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.He has also been in-charge of the orgsational revamp of the party in 2018 when the then Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje was drawing flak from the public.He has also initiated several social welfare programs, including launching in 2012 Paridhan, an initiative which engages in distributing clothes and books for the poor and opened several blood donation camps.( With inputs from ANI )

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The first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is set to create a record with all the first-time members likely to raise their issues in the House before conclusion of its sitting later this month. It is among the initiatives of Speaker Om Birla, who is enc ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Thursday that the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is expected to make history as all newly-elected parliamentar would be raising their issues in the House on matters of their concern. ...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday said that the first session of 17th Lok Sabha is expected to create history as the newly elected MPs were being given opportunities to raise their issues in the house. ...

In a record of sorts, the Lok Sabha on Monday took up 10 questions during the Question Hour, marking a feather in the cap of new Speaker Om Birla. ...

Led by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, 134 MPs performed yoga on the premises of Parliament on the occasion of International Yoga Day on Friday. ...

On Day 3 in the Lok Sabha, Speaker Om Birla expressed his annoyance with lawmakers for not maintaining the dignity of the House, asking them maintain discipline. ...

BJP leader Om Birla was on Wednesday elected as the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha, with the Opposition supporting his candidature and ensuring a unanimous decision, which was hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "matter of great pride". ...

NDA candidate Om Birla was unmously elected as the Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. ...