18th Lok Sabha: Om Birla elected as Speaker for second straight term

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Photo Credit -Sipra Das /New Delhi,26th June 2024 /Parliament

Lok Sabha on Wednesday elected ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Om Birla Speaker for a second consecutive term by a voice vote.In his first address to the House, Birla hoped for fewer disruptions in the fresh Lok Sabha. He said rushing into the Well of the House is not a tradition of Parliament and that he had to take tough decisions to ensure decorum.

But an adjournment on the first day of Birla’s Speakership in the 18th Lok Sabha occurred when he read out a resolution condemning the “dictatorship” during the Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, and the Congress strangulating “Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution”. The Opposition members protested the resolution, which led to the House being adjourned. BJP members demonstrated outside Parliament House, demanding an apology from the Congress for the Emergency. In a post on X, the PM lauded the Speaker for the resolution.

After the election, Opposition members, led by Leader of the Opposition (LOP) Rahul Gandhi, congratulated Birla but reminded him of his duty to honour the Constitution and allow them to raise people’s voice in the House. They said large-scale suspensions of Opposition MPs, as had happened in the previous Lok Sabha, were undesirable.

News Mania Desk /Photo Credit -Sipra Das (National Consulting Photo Editor)

26th June 2024 , New Delhi