Om Birla, a seasoned politician, has been serving as the 17th Speaker of the Lok Sabha since June 2019. Birla was elected Speaker of the Lok Sabha, defeating Congress candidate Mallikarjun Kharge. He represents the Kota-Bundi constituency in Rajasthan as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Birla's name was proposed for Speaker after he was re-elected to Lok Sabha for a third term, defeating Congress’s K Suresh in the third-ever Lok Sabha speaker election.
He will once again be contesting the 18th Lok Sabha elections as a BJP candidate from the Kota seat of Rajasthan.
Before being elected to Lok Sabha, Birla served three terms as a legislator in the Rajasthan Assembly. He was elected to the 12th, 13th and 14th state assemblies in 2003, 2008 and 2013 respectively.
Born on November 23, 1962, in Kota, Rajasthan, Birla began his political career at a young age. He graduated from Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University in Ajmer with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. After graduating, Birla worked as a farmer and social worker.
Active in student politics from an early age, Birla was president of the student union at the Government Senior Secondary School, Gumanpura, in 1979.
Birla has been associated with the BJP since a young age. He served as district president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the party, for four years. He was then appointed as Rajasthan state president of the organisation for six continuous years before being elevated to national vice-president of All India Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha for another six years.
Birla has previously served as director of Coal India, chairman of Rajasthan State Cooperative Consumer Association and vice president of National Cooperative Consumer Association. He was arrested in Uttar Pradesh due to his active participation in Ram Mandir construction movement.
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In a letter to the floor leaders of all the parties, Birla underlined the need for “deep introspection” when it came to upholding the highest standards of respect for the country’s Constitutional institutions.
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THE NO-CONFIDENCE motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla was rejected by the House with a voice vote after heated exchanges between the Opposition and Treasury benches.
Initiating the debate, Gogoi said the Opposition was compelled to bring a resolution for Birla’s removal as LS Speaker to “save the Constitution” and the “dignity of the House”.
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Parliament will witness a similar debate on March 9, when MPs are likely to discuss and vote on the motion to remove Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. Opposition MPs have given a notice for the removal of the Speaker “because of the blatantly partisan manner in which he has been conducting the business of the Lok Sabha…”
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