Om Birla vs K Suresh for Lok Sabha Speaker post: Top things to know about them
over 10 sets of nominations were filed in support of Om Birla's candidature, including from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda, and BJP allies like TDP, JD(U), JD(S) and LJP (R). Three sets of nominations were filed in support of Dalit leader and Congress candidate K Suresh.Om Birla was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha after he won from Kota in Rajasthan.
Om Birla was also a member of the Standing Committee on Energy in Parliament and member of Committee on Petitions and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.He was elected again in the 17th Lok Sabha after winning the 2019 general elections from Kota and served as Speaker of the lower House of Parliament.He has returned to the Lok Sabha for the third time from Kota in Rajasthan. If Om Birla wins, he would be the first person to get the post for the second term in 25 years.Also Read | Om Birla vs K Suresh, who has the numbers to become Lok Sabha Speaker? Read hereOm Birla has been active in politics since he was a student.
He served as state unit president of the Bhartiya Yuva Morcha in 1991 and as vice-president at the national level. How is Lok Sabha Speaker elected? Read hereBirla'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.Kodikunnil Suresh is the Opposition candidate from the INDIA bloc. He has been eight-time MP from Kerala – the longest serving Lok Sabha MP.
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