Om Birla was first elected as the Lok Sabha speaker in 2019 (File photo)
New Delhi:
Capping days of speculation over the name of the new Lok Sabha Speaker, the NDA on Tuesday decided to nominate BJP MP Om Birla for the post, a position he held in the previous House.
5 Points About Om Birla, NDA’s Lok Sabha’s Speaker Nominee
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Om Birla retained the Kota Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan by defeating Congress’s Prahlad Gunjal by a margin of over 41,000 votes. He is the first Lok Sabha speaker in 20 years to be re-elected to the Lower House.
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Mr Birla has held the Kota Lok Sabha seat since 2014 and was elected as the Lok Sabha speaker in 2019.Â
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Born on November 23, 1962, in Kota, he was involved in student politics during his college days.
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Mr Birla then became the State President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP, in 1991. He was then made the National Vice President in 1997.
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A three-time MLA, he was first elected to the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in 2003 by winning from the Kota South seat.
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