Om Birla (born 23 November 1962) is an Indian politician, agriculturist and social worker who is the 17th and current

Speaker of the Lok Sabha The speaker of the Lok Sabha ( IAST: ) is the presiding officer and the highest official of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general e ...

. He serves as a Member of Parliament from Kota-Bundi constituency in

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. Prior to parliament, he was elected thrice to the assembly of Rajasthan. He belongs to the

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Early life

Om Birla was born on 23 November 1962, to Shrikrishna Birla and Shakuntala Devi in a Marwari

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family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Govt. Commerce College, Kota and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University,

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. He married Amita Birla in 1991 and has two daughters Akansha and Anjali.

Political career

Legislative Assembly

Om Birla won his first assembly elections contesting from Kota South in 2003. He defeated Shanti Dhariwal from

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by a margin of 10,101 votes. In the next assembly elections, he defended his seat with a comfortable margin of 24,300 votes to his nearest candidate Ram Kishan Verma from Congress in 2008. Before becoming a Member of Parliament, he won his third assembly election against Pankaj Mehta (Congress) by close to 50,000 votes in 2013. During his tenure in 2003–08, he was the Parliamentary Secretary (MoS rank) in Rajasthan Government.

Member of Parliament

As the

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candidate for the Kota constituency Om Birla was elected to the

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. In the 16th Lok Sabha, he was a member of the Standing Committee on Energy and Consultative Committee for the

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. Selection of the Kota-Bundi MP, Om Birla for the post of the Lok Sabha speaker surprised many including MPs from the treasury bench.

Speaker of the Lok Sabha

On the 19 June 2019 Om Birla was elected

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of the

, following a motion for election moved by

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of the

. The

and the

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parties also moved notices for Birla and urged him to be impartial as presiding officer of the Lower House. The

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convention for the

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is for the

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to come from the Opposition benches. As of March 2021, uniquely in the history of the Republic, the Lok Sabha approaches two years of a vacant Deputy Speaker seat.

Posts held

* District President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Kota. (1987–91) * State President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha, Rajasthan State. (1991–1997) * National Vice President, Bhartiya Janta Yuva Morcha. (1997–2003) * MLA From Kota South(2003-2015) * Member of Parliament from Kota(2014-Present) * Vice Chairman, National Co-operative Consumer Federation Limited. * Chairman, CONFED, Jaipur. (June 1992 to June 1995) * Lok Sabha Speaker, (19 June 2019 to present)

References

External links

Official biographical sketch
in Parliament of India website , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Birla, Om Living people Rajasthan MLAs 2013–2018 1962 births India MPs 2014–2019 Lok Sabha members from Rajasthan Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Rajasthan People from Kota, Rajasthan India MPs 2019–present Speakers of the Lok Sabha