His Lok Sabha tenure started in 2014 after he won ... and the Women Reservation Act, 2023. He is the first Speaker to have chaired the session in the new Parliament.

The hard-fought and polarised election continues to inform the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha with the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post being contested by two candidates, the National Democratic ...

"First mistake as Parliamentary Affairs Minister: seven-term BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab chosen as Protem Speaker of Lok Sabha over senior-most Dalit MP Kodikkunnil Suresh of Congress. What are the ...

Since Independence, elections to the Speaker’s post have been held only on three occasions – in the first Lok Sabha in 1952, in the fourth Lok Sabha in 1967, and then in 1976, when the tenure ...

So, if the Opposition INDIA bloc forces an election for the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 26, it would be the first such instance in the history of Independent India as the person to ...

In the first trial of the strength of the new NDA government, third-term BJP member Om Birla was elected Lok Sabha Speaker for the second consecutive time through voice vote. The contest was the ...

If the opposition forces an election to the post of Speaker of the Lok Sabha next week, it would be the first such instance in the history of independent India as the presiding officer has always ...

New Delhi: BJP Seven-time MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on Monday sworn in as the Lok Sabha Pro-Tem Speaker ahead of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha. His oath was administered by President ...

On June 24th, 2024, BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab was appointed as the ‘Speaker pro tem’ of the 18th Lok Sabha, which is a temporary post. The election of the full-time Speaker is scheduled for ...

Parliament Session: The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began on Monday with the oath-taking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an MP in the Lower House by pro-tem Speaker Bhartruhari Mahtab ...