Om Birla has been elected the speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha 
Om Birla was elected MP for the third time from Kota seat of Rajasthan in the recently held Lok Sabha elections. Was elected MP from Kota seat for the first time in 2014. Before becoming an MP, Birla was also an MLA thrice.BJP MP from Kota Om Birla has been elected the speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha. Om Birla was elected speaker by voice vote on the proposal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Om Birla defeated opposition candidate and 8-time MP K Suresh in this election of Lok Sabha Speaker.After being elected Speaker, PM Modi and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi came to congratulate Om Birla. During this, Rahul Gandhi also shook hands with PM Modi. After this, PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju met Om Birla.
Took to the Speaker’s seat. Birla elected MP for the third time Om Birla was elected MP for the third time from Kota seat of Rajasthan in the recently held Lok Sabha elections. Congress had fielded Prahlad Gunjal from BJP in front of him. Birla defeated Gunjal by more than 41 thousand votes. Birla was unanimously made the Lok Sabha Speaker’s candidate by the NDA on Tuesday.Om Birla was elected MP from Kota seat for the first time in 2014. After this he was also elected MP in 2019 and 2024.Om Birla has become the first leader to become speaker for the second consecutive time in almost two decades. Before her, Sumitra Mahajan had been the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. However, Om Birla has become the first BJP leader to be elected Lok Sabha Speaker twice consecutively.
Before Om Birla, Balram Jakhar of Congress was elected Lok Sabha speaker twice in 1985.Birla, born in 1962, is considered a leader who works for the organization behind the scenes. He entered politics in 1987 by joining BJP Yuva Morcha. Om Birla was also MLA from Kota South seat of Rajasthan from 2003 to 2014.-In 2019, surprising everyone, his name was proposed for the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Birla is the first Lok Sabha Speaker during whose tenure no Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker was elected. Birla also has the record of presiding over the Lok Sabha in both the old and new buildings of the Parliament.
How much property does Om Birla have?
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla had given details of his assets in the affidavit given to the Election Commission during the Lok Sabha elections 2024. According to his affidavit, Om Birla has assets worth Rs 10.62 crore. Not only this, he does not have any liability of any kind.According to the affidavit, Om Birla has Rs 40,000 in cash, while his wife has Rs 30,000 in cash. Om Birla has Rs 1.32 crore deposited in his bank accounts, while the amount deposited in his wife’s bank accounts is around Rs 94 lakh.
