Loksabha Speaker: Newly elected speaker Om Birla triggers row with 'Emergency' remarks | ABP News

BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Kota Om Birla took oath for the second time as the Lok Sabha speaker. Om Birla was elected as the Speaker on a voice vote after an election in Lok Sabha — a procedure that has happened only thrice since 1947.

Birla, who's known to be strict in his conduct of the House, is often alleged to favour the government. He holds the distinct record of having suspended 95 MPs — the highest ever in independent India — from Lok Sabha. Om Birla began his second stint as the Lok Sabha Speaker on Wednesday with a controversy when he called on the members of the Lok Sabha to observe a two-minute silence for "those who lost their lives to Congress's tyranny and the government".