PM Narendra Modi leads new Lok Sabha speaker to his chair

BJP's surprise pick, Om Birla, became the Lok Sabha Speaker after his candidature was backed by all NDA allies, Congress and TMC in the parliament on Wednesday. Earlier, a notice was given to the Lok Sabha Secretariat by the BJP, proposing the name of Birla, a two-time MP from Kota-Bundi seat in Rajasthan, for the Speaker's post and bringing a motion for his election.

As per PTI sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proposed 57-year-old Birla's name for the post.