Om Birla

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

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New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah speaks in the Lok Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (Photo: PTI)

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In response to Mr Gogoi's remarks, Mr Shah demanded that the Congress MP provide proof of his accusation in the House

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Members in the Lok Sabha during Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (Sansad TV/PTI Photo)

GST hike sets off ruckus in Lok Sabha

Protests in Lok Sabha over new GST rates, Speaker chides MPs

20 Jul 2022 1:46 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Parliament during ongoing Budget Session, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

'That's my right': Speaker Om Birla schools Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Birla schooled Gandhi for not following proper Parliamentary procedure during a debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address

03 Feb 2022 10:39 AM

Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during their meeting in New Delhi, Thursday, Aug 12, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Eight ministers target Opposition, ask it to 'apologise' for Parliament ruckus

The government rebutted the allegations by NCP chief Sharad Pawar that 'outsiders' had been called in to 'manhandle' Opposition members

13 Aug 2021 7:21 AM

An all-party meeting is a customary procedure before the beginning of every session of Parliament to ensure its smooth functioning. (Photo: AFP/file)

All-party meeting to be held on July 18 ahead of Monsoon session of Parliament

The government also has a series of legislations on its agenda in the Parliament session which will conclude on August 13

14 Jul 2021 11:58 AM

The battle between the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress and its main challenger, the BJP, is intensifying with both sides pulling no punches in showing the other one down. (Photo: PTI)

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has been proactive in denying access to journalists to Parliament

21 Mar 2021 4:36 AM

Get tested for COVID-19 at least 72 hours before Monsoon Session: Om Birla tells MPs

The Monsoon Session is likely to start from September 14 and conclude on October 1.

29 Aug 2020 4:09 AM

MPs disturbing House decorum will face action: Lok Sabha Speaker

The Speaker denied that the Parliament debates have become much bitter in the recent times.

29 Feb 2020 7:33 AM

Is Om not missing a deputy?

Defence minister Rajnath Singh is currently in the USA with external affairs minister S. Jaishankar.

22 Dec 2019 1:11 AM

Sparks fly; Congress MPs, Smriti in Unnao tussle

An angry Irani told the Congress members not to shout at her.

07 Dec 2019 1:17 AM

'If members agree, we will implement a new system from today. After question hour, if I do not give permission on adjournment notices, then you raise your issues. Stop the practice of standing up soon after the question hour begins. Does the House give its permission? Yes, there is permission,' Birla said. (Photo: File | ANI)

LS Speaker takes sense of House, asks opposition to raise issues in zero hour

Speaker gave directions soon after the House met for the day and opposition members sought to raise their issues.

05 Dec 2019 4:52 PM

Birla also directed Godse not to ask the same question by saying, 'I will give one more chance, but don't ask the same question'. (Photo: ANI)

'Pay Attention': LS speaker to Union Minister Raosaheb Danve sitting in last row

Earlier, Speaker ruled that those members who give names for supplementaries and remain absent wouldn't be given chance to ask questions.

03 Dec 2019 7:59 PM

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday asked members to improve the quality of their questions, soon after a query was raised about renovation and construction of an approach road to a local temple in Madhya Pradesh. (Photo: File)

Speaker Om Birla urges LS memebers to improve quality of questions

During the Question Hour, BJP member Guman Singh Damor asked about restoration of old temples in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh.

02 Dec 2019 1:42 PM

'What she (BJP MP Pragya Thakur) said has been expunged from the record. How can there be a debate if it is not on record?' said Om Birla. (Photo: File | ANI)

'Not on record, don't discuss': Speaker on Pragya's Godse remark

The MP from Bhopal had triggered uproar during a discussion in the LS on Wednesday when she praised Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Godse.

28 Nov 2019 2:35 PM

Union minister of state for Electronics and Information Technology Sanjay Dhotre rose to reply that due to security reasons, some restrictions have been imposed in Kashmir. (Photo: Twitter | @SanjayDhotreMP)

Government non-committal on issue of restoring internet in J&K

Speaker Om Birla said the matter is not in the domain of the Ministry of Electronics and IT.

27 Nov 2019 2:20 PM

'His (Rahul Gandhi's) question was listed for the Question Hour and I wanted to give him a chance had he been present,' Birla said. (Photo: File)

Speaker notes Rahul's absence, says wanted to give chance in Question Hour

The speaker asked Suresh to move to his designated seat and continue.

19 Nov 2019 6:23 PM

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will hold a meeting on Saturday with the leaders of all parties in the House for the smooth functioning of Parliament during the winter session which is beginning from Monday. (Photo: File)

Lok Sabha Speaker to chair all-party meeting today ahead of winter session

The meeting will be held in the Parliament Library Building at 3.30 pm.

16 Nov 2019 11:32 AM

Addressing the trainee officials Birla said that the CRPF is deployed in some of the most challenging operational environments such as Jammu and Kashmir, North East and Left Wing Extremism affected states. (Photo: File)

LS Speaker Om Birla commends CRPF for fighting in extreme environments

He commended the Force for their discipline and commitment to duty.

15 Nov 2019 11:12 AM

He said that Pakistan had raised an issue internal to India and extraneous to their discussions for narrow political gains. (Photo: File)

‘Vituperative mudslingling’: Tharoor takes a dig at Pak for raising Kashmir issue at IPU

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said Parliament of India will not allow these malicious efforts to succeed.

17 Oct 2019 9:00 AM

Speaker’s views on caste let India down

Individuals of all caste or religious groups, including those of Brahmins, have made noteworthy contributions in all aspects of national life.

13 Sep 2019 12:00 AM

He also had said it is the aspirations of 'all of us' that Parliament Building of the largest democracy of the world should be the most magnificent and attractive. (Photo: File)

New parliament building is under consideration: LS Speaker Om Birla

'The current parliament building may also be modernized,' Om Birla said.

10 Aug 2019 6:42 PM

Sushma Swaraj laid to rest with full state honours

She was a leader, lawyer, orator, humanitarian and indeed a great politician who will be remembered forever.

07 Aug 2019 9:42 AM

The Opposition claimed that the information about the Bill was circulated to them late at night and it did not get enough time to prepare. (Photo: File)

Oppn again accuses govt of bulldozing bills in Lok Sabha

Union minister for parliamentary Affairs Mr Prahlad Joshi’s efforts to reason out went in vain as the members kept protesting.

02 Aug 2019 7:48 AM

Another party MP Kalyan Banerjee alleged that the government was using its power ‘whimsically and arbitrarily’. (Photo: ANI)

Members will get information on bills a day in advance: Speaker assures Oppn

TMC lawmaker Sudip Bandopadhyay said members do not have any idea of bills coming up and do not have adequate time for preparation.

01 Aug 2019 3:47 PM

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan (Photo: ANI)

Speaker to warn Azam Khan: Apologise, or I’ll take action

Rama Devi said he should be suspended from the Lok Sabha for the entire five years.

27 Jul 2019 12:05 AM

Azam Khan has been asked to apologize or otherwise face action by the Speaker. (Photo: ANI)

Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan asked to apologize for 'sexist' comment

Azam's remarks aimed at BJP MP Rama Devi, when she was in the Chair on Thursday, were strongly criticised in LS on Friday.

26 Jul 2019 6:06 PM

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi urged the Speaker to take most exemplary action in the matter. (Photo: ANI)

Will take decision after consulting leaders: Om Birla on Azam Khan

Sitharaman said to politicise an issue related to women is 'outrageous' and the entire House has to stand together

26 Jul 2019 2:39 PM

Among others present were Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar. (Photo: ANI)

PM Modi plants saplings in Parliament as part of plantation drive

The speaker also expressed his desire of making the country an example of healthy living and rich-green environment.

26 Jul 2019 2:10 PM

The DCW chief further stated that if the government passes the bill it will encourage sexual assault of transgender persons. (Photo: ANI)

DCW chairman writes to Lok Sabha Speaker, slams Transgender Bill

In a letter to LS Speaker Om Birla, Swati Maliwal wrote that this Bill, if passed in its present form, will be detrimental to the community.

26 Jul 2019 2:05 PM

As Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was reading out from news clippings grounds on which women have been given instant triple talaq, Birla asked him not to read from clippings. (Photo: File)

Speaker Om Birla asks Law Minister not to read from newspaper clippings

The law minister then used the term 'media reports' to refer to the cases of instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat.

25 Jul 2019 4:34 PM

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan. (Photo: ANI)

Uproar in Lok Sabha after Azam Khan makes sexist comment

Khan, while addressing the Parliament, reportedly passed a remark at the BJP MP Rama Devi representing Sheohar constituency.

25 Jul 2019 4:19 PM

Do not answer concerns of members who speak and leave: Speaker tells minister

Birla noted that if a member leaves the House after giving his speech, no reply should be given to issues raised by him.

22 Jul 2019 9:33 PM

As soon as the House met for the day, Speaker Om Birla read the condolence messages. (Photo: File)

LS adjourned till 2 pm after paying tributes to Ram Chandra Paswan, Sheila Dikshit

The members stood in silence briefly to pay their tributes to the two leaders.

22 Jul 2019 12:56 PM

Speaking to media persons, Paswan had said that Ram Chandra was morew like a son to him. Speaker Om Birla met Union Minister Paswan at his residence. (Photo: ANI)

LS Speaker Om Birla meets Ram Vilas Paswan, condoles his brother's death

Ram Chandra Paswan was a Lok Janshakti Party MP and passed away from a massive heart attack.

22 Jul 2019 11:16 AM

After the Speaker's assurance, the opposition members went back to their seats and the Question Hour continued. (Photo: File)

'Don't touch my staff,' Lok Sabha Speaker warns MP

His remarks came when the opposition members including Congress, TMC and DMK were protesting in the well of the House.

19 Jul 2019 4:58 PM

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla today asked a leader of the Trinamool Congress not to do 'marketing" of West Bengal'. (Photo: File)

'Don't do marketing of Bengal': Lok Sabha speaker to TMC lawmaker

The remark came after lawmaker spoke about a health scheme of the state government in the House.

19 Jul 2019 4:26 PM

Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi

Congress lawmakers fume over minister's jibe at Gandhis

The House witnessed ruckus for a while and the proceedings became normal after Speaker Om Birla's intervention.

17 Jul 2019 1:32 PM

As Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was not allowed to speak, the Congress members staged a walkout of the House. (Photo: File)

Congress stages walkout in LS after Speaker rejects adjournment notice

As soon as the Question Hour came to an end, the Speaker rejected all the notices of adjournment, which was opposed by the Congress.

16 Jul 2019 10:15 PM

Recalling that the Swachhata Abhiyan was launched earlier by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to coincide with the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhiji. (Photo: ANI)

Take the message of Swachhata Abhiyan from Parliament to villages: LS Speaker urges MPs

Ministers Rajnath Singh, Harsh Vardhan, Prahlad Joshi and other dignitaries were present for the occasion.

13 Jul 2019 5:02 PM

Chowdhury requested Speaker Om Birla to arrange for food and transport facilities for the staff when the House will sit till late. (Photo: PTI)

Lok Sabha staffers working till late hours to get food, transport facilities

The problem was brought to the notice of Speaker by the Congress’ Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.

11 Jul 2019 4:48 PM

Congress members had been raising slogans from their seats and later from the well of the House over developments in Karnataka. (Photo: LSTV)

'Congress unable to put its house in order,' says Rajnath Singh

He maintained that the problems faced by the party following the resignation of its MLAs in the state were its internal matter.

09 Jul 2019 2:07 PM

Taking a swipe at AAP Lok Sabha MP Bhagwant Mann for his changing subject during Zero Hour, Lok Sabha speaker OM Birla on Thursday said that he is an 'educated' speaker. (Photo: ANI)

‘Educated’ speaker: Om Birla after Bhagwant Mann changed subject during Zero Hour

Birla further said that if any parliamentarian wants to change the subject during Zero Hour then they have to take permission from him.

04 Jul 2019 4:06 PM

The Zero Hour refers to the time immediately following the Question Hour in both the Houses of Parliament. (Photo: File)

OM Birla urges Lok Sabha MPs not to walk out during Zero Hour

The speaker also requested the new members to not level any allegations against anyone without proof.

04 Jul 2019 3:23 PM

Speaker draws praise for running Lok Sabha for hours

The Bill replaces an Ordinance that was promulgated on March 2, 2019.

27 Jun 2019 3:32 AM

BJP may pick deputy speaker from BJD; YSR Congress not keen

Over the past few decades, the constitutional post has conventionally gone to a party which is not a member of the ruling dispensation.

24 Jun 2019 9:20 AM

The petition, filed by advocates Manmohan Singh Narula and Susmita Kumari on Friday, contends that denying the second largest party the leadership in the parliament sets the wrong precedence and dilutes the democracy. (Photo: Representational Image)

Petition in Delhi HC seeks direction for appointment of Leader of Opposition in LS

On June 18, senior Congress leader and West Bengal MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was named by the Congress as its leader in the Lok Sabha.

22 Jun 2019 4:52 PM

Newly-elected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla

Om Birla plans to help new MPs, cut disruptions

The business advisory committee, which has members from different parties, took a call on the issue and he went by it, he added.

22 Jun 2019 7:53 AM

Asked whether it was going to be tough for him to run the Lok Sabha amid religious chants, Om Birla said, ‘There is no challenge’. (Photo: ANI)

Who said you can't say 'Vande Mataram', 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'? asks Om Birla

Sonia Gandhi, took oath on Tuesday. She was welcomed amid slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' and 'Jai Sri Ram'.

20 Jun 2019 1:57 PM

Birla, a two-term MP from Kota in Rajasthan, was a surprise pick for the speaker’s post by the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. (Photo: PTI)

'Won't allow religious slogans or heckling in the House,' says Om Birla

Birla said: 'I am very clear on this. Parliament is a temple of democracy. This temple always functions by parliamentary rules.'

20 Jun 2019 10:18 AM

Seeking cooperation from all the members for a smooth functioning of the House, Birla said they should raise the questions and issues that come under the ambit of the central government. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Will run House impartially, safeguard interests of all members: Om Birla

Everyone should be heard and the government should respond to them, Birla said.

19 Jun 2019 1:57 PM

Starting his political journey as a student leader, Birla was also elected to the Rajasthan Assembly for three consecutive terms in 2003, 2008 and 2013. (Photo: File)

Om Birla: From grassroots politician to Lok Sabha speaker

A surprise pick by the ruling BJP-led NDA, Birla's name was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself for the post, sources said.

19 Jun 2019 12:38 PM

BJP MP from Kota, Om Birla elected as Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha

More details are awiated.

19 Jun 2019 11:18 AM

Odisha’s BJD backs NDA’s nominee for LS Speaker

BJD’s Parliamentary party leader Pinaki Mishra said his party would support the NDA’s proposal of selecting Om Birla as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

19 Jun 2019 7:05 AM

BJP’s Rajasthan MP Om Birla set to be Speaker

An agriculturist and social worker, the low-profile leader has been in active politics from his student days.

19 Jun 2019 5:48 AM

Choudhary told ANI, 'Our party has already moved motion in favour of Om Birla as Speaker of Lok Sabha.' (Photo: ANI)

Congress backs NDA candidate for LS Speaker post

This was disclosed by Adhir Ranjan Choudhary, new leader of Congress party in the House.

18 Jun 2019 8:48 PM

Once nominated, Birla, who won from Kota-Bundi parliamentary seat in Rajasthan, will easily become the speaker as the National Democratic Alliance has a clear majority in the House. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

NDA nominates Om Birla for LS Speaker’s post, parties extend support

The Opposition has not yet announced any candidate for the post while Tuesday is the last day to file nomination.

18 Jun 2019 10:08 AM

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