Om Birla, a three-time BJP MP, was re-elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker for the second time on Tuesday, prevailing over INDIA bloc’s candidate K Suresh through a voice vote in a rare contested election.

#WATCH | BJP MP Om Birla occupies the Chair of Lok Sabha Speaker after being elected as the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, LoP Rahul Gandhi and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju accompany him to the Chair. pic.twitter.com/zVU0G4yl0d

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed the motion for the election of Birla as the Speaker, which was seconded by senior BJP leaders and allied parties including TDP, JDU, Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena, and Chirag Paswan’s LJP.

Shortly after the election, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi approached Mr. Birla to congratulate him and also shook hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Birla secured his re-election from the Kota seat in Rajasthan, marking the first instance in 20 years that a presiding officer has been re-elected to the Lower House. He won the parliamentary seat by a significant margin of over 41,139 votes.

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