Om Birla

‘You bowed to PM Modi’: Rahul Gandhi on Speaker's gesture; Om Birla responds

2024-07-01 21:00:00 UTC

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks came during a discussion on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address to a joint sitting of Parliament.

'You must not bow...': Rahul Gandhi reacts on LS speaker Om Birla's gesture to PM Modi

2024-07-01 21:00:00 UTC

Gandhi's observations drew attention to what he perceived as a contrast in Birla's demeanour when greeting him versus the Prime Minister.

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Om Birla (born 23 November 1962) is an Indian politician and businessman from Rajasthan. He is the current Speaker of the Lok Sabha since 19 June 2019. He serves as a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Kota constituency in Rajasthan since 2014. In 2024, he became the first person in 20 years to be re-elected as an MP to the lower house, after serving as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, and also the one of the only two MPs to be appointed the speaker twice. He was also a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly representing Kota South Assembly constituency from 2003 to 2014. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He won the 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election as NDA candidate. He is three time MP from from Kota Lok Sabha constituency.

Om Birla was born to Shrikrishna Birla and Shakuntala Devi in a Baniya Hindu family. He completed his master's degree in commerce from Government Commerce College, Kota, and Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer. He married Amita Birla in 1991 and has two daughters, Akansha and Anjali.