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Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha: Om Birla will be the Lok Sabha Speaker in the third term of the BJP government. He has been elected Speaker by voice vote. The opposition fielded K. Suresh of India Block. However, the opposition itself did not demand a vote, due to which the Speaker took the decision by voice vote.
Balram Jakhar was the speaker for two consecutive terms
This is the fifth time the Lok Sabha Speaker has been elected for a second term. Om Birla was previously elected Speaker by MA Iyengar, GS Dhillon, Balram Jakhar and GMC Bal Yogi. However, so far only Balram Jakhar is the only leader who has completed two consecutive terms on the Speaker's post.
The speaker has been selected. Now it is the turn of the deputy speaker. The post of deputy speaker was vacant in the previous government. The opposition demands that according to tradition, they should get the post of deputy speaker. However, nothing is clear yet about the post of deputy speaker. The speaker will decide when the deputy speaker will be elected.
The speaker is the most important person in the house
The post of Lok Sabha Speaker is a constitutional post. The Speaker is the most important person in the House. Nothing can happen in the House without the Speaker's approval. The proceedings of the House are under the Speaker's supervision. If the Speaker is absent, the Deputy Speaker conducts the proceedings of the House. Know how the posts of Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker came into existence.
The 1919 Act
In the year 1919, the Government of India Act was passed in British India. Under this act, the Parliament was formed. Under the act, two houses of the Parliament were created. The first house is the Central Legislative Assembly which is the lower house and the second is the Council of States which is the upper house.
Ford Reforms recommended the creation of two houses of Parliament. The then Foreign Secretary in British India Edwin Montagu and Viceroy Lord Chelmsford prepared a report in 1918. On the basis of this report, the Government of India Act was implemented. Initially, there were 142 members in the Central Legislative Assembly. Out of which 101 were elected, 41 were nominated.
Of the 101 members elected, 52 were commoners, 29 Muslims, 2 Sikhs, 7 Europeans, seven zamindars and four merchants. Later three seats were added – Delhi, Ajmer Mewar and North West Frontier. The first election to the Central Assembly was held in November 1920.
After independence, when the Indian Independence Act 1947 came into force, the Central Legislative Assembly was dissolved. After the Constitution came into force in 1950, the Central Legislative Assembly was renamed as Lok Sabha and the Council of States was renamed as Rajya Sabha.
Thus came the post of president and vice president
When the Central Legislative Assembly was formed, there was no post of Speaker or Deputy Speaker. Then the President and Vice President were called. In 1921, Governor General Frederick White was appointed the Speaker of the Assembly. Sachchidanand Sinha was elected Deputy Speaker. On 24 August 1925, elections were held for the post of Speaker of the Assembly. Vitthalbhai Patel won this election. Vitthalbhai Patel remained on this post till 28 April 1930. After him, Mohammad Yakub became the President.
The last election was held on 24 January 1946
From 1925 to 1946, he was elected Speaker of the Assembly six times. The last election was held on 24 January 1946. Then Congress candidate GV Malvankar was elected. After independence, when the Assembly was dissolved, Malvankar was made the Speaker of the last Parliament. When the first Lok Sabha was formed on 17 April 1952, Mavlankar was elected Speaker. And this is how the post of Speaker and Deputy Speaker came into existence. After independence, GV Malvankar was the first Speaker, while MA was the Deputy Speaker. Iyengar became the Speaker of the Lok Sabha after the death of Mavlankar in February 1956. Since independence, only MPs of the party or alliance have been becoming the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. So far, 18 Deputy Speakers have been appointed. In which only ten times the MP of the opposition party or alliance has got this responsibility.
