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Balram Jakhar (23 August 1923 – 3 February 2016) was an Indian politician, who served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Governor of Madhya Pradesh. He was also the longest serving Speaker of the Lok Sabha, whose tenure lasted 9 years and 329 days. Jakhar was among the popular faces of Jat politics in Rajasthan during 1980s.
The speaker of the Lok Sabha (IAST: Lok Sabhā Adhyakṣa) is the presiding officer and the highest authority of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. [2] The speaker is elected generally in the first meeting of the Lok Sabha following general elections.
On 6 June 2014, Mahajan was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha. [2] She had earlier worked as a member of the 'Panel of Chairmen' in the Lok Sabha. [8] [9] [10] She took the step of suspending 25 Congress MPs for five days (August 2015) from House for indiscipline in the House. [11] Key Patron at NLC Bharat [12]
A speaker is the presiding officer of the Lok Sabha and of the legislative assembly of each of the twenty-eight states and three union territories. Similarly a chairperson heads the Rajya Sabha and the legislative council of each of the six states, where the upper house in the state legislature exists.
However, she was later nominated for the position of the Speaker of Lok Sabha and she submitted her resignation three days after assuming ministerial office. Kumar was then elected as the first ever woman speaker of Lok Sabha and remained in office from 2009 to 2014. [12] [13]
The last time elections were held for the post of speaker was in 1976 during the tenure of the 5th Lok Sabha, with Baliram Bhagat of INC(R) defeating Jagannathrao Joshi of BJS. Birla became the 5th Speaker of the Lok Sabha to retain his post for 2 consecutive terms, after G. M. C. Balayogi, Balram Jakhar, G. S. Dhillon and M. A. Ayyangar. [7]
Members of the Official Opposition in the Lok Sabha: Appointer: Speaker of the Lok Sabha: Term length: 5 years: Inaugural holder: Ram Subhag Singh (1969–1970) Formation: 1950: Deputy: Deputy Leader of the Opposition: Salary ₹ 330,000 (US$3,800) (excl. allowances) per month: Website: loksabha.nic.in
Gupta was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India, for the first time in 1960, in a by-election. Thereafter, except for a short period from 1977 to 1980, he was a member till his death. In later years, as a result of his being the oldest member of the Lok Sabha he served as pro tem Speaker in 1996, 1998 and 1999.