Om Birla of NDA vs K Suresh of Congress for Lok Sabha Speaker; Consensus fails

New Delhi: For the first time, there will be an election for the Speaker in Lok Sabha as the ruling NDA and the Opposition could not reach a consensus.

While Om Birla is the NDA candidate, the opposition bloc has fielded veteran Congress leader K Suresh.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju were deployed to build a consensus on the Speaker candidate after the opposition INDIA bloc said it was considering its options.

The election for the Speaker is to take place tomorrow June 26. 

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