Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Dr Virendra Kumar to be the Protem Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha.
Virendra Kumar will be the Protem speaker until a permanent speaker is appointed by the Lower House.
Virendra Kumar is the 7time MP from Madhya Pradesh – 4 times from Sagar constituency and 3 time from Tikamgarh constituency.
In the previous Narendra Modi cabinet, Kumar was the Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Minister of State for Women and Child Development.
A Pro-tem Speaker is a temporary speaker and also the senior most member of the house appointed for a limited period of time to conduct the works and proceedings of the house until a speaker and a deputy speaker is not appointed.