As he stressed the importance of a paperless parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that an app will be designed for its use by all MPs soon. The app will have information about various parliamentary processes. He was speaking at a felicitation ceremony held in New Delhi. He said that such an app will be designed within six months.
Speaking in the House during the just-concluded session, Birla had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include the expansion and modernisation of Parliament Building in his resolution for 'New India', on the completion of the 75th year of India's Independence.
Congress member in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has been appointed as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC of Parliament) in keeping with the convention where the post goes to the leader from the opposition party.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's remarks came during Question Hour when opposition members including from the Congress, Trinamool Congress and DMK trooped near his podium accusing the BJP of destabilizing the Karnataka government.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday launched a special cleanliness drive in the Parliament and urged the MPs to take the zeal of the campaign to every village in the country.
Clean India campaign in Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajnath Singh broom
The MP from Gujarat's Navsari has the highest victory margin in the 2019 general elections.
The two actors-turned-politicians could not take oath as Nusrat Jahan recently got married to businessman Nikhil Jain and Chakraborty also attended the ceremony in Turkey.
Newly-elected Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday said he will run the House in an impartial manner while asserting that the chair should not be biased.
Om Birla was elected the Speaker of 17th Lok Sabha after his candidature was backed by all NDA allies as also by the YSR Congress Party, the Biju Janata Dal and key opposition parties, including the Congress.
Om Birla is National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the post of Lok Sabha speaker. He is likely to be elected unopposed as Opposition parties including the Congress have supported his nomination.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of Parliament, Om Birla, is likely to be nominated as National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate for the post of the next Lok Sabha speaker
Jaipur: Polling began Saturday in four Rajasthan assembly constituencies.As many as 8.95 lakh people are eligible to cast their votes at 961 polling stations in Nasirabad, Weir, Surajgarh and Kota South.A total of 23 candidates
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