National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Om Birla was elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker for the second consecutive term on Wednesday after a motion moved by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was adopted through voice votes.
The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) party unanimously selected Mingma Norbu Sherpa from Daramdin constituency as the new Speaker of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly.
In a major political development, Congress MLA and former minister Sudip Roy Barman was suspended on Friday from Tripura Assembly for the entire budget session for making "derogatory remarks against ministers and treasury bench members".
