What is the name of Speaker of Sixteenth Lok Sabha?

2022

What is the name of Speaker of Sixteenth Lok Sabha?

  1. A.

    Meira Kumar

  2. B.

    Sumitra Mahajan

  3. C.

    Om Birla

  4. D.

    Manohar Joshi

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Correct answer: B

The Sixteenth Lok Sabha was constituted after the 2014 general election (2014–2019). Sumitra Mahajan, a Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Indore, was unanimously elected its Speaker on 6 June 2014, becoming the second woman to hold the office after Meira Kumar. Hence the correct answer is Sumitra Mahajan.

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