Lok Sabha Speaker

 Lok Sabha Speaker

» The Lok Sabha Speaker presides over and conducts the meetings of the Lok Sabha.

> The Lok Sabha elects one of its members as the Speaker.

> The position of Speaker is adopted from Britain.

> Speakers are primarily of 4 types:

(a) Pro-Tem Speaker:

    • After elections to the Lok Sabha, a Pro-Tem Speaker is appointed to preside over the first meetings of the newly constituted Lok Sabha.

    • The President appoints the senior-most member of the Lok Sabha as the Pro-Tem Speaker.

    • This tradition is borrowed from France.

    • The Pro-Tem Speaker administers the oath to the newly elected members.

    • They preside over the House until a new Speaker is elected for the assembly.

    • First Lok Sabha Pro-Tem Speaker - G.V. Mavalankar

    • 15th Lok Sabha Pro-Tem Speaker - Manikrao Gavit

(b) Deputy Speaker:

    • When the Lok Sabha Speaker is not present for the meetings, the Deputy Speaker acts as the presiding officer. The Lok Sabha elects the Deputy Speaker.

    • Since 1967, there has been a convention of allocating this position to the opposition parties.

    • First Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker - Ananthasayanam Ayyangar

    • 15th Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker - Kariya Munda (BJP - Jharkhand)

(c) Panel of Speakers:

    • When the Speaker and Deputy Speaker are not present for the meetings, the ad-hoc speakers who preside are called Panel Speakers.

    • The Speaker announces the list (group) of Panel Speakers.

    * If the Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and Panel Speakers are unable to preside over the meetings, a member elected by the members at that time will preside.