Om Birla is an MP from Kota, Rajasthan. He retained the seat after defeating Congress’s Prahlad Gunjal by a margin of 41,000 votes
Om Birla has been since 2014 and went on to retain his seat in both the 2019 and 2024 Lok Sabha elections
He was elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha in 2019. In 2024, he became the first speaker to be re-elected to the lower house in 20 years
He was born in Kota on November 23, 1962, and was involved in student politics while in college. He completed his M Com from Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati University, Ajmer
In 1991, he became the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of BJP. He then was also made the National Vice President in 1997
In 2003, he was elected as the MLA in the Rajasthan Assembly from the Kota South seat. He also worked as the Parliamentary secretary of the state government led by chief minister Vasundhara Raje
He was praised for his efforts to provide financial assistance during his tenure as Parliamentary Secretary. He is carrying an image of the poor's Messiah
He has been nominated by the NDA government for the speaker’s post against INDIA-alliance’s Kodikunnil Suresh, eight time MP in Lok Sabha