India, Oct. 7 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
New Delhi; 7 October, 2026: Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla paid floral tributes to former Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shri Bali Ram Bhagat, at his portrait in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his Birth Anniversary, today.
Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, Shri Utpal Kumar Singh also paid tributes to Shri Bhagat.
A veteran freedom fighter with rich parliamentary experience and deep knowledge of parliamentary practices and procedures, Shri Bhagat was elected as the Speaker of the Fifth Lok Sabha on 5 January 1976. He was a Member of the Provisional Parliament and First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Lok Sabhas.
As a Union Minister, he held important portfolios, i...