LOK SABHA SPEAKER PAYS FLORAL TRIBUTES TO FORMER SPEAKER, LOK SABHA, SHRI P.A. SANGMA

Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla, along with other dignitaries, paid floral tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Shri P.A. Sangma at his portrait in the Central Hall of Samvidhaan Sadan on his birth anniversary. Shri Sangma, a prominent leader from Meghalaya, served as a Union Minister, Chief Minister of Meghalaya, and was unanimously elected Speaker of the Eleventh Lok Sabha in 1996 as the first Member from the Opposition to hold the office. He was a nine-term Member of the Lok Sabha recognized for his contributions to parliamentary democracy, the welfare of tribal and disadvantaged communities, and the development of the North-Eastern region.