LOK SABHA SPEAKER PAYS TRIBUTES TO FORMER SPEAKER, LOK SABHA, SHRI BALI RAM BHAGAT

The Lok Sabha Speaker and the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha paid floral tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Bali Ram Bhagat at his portrait in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on his birth anniversary. Shri Bhagat was a veteran freedom fighter, elected as Speaker of the Fifth Lok Sabha on 5 January 1976, and served as a Member of Parliament across multiple Lok Sabhas. He also held several Union ministerial portfolios including Finance, Planning, Defence, and External Affairs, and served as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan.