Sumitra Mahajan of BJP elected Lok Sabha Speaker Friday June 06,2014

The Lok Sabha on Friday June 06,2014 got its second woman Speaker as all the parties unanimously elected BJP MP Sumitra Mahajan for the top post -First Woman Speaker being 15th Lok Sabha's Meira Kumar(INC)

Sumitra Mahajan(71)was elected after the 29 new members were administered oath as members of the 16th Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked all the political parties for the unanimous election of new Speaker.
Sumitra Mahajan's name was on Thursday approved for the post. Senior leaders from all parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had moved motions on Thursday proposing her name
Sumitra  Mahajan starting her political life at the age of 39,became the deputy mayor and then an MP from Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
Sumitra  Mahajan was a Minister of State in the Atal Behari Vajpayee cabinet from 1999 to 2004, holding different portfolios of Human Resources, Communications and IT and Petroleum and Natural Gas.
Sumitra  Mahajan,a lawyer turned politican is known for her trademark simplicity, honesty and clean image besides her impeccable winning record
Sumitra Mahajan won her Lok Sabha seat for the 8th consecutive time in 2014 Lok Sabha Election by an impressive margin of 4.67 lakh votes