Sumitra Mahajan was unanimously elected as the lok sabha speaker by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the opposition party Congress. Meera Nair was the previous lok sabha speaker it is a special thing that this time also a women has been selected as the lok sabha speaker. Mallikarjun Kharge from Congress, Mulaayam Singh from BJP, Thota Narasimham from TDP, MEkapaati Rajamohan Reddy from YSRCP supported Sumithra. Kamalnath announced that Sumithra Mahajan has been selected as the speaker. After that she took her position as the speaker in the presence of Narendra Modi and other members of lok sabha. After that Venkaiah Naidu who was speaking about the Parliamentary matters congratulated Kamalnath for carrying out the duties as the protem speaker. He appreciated Kamalnath that Kamalnath has created a record by making 510 members take their oath on a single day.