Bhartruhari Mahtab

Mahasweta Mahtab

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(m. 1982)​

Bhartruhari Mahtab
Official Portrait
Pro-tem Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha
In office 24 June 2024 –26 June 2024
Children	2
Parent(s)	Harekrushna Mahatab (father) Subhadra Mahatab (mother)
Residence	AB-94, Shahjahan Road, New Delhi
Alma mater	Utkal University
Profession	Journalist politician
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Bhartruhari Mahtab (born 8 September 1957) is an Indian politician from Odisha. He served as the pro tem speaker of the Lok Sabha from 24th June, 2024 to 26th June, 2024 after the 2024 Indian general election. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He has been a member of Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2024 as member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Ahead of the 2024 elections, he quit BJD and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^{[4] [5]} He is awarded with Sansad Ratna awards in 2025 for his excellence performance in parliamentary duties. ^[6]

Early life

Mahtab is the son of late Harekrushna Mahatab, ^[7] who served two times as the Chief Minister of Odisha. ^[8]

Career

Mahtab was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party, and resigned from the BJD to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 28 March 2024 before the Lok Sabha elections. ^[9] He was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 from the Cuttack constituency of Odisha. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 from the same constituency. ^[10] He received the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in 2017. ^[11] He is also the recipient of Sansad Ratna Award in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 for his outstanding performance in 'Debates'. ^{[12] [13]} He was appointed as the pro-tem speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on 20 June 2024 by President Droupadi Murmu under the Article 95(1) of the Constitution of India, with the office coming into effect from the first day of the sitting of the 18th Lok Sabha i.e. 24 June 2024 and served till 24 June 2024 until Om Birla was re-elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on the same day through voice-voting system. ^[1]

See also

• Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)

Notes

1. Om Birla as Speaker

References

1. "Who will be the pro-tem speaker of 18th Lok Sabha? What is the role in the inaugural session?". Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
2. "First Session of 18th Lok Sabha to be Held from 24th June to 3rd July, 2024".
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
4. "Lok Sabha elections: Former BJD MPs Bhartruhari Mahtab, Sidhant Mohapatra join BJP". 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 8 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024– via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
5. The Economic Times (6 June 2024). "Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Archived from the original on 27 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
6. "Sansad Ratna: 'संसद रत्न' से सम्मानित होंगे 17 सांसद; जानें सुप्रिया-निशिकांत समेत किस-किस को मिलेगा पुरस्कार". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 19 May 2025.
7. "Lok Sabha adjourned as govt wanted discussion on Antarctic bill in presence of Opposition MPs". The Economic Times.
8. "Meet Bhartruhari Mahtab, New Pro-Tem Speaker Of Lok Sabha". Zee News. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
9. "Bhartruhari Mahtab". PrsIndia.
10. "Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.132. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile
11. IANS (2 August 2018). "Rajya Sabha Congratulates Best Parliamentarian Awardees". NDTV. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
12. Nayak, Subadh (9 June 2018). "BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab gets Sansad Ratna Award-2018".
13. Pioneer, The. "Mahtab to get Sansad Ratna Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

• Profile on Loksabha site

Party political offices
Preceded by Arjun Charan Sethi	Leader of the Biju Janata Dal Party in the 16th Lok Sabha 2014–2019	Succeeded by