As a fresh session of parliament with a new government gets under way, it was widely reported today that veteran parliamentarian Sumitra Mahajan of the Bharatiya Janata Party will be the ruling combine's candidate for the 16th Lok Sabha.
An eight-time member of the House, Mahajan has been in the reckoning for the Speaker's position since the election results were out.
The 71-year-old Mahajan will be the second woman to preside over the lower house; outgoing Speaker Meira Kumar was the first.



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