Bhartruhari Mahtab

Indian politician (born 1957

Bhartruhari Mahtab
Mahtab in 2023

Pro-tem Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha
In office 24 June 2024 – 26 June 2024
President	Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Virendra Kumar Khatik^[a]
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office March 1998
Constituency	Cuttack, Odisha
Preceded by	Biju Patnaik

Personal details
Born	(1957-09-08) 8 September 1957 (age 66) Agarpada, Odisha, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present)
Other political affiliations	Biju Janata Dal (1998–2024)
Spouse	Mahasweta Mahtab (m. 1982)
Children	2
Parent(s)	Harekrushna Mahatab (father) Subhadra Mahatab (mother)
Residence(s)	Kataka, Odisha, India
Alma mater	Utkal University
Profession	Journalist politician
Source: [1]

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]

Early life

Mahtab is the son of late Harekrushna Mahatab,^[6] who served two times as the Chief Minister of Odisha.^[7]

Career

Mahtab was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party, and resigned from the BJD to join BJP on 28th March, 2024.^[8] He was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha in 1998 from Cuttack constituency in Odisha. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019 from the same constituency.^[9] He received the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award 2017.^[10] He is also the recipient of Sansad Ratna Award 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 for his outstanding performance in 'Debates'.^[11]^[12] He was appointed as the Pro-tem speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha on 20 June 2024 by the President of India 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. June 24, 2024 and served till June 26, 2024 until Om Birla has been elected as the Speaker of 18th Lok Sabha on the same day.^[1]

Notes

^ Om Birla as Speaker

References

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "First Session of 18th Lok Sabha to be Held from 24th June to 3rd July, 2024".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "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.
^ 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.
^ "Lok Sabha adjourned as govt wanted discussion on Antarctic bill in presence of Opposition MPs". The Economic Times.
^ "Meet Bhartruhari Mahtab, New Pro-Tem Speaker Of Lok Sabha". Zee News. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
^ "Bhartruhari Mahtab". PrsIndia.
^ "Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.132. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2012. Fifteenth Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile
^ IANS (2 August 2018). "Rajya Sabha Congratulates Best Parliamentarian Awardees". NDTV. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ Nayak, Subadh (9 June 2018). "BJD MP Bhartruhari Mahtab gets Sansad Ratna Award-2018".
^ Pioneer, The. "Mahtab to get Sansad Ratna Award". The Pioneer. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

External links

Profile on Loksabha site [2]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bhartruhari Mahtab.

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

Members of the 18th Lok Sabha from Odisha

GE 2024

17th LS members

19th LS members

Members of the 18th Lok Sabha from

States: AP; AR; AS; BR; CT; GA; GJ; HR; HP; JH; KA; KL; MP; MH; ML; MN; MZ; NL; OR; PB; RJ; SK; TG; TN; TR; UP; UT; WB

Union territories: AN; CH; DH; DL; JK; LA; LD; PY

v t e Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from Odisha
GE 2019	Achyuta Samanta Anubhav Mohanty Aparajita Sarangi Basanta Kumar Panda Bhartruhari Mahtab Bishweswar Tudu Chandra Sekhar Sahu Chandrani Murmu Jual Oram Mahesh Sahu Manjulata Mandal Nitesh Gangadev Pinaki Misra Pramila Bisoyi Pratap Chandra Sarangi Rajashree Mallick Ramesh Chandra Majhi Sangeeta Singh Deo Saptagiri Shankar Ulaka Sarmistha Sethi Suresh Pujari
16th LS members 18th LS members Members of the 17th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (19)	Arjun Charan Sethi Arka Keshari Deo Balabhadra Majhi Bhartruhari Mahtab Hemendra Chandra Singh Jhina Hikaka Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Kulamani Samal Ladu Kishore Swain Nagendra Kumar Pradhan Pinaki Misra Prabhas Kumar Singh Prasanna Kumar Patasani Rabindra Kumar Jena Rama Chandra Hansdah Rita Tarai Siddhanta Mahapatra Tathagata Satpathy Sakuntala Laguri
BJP (1)	Jual Oram
Independent (1)	Jay Panda (previously BJD)
Bye-election	Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh (BJD) Pre-bye poll: Hemendra Chandra Singh - deceased
15th LS members 17th LS members Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

v t e Members of the 15th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (14)	Arjun Charan Sethi Baijayant Panda Bhartruhari Mahtab Jayaram Pangi Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo Laxman Tudu Mohan Jena Nityananda Pradhan Pinaki Misra Prasanna Kumar Patasani Rudra Madhab Ray Siddhanta Mahapatra Tathagata Satpathy Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri
Congress (6)	Amarnath Pradhan Bhakta Charan Das Hemananda Biswal Pradeep Kumar Majhi Sanjay Bhoi Srikant Kumar Jena
CPI (1)	Bibhu Prasad Tarai
14th LS members 16th LS members

v t e Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (11)	Archana Nayak Arjun Charan Sethi Bhartruhari Mahtab Braja Kishore Tripathy Brahmananda Panda Harihar Swain Mohan Jena Prasanna Acharya Prasanna Kumar Patasani Sugrib Singh Tathagata Satapathy
BJP (7)	Ananta Nayak Bikram Keshari Deo Dharmendra Pradhan Jual Oram Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Parsuram Majhi Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Congress (2)	Chandra Sekhar Sahu Giridhar Gamang
JMM (1)	Sudam Marndi
13th LS members 15th LS members

v t e Members of the 13th Lok Sabha from Odisha
BJD (10)	Arjun Charan Sethi Bhartruhari Mahtab Braja Kishore Tripathy Jagannath Mallick Prabhat Kumar Samantaray Trilochan Kanungo Padmanava Behara Prasanna Kumar Patasani Naveen Patnaik Prasanna Acharya
BJP (9)	Anadi Charan Sahu Ananta Nayak Bikram Keshari Deo Debendra Pradhan Jual Oram Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain Parsuram Majhi Salkhan Murmu Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Congress (2)	Hema Gamang Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
12th LS members 14th LS members