Lok Sabha Speaker, Shri Om Birla, paid floral tributes at the portrait of former Lok Sabha Speaker Shri G.M.C. Balayogi in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, on his Birth Anniversary, today.

Members of Parliament and other dignitaries also paid tributes at the portrait of Shri Balayogi on this occasion.

लोक सभा के पूर्व अध्यक्ष श्री जी.एम.सी. बालयोगी जी की जयंती पर संविधान सदन के केन्द्रीय कक्ष में श्रद्धासुमन अर्पित किए।

बालयोगी जी का अध्यक्षीय कार्यकाल संसदीय परिपाटियों को उन्नत बनाने के लिए जाना जाता है। लोकतांत्रिक मूल्यों के प्रति उनकी प्रतिबद्धता आज भी प्रेरणीय है। pic.twitter.com/N6brPUtKj4

— Om Birla (@ombirlakota) October 1, 2025

Secretary-General, Lok Sabha, Shri Utpal Kumar Singh, and Officers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats paid tributes to Shri Balayogi.

Shri Balayogi was the Speaker of the Twelfth Lok Sabha and he was re-elected the Speaker of the Thirteenth Lok Sabha as well. He was also a Member of the Tenth Lok Sabha. Earlier, he was a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Minister of Higher Education in the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

Shri Balayogi passed away on 3 March, 2002 in a helicopter crash in West Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.

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