GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 1st Oct: Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla today paid floral tributes to former Speaker Shri G.M.C. Balayogi on his birth anniversary at the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan.
Members of Parliament and other dignitaries also joined in paying homage to Shri Balayogi, who served as the Speaker of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Lok Sabhas. Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, Shri Utpal Kumar Singh, along with officers of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, also offered their tributes.
Shri Balayogi, who was earlier a Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Minister of Higher Education in the state government, was remembered for his contribution to public life and parliamentary traditions. He passed away in a helicopter crash on March 3, 2002, in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
