Sonia meets Speaker Om Birla in Parliament

UPA chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi Thursday paid a courtesy visit to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at his chamber in Parliament, a party leader said.

Gandhi congratulated Birla for his election to the post of Speaker, he said.

Birla, who won the Kota Parliamentary seat in this general election, was elected as the 17th Lok Sabha Speaker on June 19.