For the first time in decades, an election for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post will take place on Wednesday due to the inability of the BJP's ruling NDA government and the Congress-led INDIA opposition to reach to a consensus, reported news agency ANI.

Prior to this, the Lok Sabha speaker elections has happened only three times in the past history; 1952, 1967 and 1976. Traditionally, the Lok Sabha Speaker and Deputy Speaker were elected through consensus between the ruling party and the Opposition, reported ANI.