Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla paid tributes to former Lok Sabha Speaker Sardar Hukam Singh on his birth anniversary today. In a social media post, Mr Birla said that Sardar Hukam Singh was a skilled politician, a sharp legal expert, and an outstanding orator. He added that Sardar Hukam Singh as a presiding officer established several healthy traditions in the conduct of the House and attached special importance to maintaining discipline and decorum in the House for the effective functioning of parliamentary democracy.