Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik and other Congress members greeted the new Speaker.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Surama Padhi was on Thursday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Odisha Assembly.
Padhi, a two-time MLA from Rampur Assembly seat in Nayagarh constituency, was the only candidate for the post and as there were no other candidates, he won unopposed.
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Pro tempore Chairman RP Swain announced her election at a special meeting of the council and handed her over the duties.
Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo, Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida, Leader of Opposition Naveen Patnaik and other Congress members greeted the new Speaker.
Padhi is the second woman to become the Odisha Assembly Speaker after BJD’s Pramila Malick.
The ruling BJP has 78 members in the 147-seat Odisha assembly.
First uploaded: June 20, 2024 12:51pm
