- All the newly-elected MLAs will be administered the oath of office in the Assembly on December 19 by Protem Speaker Yogesh Patel
- The new Assembly will meet for the first time for a day on December 20
- Bharwad, a six-time MLA from Shehra Assembly seat of Panchmahal district, had served as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly for a year between 2021 and 2022 in the 14th Assembly.
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, DEC 15
Although the much-anticipated ministerial post was not given to Banas Dairy chairman Shankar Chaudhary, he is set to become the next Assembly Speaker of Gujarat.
ગાંધીનગર લોકસભાના લોકપ્રિય સાંસદ તેમજ કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહ અને સહકાર મંત્રી શ્રી @AmitShah પ્રમુખસ્વામી મહારાજ શતાબ્દી મહોત્સવમાં ઉપસ્થિત રહેશે
આજે સાંજે 5:00 કલાકે
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• https://t.co/gDXaSM7RFO pic.twitter.com/Nsoctaw70j— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) December 15, 2022
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat on Thursday declared Shankar Chaudhary and Jethabhai Bharwad as its candidates for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker, respectively, of the newly-formed 15th state legislative Assembly.
An official notification issued by the Assembly secretariat said the new Assembly will meet for the first time for a day on December 20, and election for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be held in the first half, while other businesses will be taken up in the second half.
The Managing Committee of Banas Dairy decided to increase the price of milk for a fourth time this year.
The price of milk has gone up by Rs. 30 per kg fat.
On December 16, the price of a kg fat milk will increase from Rs. 760 toRs. 790 as a result of the new pricing. pic.twitter.com/qJDyRGQfCv
— Banas Dairy (@banasdairy1969) December 13, 2022
Another notification said that all the newly-elected MLAs will be administered the oath of office in the Assembly on December 19 by Protem Speaker Yogesh Patel.
In the just-concluded Assembly elections, the BJP retained power by winning 156 out of the total 182 seats, while the Congress bagged only 17 seats. The remaining seats went to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), independents and the Samajwadi Party (SP).
Considering the numbers, both Chaudhary and Bharwad are all set to win the respective posts in case an election takes place. Speakers are generally elected unopposed.
Chaudhary, who represents the Tharad seat in Banaskantha district, had served as a minister in the governments led by Anandiben Patel and Vijay Rupani between 2014 and 2017. Chaudhary had lost Assembly elections in 2017 from Vav seat.
Bharwad, a six-time MLA from Shehra Assembly seat of Panchmahal district, had served as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly for a year between 2021 and 2022 in the 14th Assembly.
While Bharwad is the chairman of Panchmahal Dairy, Chaudhary heads Banas Dairy.
