NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, DEC 20
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shankar Chaudhary and senior BJP MLA Jetha Bharwad were on Tuesday unanimously elected as the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, respectively, during the first session of the 15th state Assembly in Gandhinagar.
15મી ગુજરાત વિધાનસભાના અધ્યક્ષ તરીકે આજે શ્રી શંકરભાઇ ચૌધરીની સર્વાનૂમતે વરણી કરવામાં આવી. આ અવસરે મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે જણાવ્યું કે લોકશાહીના મંદિરની ઉજ્જવળ પરંપરાઓ જાળવી રાખવામાં નવનિયુકત અધ્યક્ષશ્રીનું માર્ગદર્શન નિરંતર મળતું રહેશે. pic.twitter.com/Lce3exevh2
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The opposition Congress as well as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supported the nominations of ruling party legislators Chaudhary and Bharwad.
While Chaudhary’s name was proposed by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Bharwad’s name was proposed by state Finance Minister Kanubhai Desai.
Chaudhary, who represents the Tharad seat in Banaskantha district, had served as a minister in the Gujarat governments led by Anandiben Patel and Vijay Rupani between 2014 and 2017. He had lost the 2017 Assembly election 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.
Bharwad is the chairman of the Panchmahal Dairy, while Chaudhary heads the Banas Dairy.
Earlier on Monday, all the newly-elected MLAs took the oath of office.
