The newly elected speaker said that all the MLAs will be able to speak their mind here. (Photo credit: @himantabiswa)
GUWAHATI: BJP MLA Biswajit Daimary was on Friday unanimously elected as the speaker of the 15th Assam legislative assembly.
Daimary had submitted his nomination on Thursday in presence of chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP state president Ranjeet Kumar Dass in the assembly secretariat.
The Congress-AIUDF coalition had not put any candidate for the speaker s post.
With no other nomination, pro-tem Speaker Phani Bhusan Choudhury announced Daimary as the new speaker and handed over the charge to him.
Thanking everyone, the newly elected speaker said, I believe I will be able to give a strong and positive message from the House to the people of Assam. All the MLAs will be able to speak their mind here. I will give equal chance to everyone as per the rule.