BJP’s Ratan Chakraborty elected Speaker of Tripura Assembly

Agartala: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ratan Chakraborty has been elected the 14th Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly.  

On Friday, at the beginning of the 10th session of the 12th Assembly, deputy speaker Biswabandhu Sen commenced the election of the Speaker and declared Chakraborty as the unopposed candidate.

The deputy speaker said three proposals were submitted for the election of the Speaker – by Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and revenue minister NC Debbarma and by the deputy CM and finance minister Jishnu Dev Varma. The proposal was supported by tribal welfare Minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia. The third proposal was made by parliamentary affairs minister Ratan Lal Nath. Government Chief Whip Kalyani Roy supported his proposal. MLA Chakraborty was elected unopposed as the speaker.