GG News Bureau
Bhubaneswar, 9th June. The Odisha assembly election for the post of the speaker of the House will be held on June 13.
The post of Odisha Assembly Speaker fell vacant after Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLA SN Patro resigned from the post recently. Patro had resigned from the post on June 4 but mentioned no reason for doing so.
However, his son Biplab Patro had said that his father has been suffering from renal ailments and an eye infection.
In a notification issued on Wednesday, the Odisha assembly OSD-cum-secretary Dasharathi Satapathy said, “Governor has been pleased to fix June 13, 2022 (Monday) at 10.30 am for election of the speaker.”
A meeting of all MLAs has been called together on that day for the purpose, he said in the notification. Satapathy has asked all legislators to participate in the election process.
The ruling Biju Janata Dal is yet to announce its candidate for the post, but party sources said it could nominate former minister BK Arukha for the upcoming election.
The election will be held days after Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had on June 5 reconstituted the council of state ministers, inducting 13 MLAs in the state cabinet and appointing eight others as minister of state (independent charge).
The new council of ministers has 12 new faces and five women.
The ruling Biju Janata Dal has 114 legislators in the House, while the Bharatiya Janata Party has 22, the Congress 9, CPI (M) 1, and one Independent MLA.
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