Niranjan Pujari named as BJD candidate for Speaker

May 24, 2014 05:18 pm | Updated May 23, 2016 04:01 pm IST - Bhubaneswar

BJD supremo Naveen Patnaik on Saturday proposed the name of former minister Niranjan Pujari for the post of Speaker of the 15th Odisha Legislative Assembly.

“It has been decided that Niranjan Pujari will be the Honorable Speaker of the Assembly,” Mr Patnaik told reporters.

Putting an end to all speculations, Mr. Patnaik proposed Pujari’s name before the Assembly secretary while the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Bikram Keshari Arukh seconded the proposal.

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