M. B. Rajesh elected Speaker of Kerala Assembly
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He polled 96 votes defeating P. C. Vishnunath of the Congress who obtained 40 votes
M. B. Rajesh, CPI(M) legislator from Trithala constituency in Palakkad and Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate, was declared elected as Speaker of the15th Kerala Legislative Assembly on Tuesday.
Mr. Rajesh defeated United Democratic Front (UDF) and Congress legislator P. C. Vishnunath, elected from Kundara in Kollam, within the elections held within the House. Pro-Tem Speaker P. T. A. Rahim, who was within the Chair and performed the proceedings, knowledgeable the House that Mr. Rajesh bagged 96 votes and Mr. Vishnunath obtained 40 votes.
Of the 140 seats within the Legislative Assembly, the CPI(M)-led LDF has 99 legislators and the Congress-led UDF 41.
Later, the brand new Assembly Speaker was escorted to the Chair by the Leader of the House and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and
Leader of Opposition V. D. Satheesan to imagine cost. Mr. Vijayan, Mr. Satheesan and different leaders of the political events provided felicitations to the brand new Speaker.
The polling started as quickly because the House commenced at 9 a.m. Two polling cubicles have been arrange in behind the Speaker’s chair within the podium to expedite the voting and the poll field was saved close to the Chair. The legislators have been referred to as row clever ranging from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The polling, performed as per COVID protocol, was over by 9.50 a.m.
Mr. Rajesh succeeds P. Sreeramakrishnan who was Speaker of the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. Mr. Rajesh, an advocate by occupation, was a Member of Parliament for 2 consecutive phrases representing Palakkad. He did his commencement in Law from the University of Kerala and M.A in Economics from the NSS College, Ottapalam. The 50-year-old, a State Committee Member of the CPI(M), was elected to the Assembly for the primary time and would be the twenty third Assembly Speaker.
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