Pro-tem Speaker administers oath to newly-elected MLA in Puducherry

Pro-tem Speaker administers oath to newly-elected MLA in Puducherry

Party sources attribute the delay in conducting the Speaker election to the claims made by both the AINRC and the BJP for the post within the NDA fold. In the absence of election to the Speaker’s post, the Pro-tem Speaker chaired the entire Budget session held in August and now administered the oath of office to the newly-elected Thattanchavady MLA