Biswabandhu Sen set to become new Speaker of Tripura Assembly
Agartala, Mar 23, 2023, TRIPURA TIMES Desk
Agartala, Mar 23: Veteran politician and MLA Biswabandhu Sen is set to become the new Speaker of the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
Bharatiya Janata Party and its alliance IPFT fielded Sen as the candidate for the election of the Speaker. He accompanied by party MLAs went to the Assembly and submitted his nomination on Thursday.
On the other hand, Gopal Roy on behalf of Congress-CPM alliance submitted his nomination for the Speaker’s post.
The first three-day session of the newly-constituted Tripura Assembly will begin on Friday with the election of the new Speaker.
This is for the first time that the Tripura assembly will witness the presence of Tipra Motha MLAs—the party’s strength in the House is 13. With the 13 seats, the Tipra Motha emerged as the second largest party in the Assembly.
The Tipra Motha’s stand regarding the election of the Speaker is still not clear as the party neither fielded any candidate nor supported any party so far.
At present, the BJP has 31 MLAs followed by IPFT 1, Congress 3 and CPM 11.
According to sources, Suryamaninagar MLA Ram Prasad Paul may become the Deputy Speaker.
Meanwhile, a meeting of BJP-IPFT Legislature party was held at the Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha's official residence on Thursday evening.