Itanagar: Wanglin Lowangdong and Tapang
Taloh on Tuesday filed nominations for the posts of Speaker and
Deputy Speaker respectively in the newly elected 60-member
Arunachal Pradesh assembly.
The Congressmen, elected to the state assembly for the
second time, are likely to be declared elected unopposed
tomorrow in the absence of other candidates for the posts.
The ruling Congress has 42 MLAs, NCP and Trinamool
Congress five each, Peoples Party of Arunachal 4, BJP 3 and
one Independent, who were administered the oath earlier in the
day by pro-tem speaker C T Mein.
The first session of the fifth assembly which began
today will continue till November 6.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 03, 2009, 18:20