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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Ashok Pradhan | TNN

BJD MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha elected speaker of Odisha legislative assembly

BHUBANESWAR: BJD MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha, who resigned from Naveen Patnaik's cabinet as a minister on June 4, was unanimously elected speaker of Odisha legislative assembly in Bhubaneswar on Monday. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik proposed Arukha's name, which was seconded by parliamentary affairs minister Niranjan Pujari during the one-day session of the vidhan sabha specially convened to elect the new speaker. Naveen thanked the MLAs for in electing Arukha as the speaker.

Arukha unanimous choice as speaker

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