J&K Assembly session begins, BJP legislator Kavinder elected new Speaker

JAMMU :  BJP legislator Kavinder Gupta was elected as  the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, soon  after the Mufti Mohammad led PDP-BJP Government’s first Budget  session commenced here today.
All the ministers and members comprising Opposition National Conference and Congress attended the first-day session.    Meanwhile, members also participated in the election process to elect new Speaker of the J&K Assembly.    Mr Gupta was elected unopposed as the new Speaker amid the presence of Pro-tem Speaker Mohammad Shafi Uri.    Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra will later address the joint session of the House.
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