Srinagar, Nov 3 Seven-time MLA from Charar-e-Sharief, Abdul Rahim Rather, will become the first Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is scheduled to meet for a five-day session beginning tomorrow.
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According to the provisional calendar for the session issued by the Assembly Secretariat, the House will elect the Speaker in the first sitting tomorrow.
According to the notification of the Legislative Assembly business issued by its Secretary Manoj Kumar Pandit, Minister for Agriculture Production, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Javaid Ahmad Dar will move the motion for the election of the Speaker. “Advocate Abdul Rahim Rather, a member of this House be chosen as the Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly,” states the motion to be tabled by the Minister.
Rather had earlier held the post of the Speaker in the Legislative Assembly of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. He was also the Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2008 when the PDP-Congress coalition Government ruled the State.
While the BJP has not named a candidate for the Speaker’s post, it was not clear if the Government and the Opposition have reached an informal understanding on the key post in the Assembly.
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