Choudhury appointed Pro-tem Speaker of Assam Assembly

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
Last Updated : May 27 2016 | 4:57 PM IST
MLA Phani Bhushan Choudhury was today appointed pro-tem speaker of Assam assembly.
Assam Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya appointed Choudhary until a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker were elected by the House, a government release said here.
Choudhary will perform the duties of the Speaker till commencement of the first meeting of the 14th House on June 1.
The June 1 session would be the first of the BJP-AGP-BPF government, formed on May 24 after a landslide victory with the alliance wresting power from the Congress winning 86 of the 126 Assembly seats.
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First Published: May 27 2016 | 4:57 PM IST

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