Odisha Assembly Speaker election to be held on May 16
In a letter to the members of the OLA, assembly secretary A K Sarangi informed them that the election for the post of speaker will be held at 3 PM on May 16.
Niranjan Pujari was made a minister in the Naveen Patnaik's council of ministers leading to vacancy of the Speaker's post.
Senior BJD leader Pradip Kumar Amat, who resigned as the Finance and Health minister on May 6, is likely to become Speaker of the OLA again.
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