BJP’s Girish Gautam unanimously elected as MP Assembly Speaker

BHOPAL: BJP MLA Girish Gautam was unanimously elected as Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on the first day of the state budget session on Monday. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan moved a proposal in the House to elect Gautam as the Assembly’s Speaker. The proposal was seconded by Home Minister Narottam Mishra, Medical Education Minister Vishwas Sarang and Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel, besides other members from the treasury benches and Leader of the Opposition Kamal Nath. Later, pro-tem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma declared Gautam elected.