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Ritu Khanduri all set to become assembly speaker

The Kotdwar MLA would be the first woman speaker of U’khand

Friday, 25 March 2022 | PNS | Dehradun

The newly elected MLA from Kotdwar Ritu Khanduri is all set to become the first woman speaker of Uttarakhand assembly. On Thursday Khanduri, who is the daughter of former CM Major General (retd) BC Khanduri, filed her nomination papers for the post in presence of chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, BJP State president  Madan Kaushik and other leaders. The election on the post of the speaker would be on March 26 and for it a special session has been convened. The Vidhan Sabha secretariat has kept March 24 and 25 as the dates for nomination for the position of speaker. With ruling BJP deciding to nominate Khanduri for the position, her election on March 26 is a mere formality.

Asked to comment on the selection of Khanduri for the post of assembly speaker, the CM Dhami said that while the Congress only engages in rhetoric like ‘Ladki Hun Lad Sakti Hun’, the BJP believes in empowering the women and the party consistently works on it.

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