Veteran National Conference (NC) leader and seven-time MLA, Abdul Rahil Rather was on Monday elected as the new Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly. Rather represents the Charar-i-Sharief Assembly constituency in Budgam district.
For the first time in six years, the Assembly commenced a five-day session earlier in the day. Election of a new Speaker was the first in the List of Business issued by the Assembly Secretariat.
Protem Speaker Mubarak Gul announced the 80-year-old's name in the Assembly, in the presence of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha is also scheduled to address the House.
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