Ritu Khanduri becomes first woman speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly

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Category : State Published on: March 29 2022

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BJP MLA Ritu Khanduri, the daughter of former chief minister BC Khanduri, was elected unopposed as the first woman speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly.
The announcement about her election was made by pro-tem speaker Banshidhar Bhagat.
Ms Kanduri was elected as the fifth Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. She succeeded BJP's Premchand Aggarwal, whose term ended on March 10.
Ritu Khanduri won from Kotdwar by defeating former minister S S Negi by more than 3,000 votes. She had won her maiden assembly election from the Yamkeshwar constituency in 2017.

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Ritu Khanduri becomes first woman speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly