Ritu Khanduri becomes first woman speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly

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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