GANGTOK, June 12: SKM MLA Mingma Norbu Sherpa was unanimously elected the speaker of the Sikkim assembly on Wednesday.
Raj Kumari Thapa was unanimously elected the deputy speaker of the House.
Pro-tem speaker Sanjeet Kharel put forward the proposal for voting by the members who unanimously elected Sharma as the speaker of the House.
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A two-term MLA from Daramdin, Sharma was a minister in the last Prem Singh Tamang government.
After taking charge, the new speaker read out a proposal about Raj Kumari Thapa’s candidature for the post of deputy speaker.
Thapa, 44, was also elected unanimously by the House. She is a two-term MLA from Rangang-Yangang.
Earlier, pro-tem speaker Kharel administered oath to all 31 members of the House, beginning with chief minister Prem Singh Tamang who has been elected from two constituencies — Rhenock and Soreng-Chakung. (PTI)
