Clean sweep..! BJP MLA Rajesh Patnekar gets elected as a speaker to Goa Legislative Assembly
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Panaji, June 4: Garnering 22 votes over 16 received by the Congress leader Pratapsingh Rane, BJP MLA Rajesh Patnekar got elected as the speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly today.
Patnekar, who represents the Bicholim assembly constituency said he would try his best to be impartial in his decisions and expressed disappointment that late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died in March after a prolonged battle with cancer, was missing from the House.
"I cannot forget Parrikar... His contribution in the House and in Goa cannot be forgotten and will be remembered in the years to come. Both the ruling as well as opposition benches enjoyed a lot under his leadership," Patnekar said.
The new Speaker also had a word of advice for the MLAs. "Don't leave the House while the Assembly is in session. Try to watch, try to study. Make sure the House does not remain empty”, he said.
The 22 votes for Patnekar include 16 from BJP MLAs, and three each from Goa Forward Party legislators and independents. Whereas the 16 votes for Rane include 15 from Congress legislators and one from the lone Maharasthrawadi Gomantak Party MLA in the 40-member house.
The lone Nationalist Congress Party MLA Churchill Alemao was not present for voting. The post of the speaker fell vacant after Pramod Sawant became Goa Chief Minister in March this year following the demise of former CM Manohar Parrikar.
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