Ritu Khanduri turns into first girl speaker of Uttarakhand Assembly

By PTI

DEHRADUN: BJP MLA Ritu Khanduri, the daughter of former chief minister BC Khanduri, was elected unopposed as the primary girl speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly on Saturday. The announcement about her election was made by pro-tem speaker Banshidhar Bhagat.

Her election to the publish was a foregone conclusion as the principle opposition Congress selected to remain out of contest. Ritu Khanduri received from Kotdwar by defeating former minister SS Negi by greater than 3,000 votes.

She had received her maiden meeting election from the Yamkeshwar constituency in 2017. Before taking a plunge into politics, she taught at a personal college in Noida for a number of years.

In her maiden handle to MLAs quickly after her election, Khanduri exhorted first-time legislators to utilise 5 years of their tenure in studying about legislative procedures and take part enthusiastically in debates within the House on issues of public curiosity.

Congratulating her, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami dwelt on her tutorial achievements and stated her assumption of workplace as the primary girl speaker of the state was an acknowledgement of the precious contribution made by girls in Uttarakhand’s motion for statehood.

“It is a historic day for us. We got our first woman speaker in you today. It is an honour for the entire women population of the state who played a stellar role in the formation of Uttarakhand,” Dhami stated.

Opposition members Pritam Singh and Yashpal Arya additionally congratulated her, saying they had been assured she would carry ahead her father’s legacy of probity in public life and lay the foundations of wholesome legislative practices.

Singh additionally expressed hope that beneath her stewardship, the House will move a decision granting 33 per cent reservation to girls within the state legislature.