Ex-Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar elected Speaker of M.P. Meeting
Newly appointed Speaker Narendra Singh Tomar within the Meeting on Wednesday.
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Senior BJP chief and former Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar was on December 20 unanimously elected because the Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh legislative Meeting.
The primary session of the newly-elected Meeting started on December 18.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on December 20 moved a proposal for the election of 66-year-old Mr. Tomar because the Speaker which was seconded by Chief of Opposition Umang Singhar.
Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan additionally moved a proposal for the election of Mr. Tomar because the Speaker which was seconded by ex-Union minister Prahlad Patel, who just lately received from Narsinghpur Meeting seat within the State.
5 extra proposals, together with by opposition Congress MLAs Ajay Singh, Jaivardhan Singh and Rajendra Kumar Singh, have been additionally moved in favour of Mr. Tomar.
After the voice vote, pro-tem Speaker Gopal Bhargava declared Mr. Tomar as elected unanimously to the Speaker’s submit.
Mr. Tomar filed his nomination for the Speaker’s submit on December 18 with the assist of the Opposition Congress.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on December 20 congratulated Mr. Tomar and likewise thanked the Opposition for unanimously electing the Speaker.
Mr. Yadav mentioned Mr. Tomar has been equally fashionable among the many ruling and opposition leaders.
LoP Mr. Singhar, ex-CM Mr. Chouhan and different leaders additionally congratulated Mr. Tomar.
Mr. Tomar, who obtained his first electoral victory as a corporator in Gwalior in 1983, was elected from the Dimani Meeting seat of Morena district within the just lately concluded State elections.
He held totally different posts, together with State president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha and later State chief of the BJP.
In 1998, Mr. Tomar entered the State Meeting after successful from Gwalior seat.
Mr. Tomar was once more elected from the identical seat in 2003. He then grew to become a Cupboard Minister within the BJP-led State authorities.
For a quick interval in 2009, Mr. Tomar was elected to the Rajya Sabha from the State. Later in the identical 12 months, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Morena seat.
Within the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Mr. Tomar was elected on the BJP ticket from Gwalior parliamentary seat and have become Union cupboard Minister within the Narendra Modi authorities.
Mr. Tomar’s seat was modified within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when he efficiently contested from Morena and retained ministerial berth on the Centre.
On December 3, the ruling BJP recorded a thumping victory in Madhya Pradesh by successful 163 seats within the 230-member Meeting. The Congress, which had bagged 114 seats in 2018, received simply 66 segments, whereas Bharat Adivasi Get together candidate Kamleshwar Dodiyar pocketed the Sailana constituency.
