The newly elected MLAs of the Haryana Assembly are set to take oath on October 25. Senior Congress leader and party MLA Raghuvir Singh Kadian (80) will be the pro-tem Speaker in the 15th Haryana Legislative Assembly and will administer the oath.
But before that, Kadian will be administered oath by Governor Bandaru Dattatreya as acting speaker.
"The Governor will administer oath/affirmation to the Acting Speaker on October 25 in Haryana Raj Bhavan," according to a government communication to Haryana Vidhan Sabha secretariat.
The election of speaker and deputy speaker is also likely to be held after the MLAs of the 90-member Assembly take oath.
In the October 5 Haryana Assembly polls, results of which were declared on October 8, the BJP returned to power for a third consecutive term by winning 48 seats, while the Congress won 37 seats. The INLD won two seats and three independents were also elected.
Kadian previously has remained as the senior-most legislator in the House. He was also the Speaker of the Haryana Assembly from 2005 to 2009 when the Congress government under Bhupinder Singh Hooda was in power.
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