WEST Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday said proceedings of the West Bengal Assembly will be telecast live so that people know what is happening inside the House. Addressing the newly-constituted 18th West Bengal Assembly after the Speaker election, Adhikari said the House would play a key role in “fulfilling the aspirations of the people” and would function in accordance with the Constitutional principles and established rules. “We will move the Assembly forward, keeping the Constitution in mind,” the CM said. BJP MLA Rathindra Bose was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 18th West Bengal Assembly on Friday, becoming the first legislator from the northern part of the state to hold the post.

 

His name was proposed in the House by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, following which pro tem Speaker Tapas Roy conducted a voice vote. Roy declared Bose elected as the Speaker of the assembly after all 207 BJP legislators extended their support in his favour. The Chief Minister also stressed the need for a strong Opposition in the House. Adhikari had on Thursday announced Bose, the MLA from Cooch Behar Dakshin seat, as the BJP’s candidate for the Speaker’s post in the newly constituted 18th West Bengal assembly, while the opposition TMC decided not to field a nominee.