Through PTI
DEHRADUN: Senior BJP MLA Banshidhar Bhagat used to be on Monday appointed because the protem speaker of the Uttarakhand Meeting.
A notification on Bhagat’s appointment because the protem speaker used to be issued by way of Governor Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh.
A seven-time MLA, Bhagat received from the Kaladhungi seat within the simply concluded state polls. He’ll serve as because the protem speaker till a speaker is elected. The newly elected participants of the state Meeting will likely be sworn in by way of Bhagat.
Bhagat changed into an MLA for the primary time in 1991 when he used to be elected from Nainital in undivided Uttar Pradesh. He used to be elected from Nainital once more in 1993 and 1996, and changed into a state minister. He used to be additionally a minister in the intervening time Uttarakhand executive in 2000.
In 2007, Bhagat used to be elected to the Uttarakhand Meeting from Haldwani. He has been the MLA from Kaladhungi since 2012.