Pro-tem Speaker administers oath to newly-elected MLA in Puducherry

More than five months after the National Democratic Alliance government headed by Chief Minister and AINRC founder N. Rangasamy came to power in Puducherry, the Speaker’s post remains vacant leading to a situation where the Pro-tem Speaker, a temporary arrangement made during government formation for administering oath to newly-elected legislators, continued to officiate legislative procedures in the Union Territory.

The delay in conducting the Speaker election was because of the claims made by both the All India NR Congress (AINRC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the post within the NDA fold. After Mr. Rangasamy was sworn-in along with two other Ministers on May 13, Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan had appointed AIADMK MLA A. Anbalagan as Pro-tem Speaker for administering the oath of office to the newly-elected legislators.