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Namdhari elected Jharkhand speaker
Onkar Singh in New Delhi |
March 15, 2005 11:49 IST
Last Updated: March 15, 2005 11:57 IST
National Democratic Alliance candidate Inder Singh Namdhari was on Tuesday elected speaker of the Jharkhand Assembly.
He was elected by a voice-vote amidst protests by the opposition United Progressive Alliance. He defeated UPA's Annapoorna Devi by 40-38 votes.
His name was proposed by Chief Minister Arjun Munda.
With PTI inputs
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