Kuldeep Singh Pathania elected as speaker of HP assembly

Dharamshala: A senior Congress leader and MLA from Bhatiyat Kuldeep Singh Pathania on Thursday was elected as speaker of Himachal Pradesh assembly.
Chief minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said the member of the assembly Kuldeep Singh Pathania be chosen as the speaker of the assembly and the leader of opposition and former Chief Minister Jairam Thakur seconded the proposal.
Kuldeep Singh Pathania was elected as the 16th speaker of Himachal Pradesh assembly with a voice vote.
Deputy chief minister Mukesh Agnihotri presented another proposal to choose Kuldeep Singh Pathania as the speaker of the assembly and this proposal was seconded by Harishardan. The third proposal was put forth by Congress MLA Daniram Shandel and the fourth proposal was presented by Vipin Singh Parmar and was seconded by former speaker.
Kuldeep Singh Pathania was born on September 17, 1957. He is a Law graduate and was elected as an MLA in 1985 He was given Best Parliamentarian award in 1994.
He started his political career as a youth Congress leader and got the seat of the speaker after his political career of 37 years.
Former speaker Vipin Singh Parmar congratulated the speaker Pathania and assured full support to him in dealing with the assembly activities.
Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania thanked the members and assured them that he would deal with all the issues judiciously which will be in the interests of the state. He said all the members will get time to speak from both sides over the issues of the state and developmental issues. He said he became the member of the 6th assembly at the age of 28 and now I am a fifth time MLA and he thanked the people of his constituency and family and supporters and also this august assembly for electing him as speaker today. (UNI)