The court had ruled that a Speaker is bound to accept voluntary, genuine resignation
As speaker, Sonko could use his position to challenge the policies of the president, his one-time ally.
The Speaker says no specific time limit has been stipulated in Assembly Rules or law for taking a decision on letters submitted to the Speaker. He inspects playgrounds in his Thousand Lights constituency
BJP MLA Rathindra Bose was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the 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.
This is the first time that a leader from north Bengal has been selected for the Speaker’s post; Mr. Bose is the MLA from the Cooch Behar Dakshin Assembly seat, where he defeated Trinamool Congress’s Avijit De Bhaumik
Tapas Roy is among the seniormost MLAs elected to the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly; according to BJP sources, he may be nominated for the post of Speaker
Describing CM Vijay as a “living MGR”, the Speaker said his election to the 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly was due to the TVK leader