Four-time BJP MLA Ranjeet Kumar Dass unanimously elected as Speaker of Assam Assembly

Ranjeet Kumar Dass has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly, marking his second term in the position.

Four-time BJP MLA Ranjeet Kumar Dass on Thursday was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly.

Pro tem Speaker Chandra Mohan Patowary announced that there were three nominations in favour of Dass, and no one contested him.

''As there is no other nomination, I declare Ranjeet Kumar Dass as the Speaker of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly,'' he added.

This is the second term for Dass as the Speaker of the Assembly.

He was in the chair in 2016 when the BJP formed its first government in the northeastern state.

Dass, the MLA from Bhowanipur-Sorbhog seat, was a cabinet minister during Himanta Biswa Sarma's first term as CM from 2021 to 2026.

He served the party as its Assam unit chief.

Dass has been elected to the Assam Assembly for four consecutive terms since 2011.