In a first, Ranjeet K. Dass elected Assam Assembly Speaker for second term
Ranjeet Kumar Dass has been elected as the Speaker of the Assam Assembly for a second term, marking a first in the state's history. The assembly's inaugural session also allowed MLAs to take their oaths in various mother tongues, reflecting Assam's linguistic diversity. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced plans to introduce the Uniform Civil Code legislation during this session.
- ▪Ranjeet Kumar Dass was elected Speaker for a second term, a first in Assam's history.
- ▪MLAs were allowed to take their oaths in their mother tongues, honoring the state's linguistic diversity.
- ▪The Chief Minister announced the introduction of the Uniform Civil Code legislation during the current assembly session.
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Ranjeet Kumar Dass was on Thursday (May 21, 2026) elected Speaker of the Assam Assembly for a second term, a first in the State.The newly elected 126-member House also set a precedent on the inaugural day of its first session by allowing MLAs belonging to the ethnic communities to take the oath in their mother tongues. This followed a formal request from Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to honour the State’s diverse linguistic heritage. Assam Assembly’s seniormost MLA Patowary takes oath as pro-tem SpeakerThe four-day session opened with Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya appointing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Chandra Mohan Patowary, the senior-most member of the House, as the Pro-tem Speaker.Mr.
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