Chief Minister Hemant Soren addressed the media after the oath taking of ministers and MLAs. He said that the process of oath taking of ministers and MLAs has been completed. The name of Rabindra Nath Mahato is proposed for the Speaker. He will be elected Speaker unanimously. Earlier, the CM greeted Protem Speaker Stephen Marandi before the proceedings of the House began. At the same time, the CM has shared a picture in a social media post, in which it is written that with family in Jharkhand Assembly.
MLA from Nala Rabindra Nath Mahato will create a new history as soon as he becomes the Speaker for the second time. He will be the first MLA to take over the responsibility of Speaker for the second time. Rabindra Nath Mahato has also written in a social media post that heartfelt gratitude to CM Hemant Soren for the trust he has expressed in me. My effort will be to make the dialogue in the House more strong and fulfill the hopes and expectations of the people of the state with consensus.
Rabindra Nath Mahato has won the assembly elections for the fourth time. As soon as he becomes the speaker, he will also break this myth, in which it has always been seen that no one becomes MLA again while being the speaker. Only CP Singh had won again while being the speaker. But Ravindra Nath Mahato is going to become the speaker again.
Rabindra Nath Mahato first won from Nala seat in 2005, Ravindra Nath Mahato was defeated in 2009, Ravindra Nath Mahato won consecutively in 2014, 2019 and 2024.
The special session of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly has started from today. On the first day of the session, the pro tem speaker administered the oath to the MLAs. After the ministers took oath, the MLAs took oath. Congress MLAs Kumar Jayamangal and Shweta Singh took oath with a copy of the Constitution in their hands. At the same time, Purnima Sahu took oath as a member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly with both hands folded. Hemlal Murmu took oath in Santali, MT Raja in Urdu, Jairam Mahto in Kurmali, Arup Chatterjee in Bengali and Mamta Devi in Khortha language. Apart from this, many MLAs including Champai Soren, Mathura Mahto also took oath in local language.
Jairam Mahto, who was attending the Jharkhand Assembly session for the first time, entered in a unique way. He first bowed to the earth. Then went inside the House. Here, before the proceedings of the House started, CM Hemant Soren greeted the Protem Speaker Prof. Stephen Marandi in the Speaker's chamber. After this, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Radhakrishna Kishore greeted the Protem Speaker.