Yaiskul MLA Thokchom Satyabrata has been unanimously appointed as the Speaker of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly on Thursday.
As many as 11 notice of motion from three political parties were in favour of Satyabrata during the first session of the 12th assembly session. Following it , he was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 12the Manipur Legislative Assembly. Satyabrata is the only MLA who had filed a nomination for the post of Speaker.
Thokchom Satyabrata served as a cabinet minister for CAF& PD, Law and Legislative Affairs, Labour and employment in the previous term. He was first elected in 2017 from Yaiskul on a BJP ticket.
He was re-elected in the recently concluded election beating his nearest rival NPP candidate H Vikramjit. He holds a master’s degree in Life Science.
Chief Minister N Biren Singh congratulated the new speaker.
"Heartiest congratulations to my colleague, Shri Thokchom Satyabrata Singh on being unanimously elected as the new Speaker of the Manipur Legislative Assembly. I wish him the very best on his new endeavor!," Biren tweeted.
