SURAMA PADHY ASSUMES CHARGE AS ODISHA ASSEMBLY SPEAKER
Bhubaneswar (20/06/2024): Surama Padhy on Thursday assumed charge as the Speaker of 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly. Padhy had filed her nomination for the post yesterday. The two-time Ranpur MLA was elected unopposed as no other nominations were filed from any other political party.
With this, she became the second woman Speaker of Odisha Assembly after BJD's Pramila Mallick. Chief Minister Mohan Majhi congratulated Padhy.