Nirmal Singh to be Jammu and Kashmir assembly speaker

April 30, 2018 19:00

Nirmal Singh, who resigned from the post of Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister, will be the new Speaker of the state assembly, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav said today.

On a day eight ministers joined Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's council of ministers, Madhav said a reshuffle had been planned as the government had completed three years and it was felt more legislators should be given the experience of being in the state Cabinet.

"Dr Nirmal Singh ji will be the Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly," Madhav said at a press conference after the swearing-in ceremony of the newly inducted ministers.

Ahead of the Cabinet reshuffle, Singh had last night tendered his resignation to pave the way for state assembly Speaker Kavinder Gupta to take over the post. The resignation was accepted by the governor.

With Singh now set to become the assembly Speaker, the two senior BJP leaders have exchanged places during the reshuffle.

-- PTI

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