NEWS

Maharashtra assembly will get a new Speaker in its budget session

ABOUT

• Article 178 for state Assemblies state that these Houses “shall, as soon as may be”, choose two of its members to be Speaker and Deputy Speaker
• Governor sets a date for the election of the Speaker
• The legislators of the respective Houses vote to elect one among themselves to these offices
• The Constitution provides that the office of the Speaker should never be empty
• So, he/she continues in office until the beginning of the next House, except in the event of death or resignation