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Oath-Taking Of Newly-Elected Delhi MLAs On Monday, CAG Report To Be Tabled On Feb 25

According to the Delhi Assembly Bulletin, the oath-taking of the newly elected MLAs will begin at 11 am on Monday while the election of the Speaker will be held on the same day at 2 pm.

The oath-taking of newly-elected MLAs will be held in Delhi Assembly on Monday, while the CAG Reports will be tabled the next day, the Delhi Assembly Bulletin said on Saturday.

The Delhi Assembly Bulletin said that the first session of the Eighth Legislative Assembly of Delhi will begin from Monday (February 24) at 11.00 am in the Assembly Hall. The oath-taking of the newly elected MLAs will begin at 11 am on Monday while the election of the Speaker will be held on the same day at 2 pm.

The three-day session will see the election of the House speaker and deputy speaker as well as the tabling of the 14 pending CAG reports on the performance of the previous AAP government.

A meeting of the ruling BJP MLAs will be held at the party's Delhi unit office on Sunday afternoon in which they will be guided about conduct of the House and other procedures, party leaders said.

ALSO READ | Arvinder Singh Lovely Appointed Delhi Assembly Pro Tem Speaker, First Session To Be Held On Feb 24 

BJP leaders said the party has nominated senior MLAs Vijender Gupta and Mohan Singh Bisht for the election of the speaker and deputy speaker, respectively.

Chief Minister Rekha Gupta will move the motion for Gupta to be chosen as speaker and minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa will second it on February 24, said Assembly's list of business.

Both Gupta and Bisht would get elected to the posts as the BJP has 48 MLAs in the 70-member Assembly. The AAP, which has 22 MLAs, is yet to name a leader of opposition although former chief minister Atishi and the party's Delhi unit convener Gopal Rai are said to be frontrunners for the post.

The Assembly secretariat on Friday notified an order of the LG, appointing BJP MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely as the pro-tem speaker.The speaker's post will fall vacant immediately before the commencement of the first meeting of the newly constituted Assembly while the post of deputy speaker is already vacant. 

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