Independent MLA T Yangseo Sangtam elected deputy speaker of Nagaland assembly
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T Yangseo Sangtam, an independent MLA, was unanimously elected deputy speaker of the Nagaland assembly on Saturday.
Independent MLA T Yangseo Sangtam was on Saturday unanimously elected the deputy speaker of the Nagaland assembly.
Sangtam, the candidate of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), is a first-time MLA from the Pungro-Kiphire seat.
The post of deputy speaker had been lying vacant since February 2020. Saturday was the first day of the Budget session.
In the 60-member assembly, NDPP has 21 MLAs, NPF 25, BJP 12 and there are two Independent MLAs -- all of whom joined hands in September 2021 to form UDA for facilitating an early solution to the vexed Naga political dialogue.
Sangtam, 39, won a by-election in November 2020, following the demise of then sitting NPF legislator T Torechu.
He has been supporting the Neiphiu Rio government.
With no other candidate filing nominations, Speaker Sharingain Longkumer announced Sangtam elected to the post.
