List of speakers of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Rabindra Nath Mahato.jpg
since 6 January 2020
Style The Honourable
AppointerMembers of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Term length During the life of the Assembly (five years maximum)
Precursor List of speakers of the Bihar Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder Inder Singh Namdhari (2000–2004)
Formation22 November 2000;24 years ago (2000-11-22)
DeputyVacant
Website Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

The Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly after the general elections for a term of 5 years from amongst the members of the assembly. Speakers holds office until ceasing to be a member of the assembly or resignation from the office. The Speaker can be removed from office by a resolution passed in the assembly by an effective majority of its members. In the absence of Speaker, the meeting of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is presided by the Deputy Speaker.

Contents

Rabindra Nath Mahato is the current Speaker of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly.

Eligibility

Speaker of the Assembly must:

  1. Be a citizen of India;
  2. Not be less than 25 years of age; and
  3. Not hold any office of profit under the Government of Jharkhand.

Powers and Functions of the Speaker

The speaker of the legislative assembly conducts the business in house, and decides whether a bill is a money bill or not. They maintain discipline and decorum in the house and can punish a member for their unruly behaviour by suspending them. They also permit the moving of various kinds of motions and resolutions such as a motion of no confidence, motion of adjournment, motion of censure and calling attention notice as per the rules. The speaker decides on the agenda to be taken up for discussion during the meeting. The date of election of the speaker is fixed by the Governor of Jharkhand. Further, all comments and speeches made by members of the House are addressed to the speaker. The speaker is answerable to the house. Both the speaker and deputy speaker may be removed by a resolution passed by the majority of the members.

List

#PortraitNameTerm [1] AssemblyParty
1 Ram Dayalu Singh 23 July 193711 November 19447 years, 111 days 1st Indian National Congress
After Independence
1 Bindeshwari Prasad Verma 25 April 194614 March 196215 years, 323 days Indian National Congress
1st
2nd
2 Lakshmi Narayan Sudhanshu 18 March 196215 March 19674 years, 362 days 3rd
3 Dhanik Lal Mandal Lok Sabha photo.jpg Dhanik Lal Mandal 16 March 196710 March 19691 year, 359 days 4th Samyukta Socialist Party
4 Ram Narayan Mandal 11 March 196920 March 19723 years, 9 days 5th Indian National Congress
5 Harinath Mishra.jpg Harinath Mishra 21 March 197226 June 19775 years, 97 days 6th
6 Tripurari Prasad Singh 28 June 197722 June 19802 years, 360 days 7th Janata Party
7 Radhanandan Jha 24 June 19801 April 19854 years, 281 days 8th Indian National Congress (I)
8 Shivchandra Jha 4 April 198523 January 19893 years, 294 days 9th Indian National Congress
9 Md Hidayatullah Khan 27 March 198919 March 1990357 days
10Ghulam Sarwar20 March 19909 April 19955 years, 20 days 10th Janata Dal
11 Deo Narayan Yadav 12 April 19956 March 20004 years, 329 days 11th
Rashtriya Janata Dal
12 Sadanand Singh.jpg Sadanand Singh 9 March 200028 June 20055 years, 111 days 12th Indian National Congress

==List of the Speakers of Jharkhand==

No.Name Constituency Term [2] AssemblyParty
1. Inder Singh Namdhari Daltonganj 22 November 200029 March 20043 years, 128 days 1st Assembly Janata Dal (United)
Acting Bagun Sumbrai Chaibasa 29 March 200429 May 200461 days Indian National Congress
(1). Inder Singh Namdhari Daltonganj 4 June 200411 August 200468 days Janata Dal (United)
2. Mrigendra Pratap Singh Jamshedpur West 18 August 200411 January 2005146 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Acting Saba Ahmad Tundi 12 January 20051 March 200548 days Rashtriya Janata Dal
(1). Inder Singh Namdhari Daltonganj 15 March 200514 September 20061 year, 183 days 2nd Assembly Janata Dal (United)
3. Alamgir Alam Pakur 20 October 200626 December 20093 years, 67 days Indian National Congress
4. Chandreshwar Prasad Singh Ranchi 6 January 201019 July 20133 years, 194 days 3rd Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party
5. Shashank Shekhar Bhokta Sarath 25 July 201323 December 20141 year, 151 days Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6. Dinesh Oraon Sisai 7 January 201524 December 20194 years, 351 days 4th Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party
7. Rabindra Nath Mahato Nala 6 January 2020Incumbent5 years, 317 days 5th Assembly Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6th Assembly

Pro tem Speaker


List of Pro tem Speakers

Stephen Marandi 2014,2019 & 2024

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bihar Vidhan Sabha/Speaker". vidhansabha.bih.nic.in. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "विधानसभा के अध्यक्ष | झारखण्ड विधानसभा-झारखंड की सरकार, भारत". jharkhandvidhansabha.nic.in.
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