Former minister and senior BJP leader Chandramohan Patowary was on Friday sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly. Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath during a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Guwahati in the presence of ministers, legislators and senior government officials. Notably, Patowary’s oath-taking as Pro-tem Speaker comes days ahead of the commencement of proceedings of the newly constituted Assam Legislative Assembly. As Pro-tem Speaker, Patowary will oversee the initial proceedings of the Assembly, including administering oath to newly elected MLAs and supervising the election process for the Speaker of the House.
“Honoured to have taken oath as Pro-tem Speaker of 16th Assam Assembly administered by Governor of Assam Laxman Prasad Acharya at Lok Bhavan today,” Patowary, a seasoned politician with vast experience, stated on his X (formerly Twitter) post on Friday. Biswajit Daimary, who has been elected as an MLA in the recently concluded Assembly elections, had served as the Speaker of the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly from May 21, 2021, to 2026.