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Gujarat Deputy Speaker Vote Set for Feb. 16 as BJP and Congress Nominate Rival Candidates

The race highlights Congress’s appeal to the Opposition-held Deputy Speaker convention against the BJP’s towering majority.

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Overview

  • BJP MLA Purnesh Modi and Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar filed nominations on February 13 for the Gujarat Assembly’s Deputy Speaker post.
  • The election will be held on February 16, the first day of the budget session, with separate proposals to be decided by a voice vote.
  • Modi, a three-time Surat West MLA and former state minister, received a public show of support from Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and senior BJP leaders.
  • Parmar, a five-term MLA from Danilimda, is pitching his candidacy on the convention that the Deputy Speaker post should go to the Opposition.
  • The seat fell vacant after Deputy Speaker Jethabhai Bharwad resigned, and the BJP’s 162 seats in the 182-member House make its nominee the clear favorite.