Overview
- Acting Speaker Ram Prasad Paul declared Jamatia elected after confirming he was the sole nominee for the post.
- The ruling BJP and its allies TMP and IPFT backed his candidacy, and he was escorted to the chair by the chief minister and opposition leaders.
- He becomes only the second tribal leader to serve as Speaker of the Tripura Assembly since statehood in 1972.
- Jamatia thanked national and state BJP leaders and said he would strive to conduct the House impartially.
- The session features a tax-free Rs 34,212.31 crore deficit budget with higher allocations for the TTAADC and bills to establish three new state universities.