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Reconsider decision on pro-tem speaker: Jhar guv

March 07, 2005 09:04 IST

Jharkhand Governor Syed Sibtey Razi is believed to have asked Chief Minister Shibu Soren [ Images ] to reconsider the nomination of Congress member of Legislative Assembly Pradeep Kumar Balmachu as the pro-tem speaker.

This is because Balmachu is not the senior-most MLA of the House. The convention is that the senior-most legislator is nominated as the pro-tem speaker.

 

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