Rajendra Trivedi, the BJP MLA from Vadodara, was unanimously elected as Speaker of the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly on the first day of the Budget session.
Trivedi's name was proposed by CM Vijay Rupani and it was backed by the Congress legislative party, led by the Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani.
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is situated in the capital Gandhinagar.
Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from the single-seat constituencies and one member is nominated.