Ex-minister Pitchandi is Tamil Nadu assembly pro-tem Speaker

Pitchandi, who represents the Kilpennathur assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district,will take the oath of office on May 10.

By PTI | May 08, 2021, 08.07 PM IST

Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin along with his Newly Cabinet Ministers of state and Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit poses for photographs after the oath-taking ceremony, at Rajbhavan, in Chennai on Friday.

Tamil Nadu governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday appointed former Minister K Pitchandi as pro-tem Speaker of the state legislative assembly.

Pitchandi, who represents the Kilpennathur assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district,will take the oath of office on May 10.

He will administer the oath of office to all the newly elected members the following day.

He served as DMK deputy whip in 2016.

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