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Sandesh Prabhudesai in Panaji
Vishwas Satarkar (37) was elected unopposed the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly on Wednesday.
He is the 11th Speaker of the 10th Assembly being constituted since 1963. The first Assembly was constituted after Goa's liberation on 19 December 1961.
A Bharatiya Janata Party legislator, Satarkar was elected unanimously. The opposition Congress did not field any candidate. He was the choice of the BJP-led coalition that had come to power on 3 June.
Satarkar becomes the second youngest speaker, following Dayanand Narvekar, who had become the speaker at the age of 34 years in 1984.
A practising lawyer, Satarkar resigned as the president of the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha on Tuesday, to contest the Speaker's post. He was also actively involved in the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad earlier.
The first day of the Assembly session on Wednesday began with Dr Wilfred de Souza, the protem speaker, giving oath to all the 39 newly elected legislators.
The session would run for three days, with Governor Mohammed Fazal addressing the House on Thursday.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will present the Budget on June 14, and take vote on account for three months.
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