Question: Which of the following articles of Indian Constitution provides for the role of Speaker for every Legislative Assembly?
(a) Article 176
(b) Article 177
(c) Article 178
(d) Article 179
Ans: (c)
- On 30th March, 2017, senior BJP Leader Hriday Narayan Dixit was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the 17th Legislative Assembly of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
- He is also reputed columnist and has a number of books to his credit.
- He was elected to the 17th Legislative Assemby from BhagvantNagar seat of Unnao District.
- It is to be noted that under Article 178 of the Indian Constitution, “Every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the Assembly to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speakers thereof and, so often as the office of Speaker or Deputy Speaker becomes vacant, the Assembly shall choose another member to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker, as the case may be.”
Reference:
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/hriday-narayan-dixit-elected-up-assembly-speaker/384631.html
http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/ENGLISH/pdfs/PressAdvertisement_Speaker_Election.pdf