Arvinder Singh Lovely to be Pro-tem Speaker of Delhi Assembly: Vijender Gupta

Arvinder Singh Lovely, former minister in the Sheila Dikshit government and BJP MLA will be the Pro-tem Speaker of the Delhi Assembly. BJP MLA Vijender Gupta on Friday announced that Lovely would be the Pro-tem Speaker of the House. Lovely, who switched from the Congress to the BJP, won the Gandhinagar constituency after defeating AAP's Naveen Chaudhary and Congress's Kamal Arora.

Pro-tem Speaker is a temporary Speaker who conducts House proceedings for a limited period and till the election of the full-time



Speaker.

Gupta is likely to be the Delhi Assembly Speaker. He told reporters that the new government was in place with a new enthusiasm and a new passion.

"Things are moving step by step in keeping with the enthusiasm and passion of the people of Delhi. A meeting has been held with the CM in which some discussion has taken place on how further proceedings will proceed," Gupta said.

Asked who would be the Pro-tem Speaker, Gupta said the agenda would be issued by evening and Lovely would hold the post.