Narendra Singh Tomar named as Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker

In a surprising move, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has named former Union Agricultural Minister Narendra Singh Tomar as the new Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly. Tomar, who defeated the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Balveer Singh Dandotiya by 24,461



votes in Dimani in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls, is among the three Union ministers who were fielded in the Assembly polls by the BJP.

Tomar held different posts before becoming the state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1991.