Nimaben Acharya becomes 1st woman Speaker of Gujarat Assembly

Elected unopposed, senior BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya became the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Senior BJP MLA Nimaben Acharya became the first woman Speaker of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Monday.

The opposition Congress supported Acharya's nomination for the post, following which she was elected unopposed as the new Speaker on the first day of state Assembly's two-day monsoon session which began here on Monday.