Special session of 16th Assembly in MP from December 18
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav took over the reins of power with the swearing in onWednesday. In the cabinet meeting held on wednesday, many major decisions were taken at the administrativelevel in the state and orders were also issued to implement them immediately. The special session of the 16thAssembly in madhya pradesh will start from december 18 and will continue till december 21. This will be thefirst session of cm Dr. Mohan Yadav’s government.The first session of madhya pradesh assembly will start from december 18, in which the newly elected MLAsof chief minister Mohan Yadav’s cabinet will take oath. An official said on thursday that during this 4-daysession of the 16th assembly, the newly elected members will take oath and during this time other importantbusiness of the house will also be completed.According to the official, on the first day of the assembly session, governor Mangubhai patel has appointedruling BJP's senior-most mla Gopal Bhargava as Protem Speaker to administer the oath of office to the newMLAs and conduct the business of the house during the short session. The governor administered the oath ofoffice to Bhargava at a ceremony held at the raj bhavan here in the presence of chief minister Mohan Yadavand others.What is Protem Speaker?Protem Speaker is a temporary Speaker of the assembly who is appointed for a limited period of time toconduct the proceedings of the house in the absence of the regular Speaker (Assembly Speaker). Usually themost senior member of the house is appointed as the pro tem speaker. Mohan Yadav, a three-time bjp MLAfrom ujjain South, was sworn in as the new chief minister of madhya pradesh on wednesday along with twoMLAs, Jagdish Deora and Rajendra Shukla. In the madhya pradesh assembly elections held last month, BJPretained its power in the state by winning 163 out of 230 seats. Opposition party Congress stood second withvictory in 66 assembly constituencies, while Bharat Adivasi party won one seat.