Pro-tem Speaker administered oath by Governor

Hyderabad, January 16:        Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh Sri E.S.L. Narasimhan administered the oath to  Sri Mumtaz Ahmad Khan, MLA as Pro-tem Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly at a function held at Durbar Hall in Raj Bhavan on Wednesday.

Sri Mumtaz Ahmad Khan will in turn administer oath to all the newly elected Members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly on Thursday.   

Governor Sri E.S.L. Narasimhan and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, congratulated Sri Mumtaz Ahmad Khan and presented bouquets to him. Former Assembly Speaker Sri Madhusudanachary, Legislative Council Chairman Sri Swamy Goud, Home Minister Sri Mohammed Mahmood Ali, MPs Sri Asaduddin Owaisi, Sri Vinod Kumar, Sri Santosh Kumar, several newly elected MLAs and representatives of political parties were present at the swearing in ceremony. Telangana Chief Secretary Dr.S.K. Joshi, DGP Sri Mahender Reddy and other officials and non-officials were also present at the programme.