Amazon Quiz: Ritu Khanduri recently became the first woman speaker of which state’s assembly?

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Uttarakhand

Chhatisgarh

Answer: Uttarakhand

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, became the first female speaker of Uttarakhand’s state assembly in March. The 57-year-old was appointed for the post of the speaker of the fifth legislative assembly in the state.

Her father is former Chief Minister BC Khanduri. She won from the Kotdwar constituency by defeating S S Negi by a margin of over 3,000 votes. Her first assembly election win was in 2017 when she won from the constituency of Yamkeshwar.

After her win, she expressed her “gratitude and thanks” to BJP members and the opposition.

“I will discharge the highest parliamentary ideals and traditions to the best of my abilities,” she wrote in Hindi on Twitter.

Congratulating her, Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh wrote- “Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to Ritu Khanduri ji on being elected Speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly unopposed.”

She was also congratulated by members of the opposition including Yashpal Arya and Pritam Singh. They said that they are sure that she will make her father proud and continue his legacy by setting up important legislative practices.

Prior to venturing into politics, she was a professor at a private university in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

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