Shillong: The Meghalaya Assembly is all set to elect Thomas A Sangma of the National People’s Party (NPP) as its Speaker today (March 9), with no opposition candidate filing nomination.
Sangma, who was re-elected to the Assembly in the recently concluded elections, has previously served as a Rajya Sabha member of Parliament from 2008 to 2014.
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The post of Deputy Speaker is expected to go to Timothy D Shira, also of the NPP.
The Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) 2.0, led by the NPP with 45 legislators, is expected to easily sail through a vote of confidence on the same day.
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The opposition, comprising of the Congress, Trinamool Congress and Voice of the People Party, has a total of 14 MLAs.
Polling for the Assembly elections was held in 59 out of 60 seats on February 27.