Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], July 4 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel has appointed MLA Rameshwar Sharma as Protem Speaker till the election of Assembly Speaker.

This comes after Jagdish Devda had resigned as pro-tem speaker after his inclusion in the Madhya Pradesh cabinet.

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Devda resigned on July 2 as he was made part of the cabinet headed by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Earlier on Thursday, twenty-eight Ministers, who joined the Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh, were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor at Raj Bhawan in Bhopal. (ANI)

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