Rathindra Bose elected Speaker of West Bengal assembly

Exam-focused facts from the 17 May 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Rathindra Bose was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the West Bengal assembly.
He is a first-time Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from the Cooch Behar Dakshin constituency representing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Bose is the first legislator from North Bengal in post-Independence history to hold the Speaker's chair in the West Bengal assembly.
He was elected to the newly constituted 18th West Bengal assembly.
The BJP holds a majority of 207 MLAs in the 294-member House.