Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Assembly Deputy Speaker election will be held on November 21.

The Secretary of the Legislative Assembly has sent a letter in this regard to all members of the House informing them that the poll will be held at 9.30 am on the very day.

The position fell vacant after Rajanikant Singh resigned from the post on November 8.

He stepped down from the post citing personal reason and handed over the resignation letter to Odisha Legislative Assembly’s Speaker Pramila Mallik.

“The Deputy Speaker post is a constitutional one, for which I was unable to participate in party activities. It was a pending decision. I tendered resignation in view of the upcoming actions. It will facilitate me to strengthen party’s organization and reach out to the people,” he had said.

He was elected as the Deputy Speaker of Odisha Assembly in June of 2019.