AGARTALA, May 31 (TIWN): Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Tuesday hoisted a courtesy meet with LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan who arrived in the state for attending the NERCPA meet.

As CM Manik Sarkar was out station   could not meet the speaker and hence hoisted a courtesy meet with LS Speaker Sumitra  Mahajan on Tuesday.

Sumitra Mahajan, who is the 16th Lok Sabha speaker of India, arrived in the state on Monday to inaugurate 15th Annual conference of North East region commonwealth parliamentary association (NERCPA) from Monday (30th May to 2nd June 2016) in Tripura.

However, the speaker of Lok Sabha is staying at Raj Bhawan.

LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is an Indian politician who has been the Speaker of the Lok Sabha since 2014.

Sumitra Mahajan is an Indian politician who has been Speaker of the Lok Sabha since 2014. She belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2014, she won election to the Lok Sabha for the eighth time, one of three members of the 16th Lok Sabha to do so, and is currently the longest-serving woman member. She has represented the Indore constituency of Madhya Pradesh since 1989.