<p>A day after Jharkhand Multi Morcha (JMM)-led Hemant Soren government won the trust vote, assembly Speaker C.P. Singh Friday resigned from his post.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singh handed over his resignation to assembly secretary. <br /><br />A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, he had faced severe criticism from the JMM when he did not resign after formation of a new government July 13.<br /><br />Singh had become speaker of the assembly in 2010 when a JMM government led by Shibu Soren was formed with support of BJP and others. Singh remained speaker around 43 months.<br /><br />When the Hemant Soren government was formed, Singh had announced he would resign at the right time.<br /><br />After Hemant Soren won the trust motion Thursday, he, in a goodwill gesture, went to the speaker's official rand expressed thanks to the impartial role he played during the proceedings.<br /><br />The monsoon session will begin on July 25, and a new speaker would be elected.Talking to reporters after submitting his resignation, Singh said: "I am happy that that I played impartial role as speaker." <br /><br />He expressed unhappiness that he could not succeed in getting the assembly's own building constructed. The assembly is running in a building rented from the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC).</p>
<p>A day after Jharkhand Multi Morcha (JMM)-led Hemant Soren government won the trust vote, assembly Speaker C.P. Singh Friday resigned from his post.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Singh handed over his resignation to assembly secretary. <br /><br />A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, he had faced severe criticism from the JMM when he did not resign after formation of a new government July 13.<br /><br />Singh had become speaker of the assembly in 2010 when a JMM government led by Shibu Soren was formed with support of BJP and others. Singh remained speaker around 43 months.<br /><br />When the Hemant Soren government was formed, Singh had announced he would resign at the right time.<br /><br />After Hemant Soren won the trust motion Thursday, he, in a goodwill gesture, went to the speaker's official rand expressed thanks to the impartial role he played during the proceedings.<br /><br />The monsoon session will begin on July 25, and a new speaker would be elected.Talking to reporters after submitting his resignation, Singh said: "I am happy that that I played impartial role as speaker." <br /><br />He expressed unhappiness that he could not succeed in getting the assembly's own building constructed. The assembly is running in a building rented from the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC).</p>