My congrats to Rai, and wish Nepalese in the NE in general and Assam in particular will get better opportunity to live with dignity.

Tanka Bahadur Rai elected Assembly Speaker
The first session of the 12th Asom Legislative Assembly started today with the pro-tem Speaker GC Langthasa administering the oath to all the members.
Assam Tribune news (30-05-06)

This is a very good news indeed ! I am sure Mr. Rai's appointment will help Nepalese not only in Assam but the neighboring states as well.

at least as a psychological booster for people of Nepali origin in that region

congrats, Tanka Bahadur Rai !

he was a good candidate for the post. find his Bio Data at:

http://assamassembly.nic.in/biodata-speaker.html

Any Nepali from that part of the world in Sajhaland, I guess if united and one voiced, we can highlight some of the hard times and situation of Nepalese origin Indians in the North East.

good to know that

kale krishna
i was also in Assam, in guwahati.
where r u from????

Dimag, have u heard of Dhruwa nath joshi (Nepali)...MLA of shillong, meghalya ? he was MLA for the last 25 years.