New Delhi, Feb. 24 -- The first session of the eighth legislative assembly of Delhi will begin today. Chief Minister Rekha Gupta is set to move a motion to nominate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vijender Gupta as the Speaker of the House.

The election of the legislative assembly speaker will be held at 2:00 PM, while the newly elected MLAs will participate in the oath-taking ceremony at 11:00 in the morning.

In the meantime, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has appointed BJP leader Arvinder Singh Lovely as the protem speaker.

According to the Delhi Assembly bulletin, Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena will address the assembly on February 25, following which the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports will be tabled. Lat...