Monday, December 2nd, 2019
Congress’s Nana Patole elected Maharashtra Assembly Speaker unopposed
Congress MLA Nana Patole was elected unopposed as Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Sunday after the BJP’s candidate, Kisan Kathore, pulled out of the contest. How the Speaker was chosen Nominations had to be withdrawn by 10 am on Sunday. Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told the House that other parties had asked the BJP at an all-party meeting to withdraw its nominee. “It has been a tradition that the speaker is appointed unopposed. So we accepted the request,” he said. The Congress had named Patole on SaturdayRead More