Nana Patole of Cong elected Speaker, BJP nominee withdraws
Mumbai/ New Delhi, Dec 1 (HS) Senior Congress MLA Nana Patole was elected Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on Sunday.
The anouncement was made by pro tem speaker Dilip Wasle after BJP candidate for speaker Kisan Kathore withdrew his nomination earlier today.
The Maha Vikas Agadi government cleared floor test yesterday after getting support of as many as 169 MLAs out of 288 member assembly. But 105 BJP candidates staged a walkout.
