Nana Patole Is New Maharashtra Speaker

Sunday,01 December 2019 06:27 AM IST

Mumbai: The Congress MLA Nana Patole was elected as the Maharashtra Assembly Speaker.  Patole's election came after Kisan Kathore's name was taken back by the BJP as the candidate of the party with minutes to go before the 10 am deadline. It is a tradition in the Maharashtra Assembly for the Speaker to be elected unopposed.