Who will be the Speaker (Speaker) of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly will be decided in the special session of the assembly called on Sunday. Both the Congress and BJP parties have filed nominations for this post.
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According to the media report, in the Mahavikas Aghadi government of Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress, the post of Speaker of the Legislative Assembly has come in the part of Congress and the post of Deputy Speaker has come in the share of NCP. Congress has nominated its member Nana Patole for this post, whereas BJP gave its MLA Kisan Kathore. According to the rules of the Maharashtra Legislature, if more than one person is a candidate for the post of the Speaker, the decision is through secret ballot.
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If the assembly proceeded according to the convention made, it would have first elected a pro-tem speaker, then the newly elected members would have been sworn in, then the speaker would have been elected, followed by a vote of confidence. But the decision of the Supreme Court changed this pattern itself. According to its instructions, the members were administered the oath after the election of the Pro-tem Speaker and after that the process of floor test completes.
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In its initial phase, BJP hoped that if the election of the full-time assembly speaker was held by secret ballot, then its candidate could get the votes of some NCP MLAs and some independent MLAs who are pro-Ajit Pawar, but now the situation has changed. Ajit Pawar has completely returned home after resigning from the post of Deputy Chief Minister. Now the government is also safe for the next six months.
