The NCP president Sharad Pawar said Sunday the Speaker’s post in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly will remain with the Congress, thus putting to rest speculation over the coveted post. “The three parties (Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) have decided that the new Speaker will be from the Congress party only. We all will support whatever the party (Congress) decides about the Speaker (candidate),” Pawar told reporters in Baramati. The post of the Assembly Speaker is with the Congress as a part of the power-sharing agreement between the ruling allies in the state. The post had fallen vacant after Congress MLA Nana Patole resigned in February this year to take over as the party’s Maharashtra unit president.

Source: Indian Express July 11, 2021 14:48 UTC