Maharashtra Speaker's Election Pushed Back To Avoid Confrontation: Report

The election will be held in the next session of the state legislature, said a senior minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA - comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) government.

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday deferred its decision to hold the election of the state Legislative Assembly Speaker after a legal opinion that confrontation with the Raj Bhavan be avoided.

The election will be held in the next session of the state legislature, said a senior minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA - comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) government.

Tuesday is the last day of the ongoing winter session of the legislature.

The Speaker's post is lying vacant since February this year, after Nana Patole, who was elected to the constitutional position in end-2019, resigned to take charge as the state Congress chief.