BJD’s Bhanjanagar MLA Bikram Keshari Arukha on Friday filed nomination papers for the post of Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
He submitted the papers before Assembly Secretary Dasharathi Satapathy. The election to the post is scheduled on June 13. The post fell vacant after the resignation of Surjya Narayan Patro over health related issues.
Arukha is set to be elected unopposed as no other candidate filed nomination.