Bharatiya Janata Party’s senior MLA Satish Mahana is all set to be elected unopposed as the speaker of the 18th Uttar Pradesh assembly.
Mahana filed his nomination papers for the speaker’s post on Monday and no opposition party filed nomination against him.
The deadline for filing nomination was 2 pm on Monday.
Mahana, accompanied by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, filed his nomination papers before Returning Officer Pradeep Kumar Dube, who is principal secretary of UP assembly secretariat. Raja Bhaiya of Jansatta Dal was among the proposers.
The result will be declared on Tuesday.
Mahana was state minister for industrial development in the first term of the Yogi Adityanath government. Satish Mahana, who has won his eighth assembly election this year, represents Maharajpur assembly constituency in Kanpur.
A popular leader, Mahana has always steered clear of controversy and his acceptability cuts across the political spectrum.
The seven-phase UP assembly elections had concluded on March 10 with the counting of votes. In a House of 403. BJP has 255 MLAs, its ally Apna Dal (Sonelal) has 12 members and NISHAD Party has six MLAs.
The tally of the Congress has been reduced to two MLAs while Bahujan Samaj Party has only one MLA. The Samajwadi Party has 111 MLAs while its ally Rashtriya Lok Dal has eight MLAs and another ally, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, has six MLAs.
Jansatta Dal led by Kunda MLA Raja Bhaiya has two MLAs while there is no independent MLA in the 18th UP assembly.