Former Union Minister Charandas Mahant is likely to be elected as the Speaker of the fifth Chhattisgarh Assembly.
Mahant’s formal election will be held during the Assembly session scheduled to begin from January 4, Congress party sources informed.
The Congress party had okayed the name of Mahant which Chhattisgarh In-charge of All India Congress Committee (AICC), P.L. Punia had himself informed media persons that the former could be the new Speaker of the state Assembly.
Earlier, during the session, Protem Speaker will administer oath to the newly elected legislators in the House and the responsibility of conducting the oath ceremony is expected to be given to any senior legislator.
Senior Congress leader and seven times MLA, Rampukar Singh is likely to be nominated as Protem Speaker; but as he is dissatisfied with not getting ministerial berth might refuse taking the responsibility, sources said.
In such a situation , the responsibility of Protem Speaker might be given to another senior MLA, Satyanarayan Sharma who has also been elected for the seventh time.