Senior BJP leader and MlA from Kasdol Assembly constituency Gaurishankar Agrawal filed his nomination for the post of the Chhattisgarh State Assembly Speaker here on Sunday.
Agrawal who was accompanied by CM Raman Singh and Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ajay Chandrakar during the filing of his nomination at the Chhattisgarh Assembly building is the lone contender for the post of Speaker in the Chhattisgarh State Assembly, party sources here informed. During the first session of the new Chhattisgarh Assembly on Monday, Protem Speaker Satyanarayan Sharma who belongs to opposition Congress party, would administer the oath to the members of the 90-member House.