New Delhi: Congress candidate Meira Kumar is all set to be elected as Speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha on Wednesday.
She takes over as the first ever woman Speaker and first Dalit Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
While Meira would be elected the Speaker, Bharatiya Janata Party's Karia Munda will take over as Deputy Speaker unopposed.
Five-term Lok Sabha MP Meira Kumar on Tuesday became the consensus candidate of the ruling UPA and the Opposition BJP for the post of Lok Sabha Speaker.
Leader of the House Pranab Mukherjee led a UPA delegation to submit Kumar's nomination papers to Lok Sabha Secretary General P D T Achary for the election to the Speaker's post scheduled to be held on Wednesday.
Sixty four-year-old Kumar, who will be the first woman to head the Lok Sabha, is expected to be elected unopposed as Mukherjee submitted 13 sets of nomination papers which included a set signed by Leader of the Opposition L K Advani and seconded by BJP leader Sushma Swaraj.
"We have filed 13 sets of nomination papers. The first set was signed by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and I have seconded it," Mukherjee told reporters at Parliament House.