For Floor Test, Who Will Be Maharashtra's Temporary Speaker? | Read
The Supreme Court has ordered Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take a floor test tomorrow that will be telecast live and conducted by a Pro-Tem or temporary speaker. Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has been asked to appoint a temporary Speaker immediately. The spotlight is now on who that will be. The Pro-Tem Speaker will administer the oath of office to MLAs elected in last month's Maharashtra polls. By convention, the senior most member of the assembly is appointed as temporary Speaker but there have been deviations.
