Congress's Nana Patole elected as New Maharashtra Speaker, BJP nominee pulls out
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After the BJP took back the name of Kisan Kathore as the party's nominee with minutes to go before the 10 am deadline, Nana Patole of the Congress was elected unopposed as Speaker of Maharashtra Assembly. The speaker election came a day after the Sena-Congress-NCP alliance cleared a floor test after 169 MLAs in the 288-member Assembly voted in favour. The test was conducted by pro-tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil of the NCP.