Mumbai: Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader will be the Pro-Tem Speaker of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly and will preside over a special session of the house called on Saturday, officials said here on Friday.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, who was sworn-in on Thursday, will have to prove his majority in the house by Dec. 3.
The ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress alliance, may also be required to face a floor-test soon, most likely tomorrow.
The MVA has now claimed a total of over 170 legislators in support and is expected to sail through the floor test easily, MVA leaders said.
It may be recalled that on Nov. 26, Governor B. S. Koshyari had appointed a Pro-Tem Speaker to conduct the swearing-in ceremony of the 287 newly-appointed legislators, which was completed smoothly, as per the orders of the Supreme Court.-IANS news
