Vishweshwar Hegde all set to become new Speaker

The six-time MLA from Sirsi Assembly constituency and senior BJP leader Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri is all set to become the new Speaker of the state Assembly. The post had fallen vacant after the resignation of Speaker Ramesh Kumar on Monday. 

With the Opposition Congress and JD(S) not filing any nomination for the post, the election



of Mr Kageri is a foregone conclusion with a formal announcement to be made in the legislative Assembly today. 

Accompanied by Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa and senior BJP leaders, the former minister had filed his papers yesterday before Assembly Secretary M.K. Vishalakshi.