G Karthikeyan will be the Speaker

Monday, May 30, 2011: The United Democratic Front (UDF) has decided to field G Karthikeyan for the post of Kerala Assembly speaker. This was announced by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy after the UDF meeting held here on Monday.
Karthikeyan was selected as the nominee unanimously at the UDF meeting, Chennithala added. The decision was also approved by the Congress High Command. The bilateral talks held by the Congress party with the Kerala Congress (Mani) faction and Muslim League regarding the Speaker’s post had earlier reached consensus.
The final decision on the deputy speaker and Parliamentary affairs post would be taken in the next UDF meeting which would be held on June 22.

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