Congress MLA K. R. Ramesh Kumar was today elected Speaker of the Karnataka Assembly unopposed, after senior BJP leader Suresh Kumar withdrew his nomination. Ramesh Kumar was the Speaker of the House from 1994 to 1999.
He will conduct the floor test Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will face later today to prove his majority in the house.
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