Senior Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader and former Agriculture Minister Pocharam Srinivas Reddy has been unanimously elected as the Speaker of the State Assembly. Srinivas Reddy filed his nomination papers for the post on Thursday when the Assembly met for the first time after the December elections.
He was the lone candidate for the post. Though the elections results were out on December 11, the Assembly could meet only on Thursday. The day also marked the oath-taking by 114 out of the 119 legislators.
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