Hyderabad: Congress leader Gaddam Prasad Kumar filed his nomination for the Telangana Legislative Assembly Speaker elections scheduled for Thursday, December 14.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi, the pro-tem speaker of the Telangana Assembly, will preside over the election of a speaker scheduled for Thursday, December 14.
On election day, Akbaruddin Owaisi will read out the names of members duly nominated, along with their proposers. If there is only one nomination, the member will be declared elected. In the case of multiple nominations, the assembly will proceed to elect the speaker by ballot.
Know assets of Congress candidate for Telangana Assembly speaker election
After the speaker’s election, the office of the pro-tem speaker ceases to exist.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi, the second majority in the state assembly, has announced that they will back the Congress candidate in the speaker elections.
With the BJP MLAs deciding to boycott oath-taking with Akbaruddin Owaisi presiding over the procedures, the Congress candidate is likely to be made speaker uncontested.
The Congress came to power in the state on December 3 with a safe majority of 64 seats. This threw the two-time champions, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), out of power in Telangana with only 39 seats. The BJP was able to secure 24 seats, unlike only one in the last elections.
Assets of Telangana Congress’ speaker candidate
The assets of the Telangana Congress candidate for the Assembly speaker election, Gaddam Prasad Kumar, are among the lowest on the list of MLAs selected by the All India Congress Committee on December 6.
In this list, D. Anasuya Seethakka possesses the least assets, totalling 82 lakh, while Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy holds the highest assets, amounting to 433 crore.
According to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), Gaddam Prasad Kumar has over 92 lakh in movable assets and 2 crore in immovable assets. Aged 59 years, Prasad Kumar won the Vicarabad (SC) seat in the recently concluded Telangana Assembly elections.
