Maharashtra Assembly Speaker To Be Elected Today, 9 Killed In US Plane Crash & Other Top Stories Congress MLA Nana Patole is all set to be elected as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker as Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kisan Kathore has withdrawn his name. While Patole s name was proposed by the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance, BJP had nominated Kathore for the Speaker s post. The election is scheduled today, the day 2 of the special Assembly session called specifically for the floor test and the el