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Kagodu Thimmappa is Speaker of Karnataka Assembly

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May 31, 2013
Bangalore, May 31: Senior Congress leader Kagodu Thimmappa was today elected Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly unopposed.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah proposed his name and it was seconded by Higher Education Minister R V Deshpande. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra also proposed the candidature of the 82-year-old MLA, which was backed by C S Nadagouda.

After a voice-vote, pro-tem Speaker Malikayya Guttedar announced that Thimmappa, a former Minister who was elected from Sagara in Shimoga district in the May five electionss, was elected to the post unanimously.

Siddaramaiah, Leader of Opposition H D Kumaraswamy (JDS) and former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar (BJP) and others who spoke, congratulated the new Speaker.

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