Hyderabad, June 03: Governor ESL Narasimhan on Thursday accepted the resignation of Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar from his post.
With the Congress High Command deciding to elevate Deputy Speaker Nadendla Manohar to Speaker’s post, Mr Manohar submitted his resignation.
According to highly placed sources, the Governor appointed former minister and Congress senior leader JC Diwakar Reddy as Pro-tem Speaker to facilitate Speaker’s election.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Camp Office sources state that Telangana leader Damodar Rajanarasimha has been chosen as the Deputy Chief Minister.
Mr Rajanarasimha is likely to be appointed on June 4, the first day of the two-day Assembly convention.
——–Agencies