Chandy denies dispute in UDF over Speaker post

Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 : Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today clarified there were no differences among the constituents in the UDF on allocation of Speaker and Deputy Speaker posts in Kerala Assembly.

Talking to newspersons here, he said there was no difference among the Congress leadership and the UDF on the formation of Ministry as alleged by a section of Congress MLAs in the State.

Mr Chandy clarified this following statements by MLAs T N Prathapan and V D Satheeshan that there had been discrepancies in the Cabinet formation.

But, Congress sources said Mr G Karthikeyan was likely to be the next Assembly Speaker.

On the first meeting of the Assembly on June 1, the new MLAs would take oath before Pro-tem Speaker N Sakthan.

However, the UDF will hold a meeting tomorrow to decide the new Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Parliamentary Affairs Posts.

--UNI

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