K.R. Ramesh Kumar has been chosen unopposed as the Karnataka Assembly Speaker on Friday, star tem Speaker K.G. Bopaiah reported. Ramesh Kumar is a six-time MLA and has been the Speaker of Karnataka Assembly twice during the HD Deve Gowda and JH Patel governments (1994-99). He was the Health and Family Welfare minister in the previous Congress government of Siddaramaiah.
He won from Srinivasapur defeating JDS candidate GK Venkatashivareddy by over 10,500 votes in the recent Assembly elections. Congress legislative party pioneer Siddaramaiah proposed Kumar’s name for the Speaker’s post, which was favored by Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara.
(The) Congress government is chosen unopposed as Speaker of the Assembly,” said Bopaiah on the floor of the hung House . The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew the nomination of its candidate S Suresh Kumar giving Ramesh Kumar a walkover.
Karnataka Deputy CM G Parameshwara proposed KR Ramesh Kumar’s name which was seconded by Congress leader Siddaramahaih. Soon after his election, Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy congratulated Ramesh Kumar and hoped that the next five years pass on peacefully. “We are happy that you have been elected unanimously,” he said.