TL-ASSEMBLY

Senior TRS MLA Pocharam

Srinivasa Reddy was Friday unanimously elected Speaker of the

Telangana Assembly.

Reddy's unanimous election was announced by Pro Tem

Speaker Mumtaz Ahmad Khan in the House.

Reddy's nomination was the only one to be filed

Thursday.

His candidature was proposed by Chief Minister K

Chandrasekhar Rao, main opposition Congress MLA Mallu Bhatti

Vikramarka and others.

After Reddy's election was announced, he was conducted

to the chair by Rao, state Congress president N Uttam Kumar

Reddy and others.

Reddy, born in 1949, was elected to the assembly six

times. He served as Agriculture minister in the previous TRS

government.

The first session of the assembly after the December 7

polls began Thursday.

The Governor would address the joint session of the

assembly and the legislative council tomorrow.