A section in the Congress has come up with the idea of making school education minister and four-term Congress MLA from Mumbai, Varsha Gaikwad, the Assembly speaker. The thought is expected to be discussed between the state leaders and party general secretary in-charge HK Patil, who is in the city on a three-day visit.

The Congress hasn’t finalised a candidate for the coveted post, which became vacant after Nana Patole quit early this year. The names of Sangram Thopte, Prithviraj Chavan, Nitin Raut and many other MLAs came up but nothing materialised even in the two-day legislative session which passed off without the election.