Congress MLA Nana Patole was elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Maharashtra Assembly after BJP withdrew its candidate for the post on Sunday, a day after Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray led Maharasthra Vikas Aghadi won the vote of confidence in the Legislative Assembly.

The #MahaVikasAghadi candidate & Congress leader Nana Patole has been elected as Maharashtra Assembly Speaker. pic.twitter.com/SAgE24kR0C

— ANI (@ANI) December 1, 2019

State BJP chief Chandrakant Patil announced the party's decision to take back the nomination of Kisan Kathore for the Assembly Speaker post after an all-party meeting here this morning and before the end of the deadline of withdrawal of nomination ended at 10 am.