Chennai, May 11 (UNI) DMK MLAs M Appavu and K Pichandy
were on Tuesday elected unopposed as Speaker and Deputy
Speaker of the 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
The ruling DMK has announced that Mr Appavu, elected from
Radhapuram in southern Tirunelveli district, and Mr Pichandi,
elected from Keezhpennathur in Tiruvannamalai district, will be
the candidates for the post of Speaker and Deputy Speaker
respectively.
Both of them, accompanied by Chief Minister M K Stalin and
Leader of the House Duraimurugan filed their nominations
before Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan.
Since theirs were the only nominations filed when the deadline
ended at 1200 hrs, they will be declared elected unopposed.
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