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Ex-AIADMK MLA JCD Prabhakar, Ravishankar set to get elected as Speaker, Dy Speaker of TN Assembly tomorrow

Chennai, May 11 (UNI) Ex-AIADMK Minister JCD Prabhakar and Ravishankar, both Legislators of the ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) headed by Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, are all set to be elected unopposed as the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively, of the newly constituted 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, when the elections will be held on Tuesday morning.
Both the candidates filed their nominations for their respective posts in the presence of Vijay and his Cabinet colleagues before Legislative Assembly Secretary K Srinivasan on Monday.
Since theirs were the only nominations filed, both of them will be declared elected unopposed and announced by Pro-tem speaker
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