Padhy, a two-time MLA elected from the Ranpur assembly segment in Nayagarh district was the lone candidate for the post.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said all partners of the opposition INDIA bloc will try to ensure support for the ruling ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) if it fields a candidate for the Lok Sabha speaker's election.

Congress legislators and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh have been vocal against the nine MLAs and have accused the BJP of pressurising the legislators. 

An email was subsequently detected to have been dispatched to the office of Maharashtra governor Ramesh Bais after the unauthorized access to the account.

“The allegations levelled against me are baseless and they were made when the Assembly was in session when I enjoyed special powers being the speaker. There are special privileges to the speaker and his (Velip’s) statements amount to the insult of the position,” Tawadkar said.

Tawadkar, the previous week accused Gaude of allegedly embezzling Rs 26.85 lakh by distributing the money to clubs and organisations under a scheme of his department for conducting cultural programmes, which never took place. 

CM Nitish Kumar on Monday chaired the meeting of his new cabinet to distribute portfolios. After the cabinet meeting, leaders of NDA constituents, however, remained tight-lipped about the distribution of portfolios.