<p class="title">Three-time BJP legislator Anand Mamani was unanimously elected as the deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mamani, who represents the Saundatti Yellamma constituency, is the son of late Chandrashekhar Mallikarjun Mamani who also served as deputy speaker in the mid-1990s. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mamani, who joined the BJP in 2008, is the 24th deputy speaker of the Assembly. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP fielded Mamani for the post that fell vacant following the resignation of M Krishna Reddy of the JD(S), who quit ahead of a no-confidence motion that was slated to be moved against him. Senior BJP MLA Araga Jnanendra was also in the race to become the deputy speaker.</p>
<p class="title">Three-time BJP legislator Anand Mamani was unanimously elected as the deputy speaker of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mamani, who represents the Saundatti Yellamma constituency, is the son of late Chandrashekhar Mallikarjun Mamani who also served as deputy speaker in the mid-1990s. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mamani, who joined the BJP in 2008, is the 24th deputy speaker of the Assembly. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP fielded Mamani for the post that fell vacant following the resignation of M Krishna Reddy of the JD(S), who quit ahead of a no-confidence motion that was slated to be moved against him. Senior BJP MLA Araga Jnanendra was also in the race to become the deputy speaker.</p>
