Advani may not get Lok Sabha Speaker post

May 25, 2014 20:00

NDTV reports: Senior BJP leader and eight-time MP from Indore Sumitra Mahajan could be named the Lok Sabha Speaker.

Mahajan is the longest serving woman parliamentarian.

Apart from Mahajan, the other name doing the rounds for the post is Karia Munda, who was deputy speaker in the 15th Lok Sabha.

This is going to be a setback for senior party leader L K Advani, who has reportedly expressed his keenness for the Speaker's post in which he doesn't have to directly report to PM.

Sources said Advani's name is not being considered for the post.

Sources have also said that senior lawyers Uday Lalit and Mukul Rohatgi are the contenders for the post of Attorney General.

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