India: Kanpur's Satish Mahana begins his tenure as UP assembly speaker

Kanpur: Satish Mahana has been elected Speaker of the UP assembly on Tuesday.

No opposition candidate came to file a nomination against him. 

It is reported that eight-time MLA Satish Mahana filed his nomination in the presence of CM Yogi Adityanath and deputy CM Brajesh Pathak.

Raja Bhaiya of Jansatta Dal was present as his proposer.

It has been also made known that SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has congratulated him.

Mahana has begun conducting the assembly procedures on Tuesday.