Search for speaker emerges a tough test for Congress

Congress faces difficulty finding a willing candidate for Karnataka Legislative Assembly speaker after UT Khader vacated the post to become health minister.

Senior MLAs RV Deshpande, HK Patil, and TB Jayachandra have turned down the speaker role, preferring cabinet portfolios.

Dinesh Gundu Rao has emerged as a frontrunner for the speaker post, with party functionaries largely convincing him to accept.