Himachal Pradesh minister Vipin Parmar is set to become the next Speaker of the state Assembly.
Parmar filed his nomination papers on Tuesday for the Speaker's post to assembly secretary Yash Paul Sharma in the presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and former speaker Rajeev Bindal.
The 55-year-old BJP leader will be formally declared as the new Speaker on Wednesday as no other member of the legislative assembly has filed his or her nomination.
The opposition Congress did not file any nomination for the Speaker's post as it has only 21 members in the
The Speaker's post has been lying vacant since
Thakur said he had talked with BJP national president