Maharashtra Governor May Be Approached For Speaker’s Appointment, Then Assembly Floor Test

Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari could be approached for appointment of the state’s legislative Assembly Speaker within 48 hours. There is also a possibility of Protem Speaker being appointed. After this, the Governor may call the Assembly session for the floor test.
Under Article 175(2) of the Constitution of India the Governor has the power to summon the House and call for a floor test to prove the government has a majority.

Why Maharashtra assembly without a speaker ?

Nana Patole stepped down from the Speaker’s post after he was appointed as the chief of the state unit of the Congress.
With Nana Patole’s resignation from Speaker, there was a need to fill this position. In the Winter Session last year, amendments were made by the rules committee to the election of the Speaker, with the government fixing the date for election as 28 December.
The changes in the rules were pertaining to the date of election and the manner in selecting the Speaker.
As per Rule 6 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules, “The Governor shall fix a date for the holding of the election and the Secretary shall send to every member notice of the date so fixed.”
However, the amendment meant that the date of election of the Speaker was to be notified by the Governor on the recommendation of the chief minister, rather than the Governor announcing the same.
Also, the “secret ballot” system for election was replaced with an “open” voting system, under which the Speaker could be chosen by a “show of hands or voice vote”.
However, the BJP opposed these changes, accusing the MVA of running the “most insecure government.

Speaker:

The Office of the Speaker of Legislative Assembly is a constitutional one.
Under Article 178 of the Indian Constitution every Legislative Assembly of a State shall, choose one of its Members as Speaker.