Revanth Reddy, his cabinet colleagues, BRS Working President Rama Rao, AIMIM MLAs and lone CPI MLA Kunamneni Sambasiva Rao were present when Prasad Kumar's nomination was submitted to the legislature secretary.
The Speaker election is scheduled to be conducted in the Assembly on Thursday. With the opposition parties BRS and AIMIM supporting his candidature, Prasad Kumar's election is likely to be unanimous.
The Congress won 64 seats in the recently concluded assembly polls and its ally CPI got one seat. BRS bagged 39 seats while AIMIM was victorious in seven seats. The BJP secured eight seats.
