Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Praful Patel on Saturday said that the post of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker will be filed by a nominee of the Congress party as per an agreement between the "Maha Vikas Aghadi" alliance. "The post of Speaker will be filed by a nominee of the congress party as per an agreement between the three parties [Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress]. There is no confusion. The Congress sent a few names to us this morning and we have no objection to it," Patel told the media persons.

Patel, however, refused to divulge names of the candidates proposed by the Congress. "It is Congress's prerogative to decide who will be the candidate. We are happy to accept any nominee proposed by the Congress party," the leader added. He evaded naming the person who will be the deputy chief minister and said, "The post will be filled up in due course".