The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had nominated Kisan Kathore for the post of Maharashtra Assembly Speaker on Saturday but withdrew his candidature on Sunday. Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis in state assembly said, We had nominated Kisan Kathore for the post of assembly speaker, but in all-party meeting, other parties requested us and it has been a tradition that speaker is appointed unopposed, so we accepted the request and withdrew the name of our candidate.