AAP's M S Dhir all set to be Delhi Assembly Speaker

New Delhi, Jan 3:

candidate M S Dhir is all set to become

of the

with

issuing a whip to its MLAs to support his candidature.

"We have issued a whip to our MLAs to support the AAP candidate," Delhi Congress President Arvinder Singh Lovely said.

Opposition BJP fielded its candidate Jagdish Mukhi in the election scheduled later in the day.

Opposition BJP fielded its candidate Jagdish Mukhi in the election.

Congress yesterday had backed the confidence motion by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal yesterday Mukhi and Dhir are the only candidates left in the fray for the post after the deadline for filing nominations expired yesterday AAP, which has 28 MLAs, needs the backing of eight Congress MLAs to secure the Speaker's post for itself.

It can also count on the support of lone JD(U) MLA and an Independent who also backed the confidence motion.

PTI