<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, BJP MLA Girish Gautam today filed his nomination papers for the post of the state Assembly Speaker. He is likely to be elected unopposed as the Opposition Cogress has announced to extend its support. Budget session of MP assembly will start tomorrow.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, Girish Gautam, a four-term MLA from Rewa district, filed his nomination papers in the state Assembly secretariat on Sunday. The post is lying vacant since March last year following collapse of the then Congress-led government.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">At present, BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma is the protem Speaker of the state Assembly. The election for the post could not be organised  in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, former chief minister and state Congress president KamalNath in a tweet said that , we have decided to extend our support for an unopposed election to the Speaker's post. In the 230-member state Assembly, the ruling BJP enjoys a comfortable majority with 126 legislators. The budget session of Madhya Pradesh assembly will be held from February 22 to March 26.</span><br />