<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party declared Shankar Chaudhary and Jethabhai Bharwad as the candidates for the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the newly formed 15th legislative assembly.<br />''<br />''The election for the Assembly the posts of Speaker and Deputy Speaker will be held on 20th December during the assembly session. The newly-elected MLAs will be administered the oath of office in the Assembly on December 19 by Protem Speaker Yogesh Patel.<br />''<br />''Mr. Chaudhary represents the Tharad seat in Banaskantha district, and had served as a Minister in the governments led by Anandiben Patel and Vijay Rupani between 2014 and 2017. Mr. Bharwad, a six-time MLA from Shehra Assembly seat of Panchmahal district, had served as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly between 2021 and 2022 in the last Assembly.</span><br />