The Karnataka Assembly today elected unanimously Ramesh Kumar of Congress as the Speaker of the House. The BJP candidate Suresh Kumar withdrew his nomination.<br />''<br />''Before the floor test the leader of the House spoke in the House expressing his happiness on selection of Ramesh Kumar as the Speaker.<br />''<br />''Ramesh Kumar had served as speaker between 1994 and 1999 when H D Deve Gowda and later J H Patel were Chief Ministers.<br />''<br />''Leader of the House and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy also welcomed the election of Ramesh Kumar as Speaker.<br />''<br />''Later leader of the opposition B S Yeddyurappa and Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G Parameshwar expressed happiness over the Speaker nomination without any election.<br />''<br />''Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy will seek vote of confidence on the floor of the state assembly today. He was sworn-in as the 24th chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday.<br />''<br />''Forming a Coalition Government with Congress party, Mr Kumaraswamy has claimed to have the support of 117 legislators including one BSP and one independent member.<br />''<br />''BJP with 104 members is eight short of majority in the House strength of 222 members.<br />''<br />''BJP is the only Opposition in the House and B S Yeddyurappa will be the leader of Opposition.