Belagavi: Seniormost MLC Basavaraj Horatti of the BJP was elected as the Legislative Council Chairman for the third time at the ongoing winter session of the State Legislature at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here on Wednesday.
Horatti, who is also a former Minister, was elected unopposed as he was the only MLC who had filed nomination for the post, the election for which was scheduled on Wednesday. The Acting Chairman Raghunathrao Malkapure also of the BJP, who initiated the election process, announced the election of Horatti as the new Legislative Council Chairman, which post he had held twice earlier.
