Bhubaneswar: Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Pramila Mallik today resigned from the post.

The Binjharpur MLA will submit nomination papers for the post of Odisha Legislative Assembly Speaker. She is all set to become the first woman Speaker of Odisha Assembly.

The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) had yesterday announced her name as the party's candidate for the Speaker’s post.

As the ruling party has absolute majority in Odisha Assembly, Mallik will not face any major hurdle in her election to the Speaker’s post on September 22, said a political observer.

The Speaker post in Odisha Assembly has been falling vacant ever since the resignation of Bikram Keshari Arukha in May this year.

Earlier, it was announced that the election to the Speaker’s post would be conducted on September 21.

However, the election has been rescheduled to September 22 as the Opposition Congress and BJP had threatened to boycott the poll on September 21 citing the Nuakhai festival in Odisha.