Patna
In one more challenging contest, former labour minister and 4-term BJP lawmaker Vijay Kumar Sinha was elected as the Speaker in Bihar Assembly on Wednesday. Sinha defeated Awadh Bihari Chaudhury of the Grand Alliance 126-114. Despite LJP president Chirag Paswan’s non-cease tirades against Nitish Kumar throughout elections, the lone legislator of his celebration sided with the NDA, although AIMIM’s five MLAs supported Chaudhury of RJD. The RJD and Congress members kicked up a ruckus in the House in search of eviction of ministers Ashok Chaudhury and Mukesh Sahani as they are not a member of either the Assembly or the Legislative Council.
The pro tem speaker rejected the Opp demand for secret voting. The CM later inducted the newly elected Speaker to his chair with the assistance of Opposition leader Tejashwi. This is for the initially time just after 1969 the Speaker has been selected following a contest. The final time, Ram Naraian Mandal had defeated Dhanik Lal Mandal by ten votes. With Sinha’s election, veteran BJP leader and ex-PWD minister Nand Kishore Yadav lost a opportunity to occupy the leading post. Now, all the 3 leading BJP leaders from Bihar – SK Modi, Prem Kumar and Nand Kishore Yadav – are out of energy in state politics.