Bihar Vidhan Sabha speaker, Vidhan Parishad deputy chairperson elected unopposed

PATNA: Veteran RJD leader Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was on Friday elected unopposed as the speaker of Bihar Vidhan Sabha on Friday. Another senior RJD leader, Ram Chandra Purbey, was unanimously elected as the deputy chairperson of the Vidhan Parishad. Both had filed their nomination on Thursday.


After being elected, Bihari was escorted to the chair by chief minister Nitish Kumar and leader of opposition Vijay Kumar Sinha.

The post for the speaker had got vacant after Vijay Kumar Sinha resigned on Tuesday.

While addressing the members in the Assembly, CM Nitish congratulated Chaudhary and expressed his faith in the latter.

After the election of Chaudhary unanimously, the members of the Upper House elected Purbey as unopposed and the announcement was made by the Vidhan Parishad chairperson Devesh Chandra Thakur.

Here too, CM Nitish, his deputy Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, leader of opposition in the Upper House Samrat Chaudhary and other members extended their greetings to Purbey.