BJP MLA Vijay Sinha elected Bihar Assembly Speaker; 126 votes in favour, 114 against

New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Vijay Sinha was on Wednesday elected as Bihar Assembly Speaker with 126 MLAs voting in favour as against 114 votes for Mahagathbandhan candidate Awadh Bihar Chaudhary.

BJP MLA Vijay Sinha was elected as the Speaker of Bihar Assembly with a voice vote.

Earlier, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs on Wednesday created ruckus in Bihar Assembly, opposing the voice vote in Speaker election, citing the presence of members of the Legislative Council in the House. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and minister Ashok Choudhary who were present in Assembly are MLCs.

#WATCH: RJD MLAs creates ruckus in Bihar Assembly, show rulebook to Protem Speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Manjhi says, “Those from other House aren’t voting for Speaker election, but no problem in their presence.”

Bihar CM & Minister Ashok Choudhary present in Assembly are MLCs. https://t.co/SPDgsurypf pic.twitter.com/ttj2J5bMXK

— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2020

RJD MLA Tejashwi Yadav said in the house, “Rules should be followed during the election of the Speaker. This is a blatant violation of the rules. Should we leave the House?”

RJD MLAs showed the rulebook to Protem Speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi.

Manjhi said, “Those from other House are not voting for Speaker election, but there is no problem in their presence.”

“In this very House, we have seen Lalu Yadav attend proceedings when he was a member of Lok Sabha and Rabri Devi was Chief Minister. There will be no secret voting,” Manjhi added.

Patna: RJD MLAs create ruckus in Bihar Assembly, opposing voice vote in Speaker election, citing the presence of members of the legislative council. https://t.co/t2UhyKa7NU pic.twitter.com/giyjcryujg

— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2020

Yesterday, the Bihar Assembly began its winter session, with newly elected members taking oath as members of legislative assembly.
In the Bihar elections, NDA had secured a majority with 125 seats in 243-member Assembly of which BJP won on 74 seats, Janata Dal (United) 43 while 8 seats were won by VIP and Manjhi’s party.

RJD was single-largest party with 75 seats while Congress was limited to 19 seats.

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