BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav was on Thursday elected as the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly. As per tradition, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Tejashwi Yadav escorted the new speaker to the Chair.
After Choudhary’s removal from the Speaker's chair, Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari of JD (U), was conducting the proceedings of the House.
Who is Nand Kishore Yadav?
Yadav, a seven-time MLA from Patna Sahib assembly constituency, started his political journey in 1978 after being elected the councillor of the Patna Municipal Corporation and deputy mayor of Patna in 1982.
First elected as an MLA in 1995, Yadav, had also served as a minister in the Nitish Kumar government several times in the past.
BJP's selection of Yadav for the post of Speaker is being seen as an attempt to strike a balance between the Extremely Backward Class (EBC), Other Backward Class (OBC) and upper caste balance in the new ruling dispensation.
(With PTI inputs)
