Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohan Singh Bisht has been elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Delhi Assembly. He is an MLA from Mustafabad. The proposal to appoint Bisht as the Deputy Speaker was put forward by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and it received strong backing from Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
Bisht won the seat defeating AAP's Adeel Ahmad Khan by over 17,000 votes. Before Mustafabad, he represented the Karawal Nagar seat from 1998 to 2015. He won the seat again in 2020. The maiden session of the eighth Delhi Assembly is presently underway after the BJP's decisive victory in the February 5 elections, ending the AAP's over-a-decade-long rule.
Vijender Gupta was elected as Delhi Speaker
Earlier on February 24, three-time BJP MLA Vijender Gupta was elected as the new speaker in the first session of the 8th Delhi Assembly. The ruling BJP moved two motions- one by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and another by Cabinet minister Ravinder Indraj -- for the Rohini MLA's election. The motions were seconded by ministers Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Parvesh Verma. The motions were passed by voice vote. The election was conducted by Arvinder Singh Lovely, the protem speaker.
Delhi Assembly Speaker recognises Atishi as Leader of Opposition
The Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday recognised Aami Admi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi as the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The decision came days after the AAP appointed Atishi as the LoP.
The Kalkaji MLA has been appointed as Leader of Opposition under Section 2 of the Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Legislative Assembly Act, 2001. A notification issued by the Legislative Assembly Secretariat National Capital Territory of Delhi on Thursday said, "The Hon'ble Speaker has recognized Smt. Atishi, Member of Delhi Legislative Assembly, who is the Leader of the House of the Party in Opposition to the Government having the greatest numerical strength, as Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi with immediate effect in terms of Section 2 of the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Salary and Allowances) Act, 2001". Atishi won the Kalka ji assembly seat by defeating the BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in the recently held Delhi assembly elections.
(With inputs from agencies)