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

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.

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.