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Senior BJP leader and NDA nominee Vijay Kumar Sinha was today elected as the new speaker of Bihar Assembly. Protem Speaker Jitan Ram Manjhi announced the election result of Assembly speaker. Mr Manjhi said Vijay Kumar Sinha got 126 votes while Grand Alliance candidate Awadh Bihari Choudhary got 114 votes.
Newly elected Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha is a four time MLA from Lakhisarai constituency. In the previous Nitish Kumar led government, Mr Sinha was Labour Minister.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Ministers Tarkishore Prasad and Renu Devi congratulated the new assembly speaker. Besides opposition leader Tejaswi Yadav , Congress leader Ajit Sharma, Hindustani Awam Morcha( HAM) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi , Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) leader Mukesh Sahni and CPI( ML) leader Mehboob Alam also congratulated the new Speaker.
Earlier Opposition parties demanded secret voting for election of assembly speaker. They objected to the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his two cabinet colleagues Ashok Choudhary and Mukesh Sahni as they are not members of the assembly.