Shakuni Choudhry elected Dy Speaker of Bihar assembly

Senior RJD leader Shakuni Choudhry was on Thursday unanimously elected the Deputy Speaker of the Bihar assembly.

Speaker Udai Narain Choudhry, who announced the unanimous election of the Tarapur MLA as Deputy Speaker during the post lunch session, asked him to conduct the business on the last day of the session, which was later adjourned sine-die.

The name of Choudhry was proposed by deputy leader of the House and RJD MLA Shakeel Ahmed Khan and seconded by another member Abdul Bari Siddiqui and accepted unanimously.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, legislature party leaders of the Congress, Lok Janshakti Party, CPI, CPI-M, CPI-ML, BSP and independents congratulated Choudhry on being elected as the Deputy Speaker.

They assured Choudhry of full cooperation in running the business of the house.link