JDU's Maheshwar Hazari Elected Bihar Deputy Speaker Amid Assembly Boycott

Maheshwar Hazari was elected deputy speaker by voice vote in the absence of opposition members in the house.

Senior JD(U) leader Maheshwar Hazari was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Bihar legislative assembly on Wednesday amid boycott of the house by opposition protesting use of force against their members when they were holding agitation against a Bill concerning the police department the previous day. Mr Hazari was elected deputy speaker by voice vote in the absence of opposition members in the house. The opposition RJD, Congress, CPI-ML, CPI and CPI(M) kept away from the house and instead held a parallel session outside in the assembly premises after choosing RJD's Bhudeo Chuadhary their speaker. Bhudeo Chaudhary had filed nomination for the deputy speaker post, but neither he nor the opposition MLAs participated in the election.