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Outgoing Bihar speaker did not want a dalit to preside over House, says his deputy

PATNA: Bihar assembly deputy speaker Maheshwar Hazari on Wednesday accused outgoing speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha of having "insulted dalits" by denying him the opportunity to conduct proceedings of the House after stepping down.

Sinha, after announcing his resignation and adjourning proceedings till 2 pm, had said that Narendra Narayan Yadav of the JD(U) shall be in chair in the post-lunch session.

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