Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nand Kishore Yadav is all set to become the new Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
The post became vacant on Monday before the trust vote when Awadh Bihari Choudhary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was removed as Speaker. Presently Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari is conducting the proceedings of the House.
Mr. Yadav filed his nomination papers at the Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday in the presence of Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and two Deputy Chief Ministers of the BJP – Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha. Senior leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) were also present.