<p>Patna: Veteran BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav was on Thursday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav escorted the new speaker to the Chair.</p>.<p>Kumar congratulated Nand Kishore Yadav and said he was an experienced leader.</p>.<p>"You (Speaker) are an experienced leader. I congratulate you on your election. You have been supported by all MLAs. I am sure you will hear both sides, ruling as well as opposition".</p>.<p>The Leader of the Opposition expressed hope that the new speaker will listen to the opposition also.</p>.<p>"You are a very senior leader and I am sure that you will remain impartial and listen to the opposition also", Tejashwi Yadav said.</p>.<p>Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha congratulated Yadav on being elected as the speaker of the state Assembly.</p>.<p>"You are our senior leader and you come from the land of Guru Govind Singh Ji. We all are thankful to our central leadership for this," Choudhary said.</p>.<p>"We congratulate you for this new role. You are a very senior leader... and we will learn from your experiences," Sinha said.</p>.<p>Yadav, a seven-time MLA from Patna Sahib assembly constituency had filed his nomination for the Speaker's post on Tuesday, a day after his predecessor, Awadh Bihari Choudhary of the RJD, was voted out in a no-confidence motion.</p>.<p>After Choudhary’s removal from the Speaker's chair, Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari of JD (U), was conducting the proceedings of the House.</p>.<p>Patna Sahib, the constituency represented for several consecutive terms by Yadav, is named after the Sikh shrine situated at the spot where the 10th Guru was born.</p>.<p>Yadav started his political journey in 1978 when he became the councillor of the Patna Municipal Corporation and deputy mayor of Patna in 1982.</p>.<p>First elected as an MLA in 1995, Yadav, had also served as a minister in the Nitish Kumar government several times in the past. BJP's selection of Yadav for the post of Speaker is being seen as an attempt to strike a balance between Extremely Backward Class (EBC), Other Backward Class (OBC) and upper caste balance in the new ruling dispensation.</p>
<p>Patna: Veteran BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav was on Thursday elected unopposed as the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav escorted the new speaker to the Chair.</p>.<p>Kumar congratulated Nand Kishore Yadav and said he was an experienced leader.</p>.<p>"You (Speaker) are an experienced leader. I congratulate you on your election. You have been supported by all MLAs. I am sure you will hear both sides, ruling as well as opposition".</p>.<p>The Leader of the Opposition expressed hope that the new speaker will listen to the opposition also.</p>.<p>"You are a very senior leader and I am sure that you will remain impartial and listen to the opposition also", Tejashwi Yadav said.</p>.<p>Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha congratulated Yadav on being elected as the speaker of the state Assembly.</p>.<p>"You are our senior leader and you come from the land of Guru Govind Singh Ji. We all are thankful to our central leadership for this," Choudhary said.</p>.<p>"We congratulate you for this new role. You are a very senior leader... and we will learn from your experiences," Sinha said.</p>.<p>Yadav, a seven-time MLA from Patna Sahib assembly constituency had filed his nomination for the Speaker's post on Tuesday, a day after his predecessor, Awadh Bihari Choudhary of the RJD, was voted out in a no-confidence motion.</p>.<p>After Choudhary’s removal from the Speaker's chair, Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari of JD (U), was conducting the proceedings of the House.</p>.<p>Patna Sahib, the constituency represented for several consecutive terms by Yadav, is named after the Sikh shrine situated at the spot where the 10th Guru was born.</p>.<p>Yadav started his political journey in 1978 when he became the councillor of the Patna Municipal Corporation and deputy mayor of Patna in 1982.</p>.<p>First elected as an MLA in 1995, Yadav, had also served as a minister in the Nitish Kumar government several times in the past. BJP's selection of Yadav for the post of Speaker is being seen as an attempt to strike a balance between Extremely Backward Class (EBC), Other Backward Class (OBC) and upper caste balance in the new ruling dispensation.</p>