Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Mohan Singh Bisht was elected as the deputy speaker of Delhi Assembly on Thursday.
Chief Minister Rekha Gupta proposed his name. It was seconded by Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa during the maiden session of the eighth Delhi Assembly.
Whereas, the second motion proposed by Anil Kumar Sharma was backed by Gajender Singh Yadav.
Who is Mohan Singh Bisht?
— Mohan Singh Bisht (67) is a veteran party leader and six-time MLA.
— He won the recent assembly polls, defeating AAP’s Adeel Ahmad Khan by over 17,000 votes in Mustafabad constituency.
— From 1998 to 2015, Bisht represented the Karawal Nagar seat. He won the seat again in 2020.
In the recently held election, the BJP’s decisive victory ended the AAP’s over-a-decade-long rule. The BJP secured 48 out of 70 seats, while the AAP was reduced to 22. The Congress drew a blank.
