India, Feb. 20 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday picked Rohini MLA Vijender Gupta, a former head of its Delhi unit, as its candidate for the post of Delhi assembly Speaker.

Confirming his nomination, the senior leader told news agency PTI, "I will first of all get the CAG reports that were kept pending by the previous AAP government, tabled before the House."

In the recently-held Delhi assembly election, which saw the BJP end the decade-long rule of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Capital, Vijender Gupta's winning margin (37,816) from Rohini was the highest among all 48 BJP candidates who won their respective constituencies.

The 61-year-old, who scored a hattrick of wins from the Rohini seat, was the Leader of Opposition...