New Delhi, Feb. 28 -- Six-time BJP MLA Mohan Singh Bisht was on Thursday elected as the deputy speaker of Delhi Assembly after Chief Minister Rekha Gupta proposed his name.The motion moved by Chief Minister Gupta was seconded by Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa, while Gajender Singh Yadav backed the second motion proposed by Anil Kumar Sharma.
The Delhi Speaker Vijender Gupta also recognised Aami Admi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi as the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The decision came days after the AAP appointed Atishi as the LoP.
Veteran BJP leader Bisht (67) won the recent assembly polls from Mustafabad, defeating AAP's Adeel Ahmad Khan by over 17,000 votes.
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