New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Marshalled out multiple times, three time MLA BJP leader Vijendra Gupta on Monday was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the eighth Delhi Legislative Assembly on the first day of the first session of the House on Monday following the formation of a new government.
Gupta's ascension to the speaker's chair marks a full circle-moment for the BJP veteran, who had been marshalled or dragged out of the assembly multiple times during AAP's 10 years in office.
Thanking the members for choosing him as speaker, Gupta said, "I express my heartfelt gratitude to all the honourable members of this great House for electing me to this position and entrusting me with the serious responsibility of running this House.
This House is...