CHANDIGARH, Nov. 4 -- BJP MLA Gian Chand Gupta was unanimously elected Speaker of Haryana Assembly on Monday.
Panchkula MLA Gupta's name was proposed by CM Manohar Lal Khattar and seconded by Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala. In the Assembly election, Gupta defeated Congress's Chander Mohan Bishnoi, the son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal.
Earlier, protem speaker Raghubir Singh Kadian administer oath to Khattar, Dushyant and other legislators. In the 90- member Assembly, the strength of BJP is 40, its ally JJP 10, Independents seven, Congress 31, and INLD and Haryana Lokhit Party (HLP) one each
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