Hriday Narayan Dikshit elected as the speaker of UP legislative assembly

Dikshit, during his long association with the Bhartiya Janata Party, has handled a number of assignments including that of the leader of the party in UP Legislative Council and other organizational posts

Arnima Dwivedi
Published on: 30 March 2017 8:28 AM GMT
Hriday Narayan Dikshit elected as the speaker of UP legislative assembly
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Hriday Narayan Dikshit elected as the Speaker of UP legislative assembly

Lucknow: Hriday Narayan Dikshit, on Thursday, was elected as the Speaker of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly through consensus.

The speaker was welcomed by the legislators with applauds, as he took oath and the Chief Minister gave his speech stating that he expects the assembly to grow progressively under Dikshit's guidance.

It could be recalled that he had filed the nomination for the speaker of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly on Wednesday last in the presence of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and many other senior leaders.

Dikshit, during his long association with the Bhartiya Janata Party, has handled a number of assignments including that of the leader of the party in UP Legislative Council and other organizational posts.

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Why Hriday Narayan as UP Assembly Speaker?

  • He has been six times MLA.
  • He is known to have sound knowledge of parliamentary affairs.
  • He had served as minister of parliamentary affairs when BJP was in power.
  • He is well-versed with the rules and practices of the Legislative Assembly.
  • It is worth mentioning that newstrack.com was the first to indicate that the BJP leader will be appointed at the post.

Arnima Dwivedi

Arnima Dwivedi

A journalist, presently working as a sub-editor with newstrack.com. I love exploring new genres of humans and humanity.

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