NDA's Harivansh Singh elected as RS deputy chairperson

New Delhi, Aug 09: NDA candidate and JD(U) leader Harivansh Narayan Singh became the Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha after securing 125 votes against 105 gained by opposition's candidate and the three-time Congress parliamentarian BK Hariprasad.

The voting was undertaken twice as some of the MPs complained that they could not register their vote on the machine.

After the proceedings of election were concluded, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Harivansh Singh and, addressing the Rajya Sabha said, “I congratulate Harivansh ji on behalf of the whole house. He has been blessed with the talent of writing. He was also a favourite of former PM Chandra Shekhar ji.”

"Working closely with Chandra Shekhar Ji, Harivansh Ji knew in advance that Chandra Shekhar Ji would resign. However, he did not let his own paper have access to this news. This shows his commitment to ethics and public service. His experience, commitment and expertise of dealing people will help the House. He had earlier run a column on how the parliamentarians of the country should work. Little did he know that he will one day be the Deputy Chairperson of the House. We all will benefit from his experience," he added.

Jaitely congratulates Harivansh Narayan Singh
Arun Jaitley, who made his first appearance during the ongoing Monsoon session of Parliament also congratulated Harivansh Narayan Singh