NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh is elected Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman
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Published: Aug 09, 2018, 06:48 IST | Updated: Aug 09, 2018, 06:48 IST
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The post of the deputy chairman has been lying vacant since June 2018 after the retirement of Congress leader PJ Kurien.
NDA Candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was on Thursday elected as Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman.
He won with 125 votes. UPA's BK Hariprasad got 105 votes.
Earlier, BJP has issued a three-line whip to its Rajya Sabha members of Parliament (MPs) to be present in the house for the voting.
The post of the deputy chairman has been lying vacant since June 2018 after the retirement of Congress leader PJ Kurien.
At the farewell of Kurien, Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu had urged the ruling and opposition parties to find a suitable replacement for the post.