NDA’s Harivansh Singh elected Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman

The BJP-led NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was on Thursday elected the Rajya Sabha’s Deputy Chairman, after the post was vacant since July. The NDA candidate got 125 votes, while Congress-led UPA’s candidate BK Hariprasad got 105 votes. Harivansh Singh is a member of the Janata Dal (United), the BJP’s ally in Bihar.