BJP has broken parliamentary tradition in deputy Speaker poll: Samajwadi Party

LUCKNOW: Leader of the Opposition in UP assembly, Ram Govind Chaudhary, on Sunday accused the BJP of not following the parliamentary traditions in the election of deputy Speaker in the assembly and causing obstruction in the election of SP candidate Narendra Verma who comes from OBC category.
Six-time SP MLA Narendra Verma filed his nomination papers for the post of deputy speaker on Sunday.
Chaudhary, who accompanied Verma for the nomination along with many senior politicians, said, “As per the tradition, deputy speaker is chosen from the principal opposition party and the party in power does not oppose it. But the BJP has gone against the age-old tradition,” he told TOI.
Chaudhary said BJP held no meeting with the opposition parties or moved a proposal for the election of the deputy speaker for the past 4.5 years. “Suddenly, BJP announced the election and nominated Nitin Agarwal as its candidate. We wanted to give this post to someone from the scheduled caste, scheduled tribe or the other backward classes. Now we will see on election day if the BJP lives up to the set traditions or not,” he said.