Patna, Feb 21 (PTI) JD(U) leader Maheshwar Hazari has resigned from the post of deputy speaker of the Bihar assembly, the Vidhan Sabha secretariat said on Wednesday.
According to a notification from the secretariat, Hazari’s resignation came into effect from the forenoon of February 21.
Hazari, a second-term MLA from the reserved Kalyanpur assembly constituency, had been holding the deputy speaker’s post since March, 2021.
It was not immediately known why the senior leader, who was formerly a minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet, gave up the post.
