Prem Kumar files nomination for Speaker of Bihar Assembly

Key facts

• Prem Kumar is a veteran BJP leader and one of few leaders in Bihar who started off during the JP Movement.
• Prem Kumar is an eight-term MLA from Gaya Town.
• Prem Kumar is the sole legislator to have filed the nomination for the post of Assembly Speaker in Bihar.
• Prem Kumar is set for election to the post unopposed as the Mahagathbandhan shied away from fielding a candidate.
• The NDA enjoys a brute majority in the 243-strong Bihar Assembly with 202 seats.
• BJP has 89 MLAs as against JD(U)’s tally of 85 MLAs.
• JD(U) had kept the post of the speaker with itself in the first three tenures.