Hriday Narayan Dikshit becomes the new speaker of Uttar Pradesh Assembly

Hriday Narayan Dikshit elected speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly

Post Published By: DN Bureau

Updated : 30 March 2017, 2:03 PM IST

Lucknow: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Hriday Narayan Dikshit has become the Speaker of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh.

The 69-year-old Dixit, who is also chief spokesperson of the state BJP, is a four-time MLA. He has a masters in economics and a Ph.D in journalism. He has also authored many books, including “Shriram Astha aur Itihas”, “Ohm”, “Shiv”, and regularly contributes pieces to regional newspapers.