Three time National Conference Legislator Nazir Ahmed Gurezi was today unanimously elected as Deputy Speaker of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly.
The Motion for the election of Deputy Speaker was moved by Minister for Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs, Syed Basharat Bukhari and seconded by Minister for Social Welfare & Forests, Bali Bhagat in the House, which unanimously adopted it.
Gurezi had won election as MLA for three times from Gurez Assembly segment and was Minister in previous Omar Abdullah government in the State.