Wednesday, November 23 2005 20:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Patna: Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Sushil Kumar Modi was today (Nov 23, 2005) unanimously elected leader of the BJP legislative party and will be the new Deputy Chief Minister.

BJP Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu announced election of Modi after about a two-hour meeting of the legislative party.