CM Samrat Choudhary visits Deputy Speaker at IGIMS Patna
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A quiet but telling gesture of legislative solidarity played out at Patna's Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) on Thursday, 15 October 2026, when Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary paid a personal visit to Bihar Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav, who is currently hospitalised there.
Choudhary shared the visit on X, writing: 'Aaj IGIMS, Patna mein Bihar Vidhan Sabha ke mananiya Upadhyaksha Shri Narendra Narayan Yadav ji se mulakaat kar unke swasthya ka haalchaal evam kushalkshema jaana.' — 'Today at IGIMS, Patna, I met the honourable Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Shri Narendra Narayan Yadav, and enquired after his health and well-being.' He added that he prays to God for Yadav's swift recovery.
Who is Narendra Narayan Yadav?
Narendra Narayan Yadav holds the constitutionally significant post of Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly — the second-highest presiding officer of the state's lower house. The office plays a critical role in the conduct of Assembly sessions, substituting for the Speaker in their absence and managing parliamentary procedure.
Why a hospital visit signals more than courtesy
In Indian state politics, a chief minister's personal appearance at a hospitalised legislator's bedside is a well-established gesture of institutional respect — one that cuts across ordinary political distances and reaffirms the collegial bonds that hold legislative bodies together. It is rarely a headline event, but it is never incidental either. The visit signals that the Bihar government is mindful of the Deputy Speaker's condition and invested in his recovery.
IGIMS, Patna — formally the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences — is one of Bihar's premier government medical institutions, a referral hospital that handles complex and high-profile cases from across the state.