NEW DELHI: After NDA candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was elected new Rajya Sabha (RS) deputy chairman on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "now, we are all Hari 'bharose'" (Now, we all depend on Hari).The PM was full of praise for the new RS deputy chairman - a former journalist - and also said he was a favourite of former PM Chandra Shekhar ."He (Harivansh) has been blessed with the talent of writing. He was also a favourite of former PM Chandra Shekhar ji," said Modi.The reason Harivansh was a "favourite" of Chandra Shekhar was that despite being close to him, he didn't reveal when the then PM was going to tender his resignation."He was a journalist, was associated with a newspaper. But not a whiff did he give to his newspaper (about the impending resignation of Chandra Shekhar in March 1991 ) . He (Harivansh) maintained the dignity of the (PM's) office," related PM MOdi , while speaking in the RS.The BJP-led NDA's candidate Hwas on Thursday elected new RS deputy chairman with 125 votes. The UPA's candidate, Congress MP BK Hariprasad, got 105 votes.Harivansh is a JD(U) Parliamentarian from Bihar.