Bihar Legislative Council
Bihar Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | |
| Type | of the Bihar Legislature |
Term limits | 6 years |
| Leadership | |
Chairman (Acting) | Mohammad Haroon Rashid, JD(U) since 9 May 2017 |
Deputy Chairman | Mohammad Haroon Rashid, JD(U) since 5 August 2015 |
Leader of the House
(Chief Minister) | |
Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) | |
Government's Chief Whip | Sanjay Kumar Singh, JD(U) since 27 July 2017 |
Government's Deputy Chief Whip | Rajnish Kumar, BJP since 27 July 2017 |
Leader of the Opposition | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 (63 + 12 Nominated) |
 | |
Political groups | NDA Government (57)
Opposition (18)
|
| Elections | |
| Single transferable vote | |
| Meeting place | |
| Bihar Legislative Council, Patna, Bihar, India | |
| Website | |
| http://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in | |
Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the state of Bihar in India.
History
A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the British Government on 12 December 1911. The Legislative Council with a total of 43 members belonging to different categories was formed in 1912. The first sitting of the Council was convened on 20 January 1913. In 1936, Bihar attained its separate Statehood. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the unicameral legislature got converted into bicameral one, i.e., the Bihar Legislative Council and the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Under the Government of India Act, 1935, the Bihar Legislative Council consisted of 29 members. After the first General Elections 1952, the number of members was increased up to 72 and by 1958 the number was raised to 96. With the creation of Jharkhand, as a result of the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000 passed by the Parliament, the strength of the Bihar Legislative Council has been reduced from 96 to 75 members. Some veteran council members B. P. Mandal, Jagannath Mishra, Satyendra Narain Singh and Lalu Prasad Yadav have also served as Chief Minister of Bihar.
Working
Bihar Legislative Council is a permanent body and not subject to dissolution. But as nearly as possible, one-third of the members thereof retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every second year. Members are now elected or nominated for six years and one-third of them retire every second year. The presiding officers of Vidhan Parishad are now known as Chairman and Deputy Chairman. Members of the upper house, the Legislative Council are indirectly elected through an electoral college. There are 27 Committees which are, at present, functional in the Council. Besides, there are three Financial Committees consisting of the members of the two Houses of the State Legislature.
Current members
- Chairman (Acting) : Mohammad Haroon Rashid
- Deputy Chairman : Mohammad Haroon Rashid
- Leader of the House : Nitish Kumar
- Deputy Leader of the House : Sushil Kumar Modi
- Government's Chief Whip : Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Government's Deputy Chief Whip : Rajnish Kumar
- Leader of the Opposition : Rabri Devi
Elected by Legislative Assembly Members
| # | Member | Political Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashok Chaudhary | Indian National Congress, later merged with Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 2 | Vinod Narayan Jha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 3 | Md. Harun Rashid | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 4 | Hira Prasad Bind | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 5 | Krishna Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2014 - 2020 |
| 6 | Arjun Sahani | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 7 | Sanjay Paswan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2018 - 2024 |
| 8 | Mangal Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2018 - 2024 |
| 9 | Nitish Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | 2018 - 2024 |
| 10 | Prashant Kumar Shahi | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 11 | Rabri Devi | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2018 - 2024 |
| 12 | Khurshid Mohsin | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2018 - 2024 |
| 13 | Rannvijay Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 14 | Sanjay Prakash | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2014 - 2020 |
| 15 | Ram Chandra Purve | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2018 - 2024 |
| 16 | Satish Kumar | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 17 | Prem Chandra Mishra | Indian National Congress | 2018 - 2024 |
| 18 | Sonelal Mehta | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 19 | Suraj Nandan Prasad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2014 - 2020 |
| 20 | Sushil Kumar Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2018 - 2024 |
| 21 | Khalid Anwar | Janata Dal (United) | 2018- 2024 |
| 22 | Gulam Rasool Balyawi | Janata Dal (United) | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 23 | Tanveer Akhtar | Indian National Congress, later merged with Janata Dal (United) | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 24 | Santosh Suman | Hindustai Awam Morcha (Secular) | 2018 - 2024 |
| 25 | Qamar Alam | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 26 | C. P. Sinha | Janata Dal (United) | 2016 - 2022 [1] |
| 27 | Rameshwar Mahto | Janata Dal (United) | 2018 - 2024 |
Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies
| # | Member | Constituency | Political Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manorama Devi | Jehanabad & Arwal | Janata Dal (United) | 2015 to 2021 |
| 2 | Ashok Kumar Agrawal | Katihar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 3 | Dilip Ray | Sitamarhi & Seohar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2015 to 2021 |
| 4 | Ritlal Rai | Patna | Independent | 2015 to 2021 |
| 5 | Suman Kumar | Madhubani | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 6 | Dinesh Prasad Singh | Muzaffarpur | Janata Dal (United) | 2015 to 2021 |
| 7 | Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal | Purnia-Kishanganj | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 8 | Radha Charan Sah | Bhojpur & Buxar | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2015 to 2021 |
| 9 | Santosh Kumar Singh | Rohtas & Kamur | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 10 | Tunna Pandey | Siwan | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 11 | Manoj Yadav | Banka & Bhagalpur | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2015 to 2021 |
| 12 | Sunil Kumar Singh | Darbhanga | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 13 | Nutan Singh | Saharsa-Madhepura-Supaul | Lok Jan Shakti Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 14 | Subodh Kumar | Vaishali | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2015 to 2021 |
| 15 | Reena Devi Alias Reena Yadav | Nalanda | Janata Dal (United) | 2015 to 2021 |
| 16 | Rajesh Ram | West Champaran | Indian National Congress | 2015 to 2021 |
| 17 | Rajnish Kumar | Begusarai-Khagaria | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 18 | Ranjan Kumar Singh | Aurangabad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 19 | Rajesh Kumar | East Champaran | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 20 | Hari Narayan Chaudhary | Samastipur | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 21 | Sachchidanand Rai | Saran | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2015 to 2021 |
| 22 | Sanjay Prasad | Munger-Jamui-Lakhisarai | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2015 to 2021 |
| 23 | Salman Raghib | Nawada | Janata Dal (United) | 2015 to 2021 |
| 24 | Aditya Narayan Pandey | Gopalganj | Bhartiya Janta Party | 2015 to 2021 |
Elected from Graduates Constituencies
| # | Member | Graduate Constituency | Political Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Awadhesh Narayan Singh | Gaya | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2011 - 2023 (Re-elected in 2017) [2] |
| 2 | Dr. N.K.Yadav | Koshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2014 - 2020 |
| 3 | Devesh Chandra Thakur | Tirhut | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 4 | Dr. Virendra Narayan Yadav | Saran | Janata Dal (United) | 2017 - 2023 |
| 5 | Niraj Kumar | Patna | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 6 | Dilip Kumar Choudhry | Darbhanga | Indian National Congress, later merged with Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
Elected from Teachers Constituencies
| # | Member | Teacher Constituency | Political Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kedar Nath Pandey | Saran | Communist Party of India | 2014 - 2020 |
| 2 | Sanjay Kumar | Tirhut | Communist Party of India | 2014 - 2020 |
| 3 | Prof. Nawal Kishore Yadav | Patna | Bhartiya Janata Party | 2014 - 2020 |
| 4 | Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh | Koshi | Janata Dal (United) | 2011 - 2023 (re-elected in 2017) |
| 5 | Sanjeev Shyam Singh | Gaya | Rashtriya Lok Samata Party | 2011 - 2023 (re-elected in 2017) |
| 6 | Dr. Madan Mohan Jha | Darbhanga | Indian National Congress | 2014 - 2020 |
Nominated
| # | Member | Political Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javed Iqbal Ansari | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 2 | Lallan Kumar Sarraf | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 3 | Rajiv Ranjan Singh | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 4 | Ramchandra Bharti | Indian National Congress, later merged with Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 5 | Ram Lashan Ram (Raman) | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 6 | Ramvachan Roy | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 7 | Rana Gangeshwar Singh | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 8 | Ranveer Nandan | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 9 | Sanjay Kumar Singh | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 10 | Shiv Prasann Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 11 | Vijay Kumar Mishra | Janata Dal (United) | 2014 - 2020 |
| 12 | Pashupati Paras | Lok Janshakti Party | 2017 - 2023 |
See also
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Tewary, Amarnath; Tewary, Amarnath (4 June 2016). "All Rajya Sabha, Legislative Council candidates elected unopposed in Bihar". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
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