Bihar Legislative Council

Bihar Legislative Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Awadhesh Narain Singh, BJP
Since 9 Aug 2012
Deputy Chairman
Vacant
Leader of House
Leader of Opposition
Sushil Kumar Modi, BJP
Structure
Seats 75
Political groups

Grand Alliance (Government) (44)

     JD(U) (30)
     RJD (9)

     INC (5)
Political groups

NDA (Opposition) (28)
     BJP (23)
     LJP (1)
     RLSP (1)
     CPI(ML) Liberation (2)
     Vacant (3)

     Independent (1)
Meeting place
Bihar Legislative Council
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 Orissa 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 & Laloo 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

[1]

Elected by Legislative Assembly Members

# Member Political Party Term
1Ashok ChaudharyIndian National Congress 2014 - 2020
2 Vinod Narayan Jha Bharatiya Janata Party Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [2]
3 Harun RashidJanata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
4 Hira Prasad BindJanata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
5 Krishna Kumar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party2014 - 2020
6Arjun Sahani Bharatiya Janata Party Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [3]
7 Lal Babu Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 2012 - 2018
8 Mangal Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party 2012- 2018
9 Nitish Kumar Janata Dal (United)2012 - 2018
10 Prashant Kumar ShahiJanata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
11 Rabri Devi Rashtriya Janata Dal 2012 - 2018
12 Rajkishore Singh Kushwaha Janata Dal (United) 2013 - 2018
13 Rannvijay Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [4]
14Sanjay Prakash Bharatiya Janata Party2014 - 2020
15 Sanjay Singh Janata Dal (United) 2012 - 2018
16 Satish Kumar Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
17Satyendra Narain SinghBharatiya Janata Party 2012 - 2018
18 Sonelal Mehta Janata Dal (United)2014 - 2020
19 Suraj Nandan Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 2014 - 2020
20 Sushil Kumar Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 2012 - 2018
21 Upendra Prasad Janata Dal (United) 2012 - 2018
22 Gulam Rasool Balyawi Janata Dal (United) Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [5]
23 Tanveer Akhtar Indian National Congress Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [6]
24 Chandreshwar Prasad Chandrawanshi Janata Dal (United) 04.02/2016 - 06.05.2018 elected in by election due to resignation of Bhim Singh JD(U)
25 Qamar Alam Rashtriya Janata Dal Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [7]
26 C. P. Sinha Janata Dal (United) Jul 2016 - Jul 2022 [8]
27 One seat vacant

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
4Ritlal RaiPatna Independent 2015 to 2021
5 Suman Kumar MadhubaniBharatiya 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 Tun Ji Pandey Siwan Bharatiya Janata Party 2015 to 2021
11 Manoj Yadav Banka & Bhagalpur Rashtriya Janata Dal 2015 to 2021
12Sunil 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 YadavNalanda Janata Dal (United) 2015 to 2021
16Rajesh Ram West Champaran Indian National Congress 2015 to 2021
17 Rajnish Kumar Begusarai-KhagariaBharatiya Janata Party 2015 to 2021
18 Ranjan Kumar Singh Aurangabad Bharatiya Janata Party 2015 to 2021
19 Rajesh Kumar @ Bablu Gupta 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 Awdhesh Narayan Singh South Chhota Nagpur (Gaya) Bharatiya Janata Party 2011-2016
2 Dr. N.K.Yadav Koshi Bharatiya Janata Party 2014 - 2020
3 Devesh Chandra Thakur Tirhut Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
4 Vacant Saran
5 Niraj Kumar Patna Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
6 Dilip Kumar Choudhry Darbhanga Indian National Congress 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 Rashtriya Janata Dal 2014 - 2020
4 Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh Koshi Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
5 Sanjeev Shyam Singh Gaya Rashtriya Lok Samata Party 2010 - 2016
6 Dr. Madan Mohan Jha Darbhanga Indian National Congress 2014 - 2020

Nominated

# Member Political Party Term
1Javed Iqbal Ansari Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
2Lallan Kumar Sarraf Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
3Rajiv Ranjan Singh Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
4Ramchandra Bharti Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
5Ram Lashan Ram (Raman) Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
6Ramvachan Roy Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
7Rana Gangeshwar Singh Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
8Ranveer Nandan Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
9Samrat Chaudhry (Rakesh Kumar) Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020 - EXPELLED
10Shiv Prasann Yadav Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
11Vijay Kumar Mishra Janata Dal (United) 2014 - 2020
12Vacant

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ http://www.biharvidhanparishad.gov.in/MMembers.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece
  4. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece
  5. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece
  6. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece
  7. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece
  8. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/all-rajya-sabha-legislative-council-candidates-elected-unopposed-in-bihar/article8689224.ece

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