Bihar Legislative Council
| Bihar Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | |
Deputy Chairman |
Vacant |
Leader of House | |
Leader of Opposition |
Sushil Kumar Modi, BJP |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 75 |
 Bihar legislative council | |
| Elections | |
Last election | Ruling coalition: JD(U):30, RJD: 7, INC: 4 ; Opposition: BJP: 23 , LJP: 1, RLSP: 1, CPI:2, Ind: 1, Vacant: 6 |
| 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
- Chairman : Awadhesh Narain Singh
- Dy. Chairman : Vacant
- Leader of the House: Nitish Kumar
- Leader of Opposition : Sushil Kumar Modi
Elected by Legislative Assembly Members
- Ashok Chaudhary, Indian National Congress, 2014 - 2020
- Harendra Pratap Panday, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2010-2016
- Harun Rashid, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Hira Prasad Bind, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Krishna Kumar Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2014 - 2020
- Kiran Ghai Sinha, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2010 - 2016
- Lal Babu Prasad, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2012 - 2018
- Mangal Pandey, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2012- 2018
- Nitish Kumar, Janata Dal (United), 2012 - 2018
- Prashant Kumar Shahi, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Rabri Devi, Rashtriya Janata Dal, 2012 - 2018
- Rajkishore Singh Kushwaha, Janata Dal (United), 2013 - 2018
- Rudal Roy, Janata Dal (United), 2010 - 2016
- Sanjay Prakash, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2014 - 2020
- Sanjay Singh, Janata Dal (United), 2012 - 2018
- Satish Kumar, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Satyendra Narain Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2012 - 2018
- Sonelal Mehta, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Suraj Nandan Prasad, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2014 - 2020
- Sushil Kumar Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2012 - 2018
- Upendra Prasad, Janata Dal (United), 2012 - 2018
- Uday Kant Chaudhry, Janata Dal (United), 2010 - 2016
- Vijay Kumar Verma, Janata Dal(United) 2010 - 2016
- Chandreshwar Prasad Chandrawanshi, Janata Dal (United) 04.02/2016 - 06.05.2018 elected in by election due to resignation of Bhim Singh JD(U)
- 3 MLC seats from MLA quota vacant
Elected from Local Authorities Constituencies
- Manorama Devi, Jehanabad & Arwal, Janata Dal (United) - 2015 to 2021
- Ashok Kumar Agrawal, Katihar, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Dilip Ray, Sitamarhi & Seohar, Rashtriya Janata Dal - 2015 to 2021
- Ritlal Rai, Patna, Independent - 2015 to 2021
- Suman Kumar, Madhubani, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Dinesh Prasad Singh, Muzaffarpur, Janata Dal (United) - 2015 to 2021
- Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal, Purnia-Kishanganj, Bharatiya Janata Party 2015 to 2021
- Radha Charan Sah, Bhojpur & Buxar, Rashtriya Janata Dal - 2015 to 2021
- Santosh Kumar Singh, Rohtas & Kamur, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Tun Ji Pandey, Siwan, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Manoj Yadav Banka & Bhagalpur, Rashtriya Janata Dal - 2015 to 2021
- Sunil Kumar Singh, Darbhanga, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Nutan Singh, Saharsa-Madhepura-Supaul, Lok Jan Shakti Party - 2015 to 2021
- Subodh Kumar, Vaishali, Rashtriya Janata Dal - 2015 to 2021
- Reena Devi Alias Reena Yadav, Nalanda, Janata Dal (United) - 2015 to 2021
- Rajesh Ram, West Champaran, Indian National Congress - 2015 to 2021
- Rajnish Kumar, Begusarai-Khagaria, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Ranjan Kumar Singh, Aurangabad, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Rajesh Kumar @ Bablu Gupta, East Champaran, Bharatiya Janata Party 2015 to 2021
- Hari Narayan Chaudhary, Samastipur, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Sachchidanand Rai, Saran, Bharatiya Janata Party - 2015 to 2021
- Sanjay Prasad, Munger-Jamui-Lakhisarai, Rashtriya Janata Dal - 2015 to 2021
- Salman Raghib, Nawada, Janata Dal (United) - 2015 to 2021
- Aditya Narayan Pandey, Gopalganj, Bhartiya Janta Party - 2015 to 2021
Elected from Graduates Constituencies
- Awdhesh Narayan Singh, South Chhota Nagpur (Gaya), Bharatiya Janata Party, 2011-2016
- Dr. N.K.Yadav, Koshi, Bharatiya Janata Party, 2014 - 2020
- Devesh Chandra Thakur, Tirhut, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Vacant, Saran
- Niraj Kumar, Patna, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Dilip Kumar Choudhry, Darbhanga, Indian National Congress, 2014-2020
Elected from Teachers Constituencies
- Kedar Nath Pandey, Saran, Communist Party of India, 2014 - 2020
- Sanjay Kumar, Tirhut, Communist Party of India, 2014 - 2020
- Prof. Nawal Kishore Yadav, Patna, Rashtriya Janata Dal, 2014 - 2020
- Dr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Koshi, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Sanjeev Shyam Singh, Gaya, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, 2010 - 2016
- Dr. Madan Mohan Jha, Indian National Congress, Darbhanga, 2014 - 2020
Nominated
- Javed Iqbal Ansari, Janata Dal (United) , 2014 - 2020
- Lallan Kumar Sarraf, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Ramchandra Bharti, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Ram Lashan Ram (Raman), Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Ramvachan Roy, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Rana Gangeshwar Singh, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Ranveer Nandan, Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Samrat Chaudhry (Rakesh Kumar) , Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020 - EXPELLED
- Shiv Prasann Yadav , Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Vijay Kumar Mishra , Janata Dal (United), 2014 - 2020
- Vacant
See also
- List of members of Bihar Vidhan Parishad
- Vidhan Parishad
- Administration in Bihar
- Member of the Legislative Council (India)
- List of states of India by type of legislature
