PATNA: The RJD-led opposition is likely to gain three seats and the BJP one seat, while ruling JD(U) is set to lose at least three seats in the forthcoming biennial election to 7 seats of the Bihar legislative council which will fall vacant on July 21 this year.
As seven MLCs, including Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) president and former minister Mukesh Sahani, are retiring on July 21, the Election Commission is expected to announce the schedule for the biennial election in the next two weeks. The seven MLCs will be elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency. Those retiring include five members of JD(U), one of BJP (Arjun Sahni) and Mukesh Sahani from the VIP. The five retiring JD(U) MLCs are Md Qamar Alam, Gulam Rasool, Ranvijay Kumar Singh, C P Sinha, Rozina Nazish.
