The biennial election for 11 Bihar Legislative Council seats, including that of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi, will take place on March 21. Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Narendra Narayan Yadav was on Friday elected unopposed as Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.
Out of 11 seats that are falling vacant, the BJP has three MLCs — Mangal Pandey, Sanjay Paswan and Shahnawaz Hussain — while the Congress’s Prem Chandra Mishra represents the lone seat for the party. A member of the JD(U) from the Legislative Council, Sanjay Kumar Jha was recently elected to Rajya Sabha and besides him, the terms of party MLCs Rameshwar Mahto and Khalid Anwar too are coming to an end.
The terms of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader and former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Kumar Suman too is coming to an end. Mr. Suman is currently a Minister in Mr. Kumar’s cabinet in the NDA government.
