Strengthening base in the state, Bihar Legislative Council candidates elected unopposed

Patna, April 20: Noticing the Bihar Legislative Council, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi and RJD leader Rabri Devi were among the 11 candidates declared elected unopposed today in the biennial elections to the state legislative council.

 

Since there were only 11 nominations for as many vacancies in the state Upper House, all the candidates were declared elected unopposed after end of the deadline for withdrawal.

 

Among the winners, four belong to the RJD, three each to the JD(U) and the BJP besides one from the Congress. Of the 11 members, whose term will expire on May 6, five belong to the JD(U), four to the BJP and one to the RJD.

The ruling JD(U) and the BJP lost two seats and one seat respectively in the biennial Council polls while the RJD gained three seats and the Congress one seat. Health Minister Mangal Pandey, along with three ruling and one Opposition candidate, also filed his nomination on the last day for filing nominations.

Others who filed their papers include BJP leader and former Union minister Sanjay Paswan, and JD(U)'s Rameshwar Mahto and Khalid Anwar.

Opposition Congress leader Prem Chand Mishra also filed nomination papers on Monday after his party, which is part of the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led grand alliance along with the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), announced his name on Sunday.

On Saturday, former Rabri Devi, Santosh Manjhi, son of another former Chief Minister and HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, RJD state president Ram Chander Purve and Mohsin Qadir filed their nomination papers.