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An investigation by the canvass watchdog Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR) shows that implicit the past 5 years, the Bihar Assembly sat for an mean of 29 days per year. The longest sessions were the 2nd and 5th sessions, each having 22 sittings. The investigation besides showed 251 MLAs asked a full of 22,505 questions. BJP MLA Arun Shankar Prasad asked the highest fig of 275 questions, followed by Manohar Prasad Singh of the Congress, who posed 231 questions.
The study was made from information collated done an RTI exertion filed by the ADR and Bihar Election Watch asking for the accusation connected the show of the MLAs and the Legislative Assembly arsenic good arsenic accusation disposable connected the website of Bihar Legislative Assembly.
There are 243 seats successful Bihar Assembly. The study besides includes the investigation for the MLAs who person resigned oregon got elected done bye-elections.
It says that the 17th Bihar Assembly held 15 sessions betwixt November 2020 and July 2025, with a full of 146 sittings during this period. Over these 5 years, it sat for an mean of 29 days per year. The longest sessions were the 2nd and 5th sessions, each having 22 sittings.
A full of 22505 questions were asked by 251 MLA. The highest fig of questions were related to Rural Works, Education and Health.
As acold arsenic authorities is concerned, retired of 99 Bills introduced successful the 17th Bihar Assembly, each 99 (100%) Bills were passed. All these Bills were passed connected the aforesaid time arsenic of their introduction.
The study besides recovered that 17 MLAs crossed implicit to different parties aft being elected successful 2020 Assembly elections successful Bihar with BJP being the main beneficiary.
While the BJP admitted 7 MLAs who got elected from 3 antithetic parties successful the past 5 years, RJD and JD(U) besides inducted 5 MLAs each from different parties.
