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Similar to his begetter and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar, newly-inducted Bihar Health Minister Nishant Kumar is apt to participate the State Legislative Council adjacent month.
Mr. Nitish had besides been a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) during his tenure arsenic Chief Minister of the State for implicit 2 decades. On June 28, arsenic galore arsenic 10 seats of the State’s Upper House are going to autumn vacant, and elections to the seats whitethorn beryllium announced astir the extremity of May.
Out of 10 seats, 9 are going to beryllium vacated connected June 28, portion 1 spot held by Mr. Nitish was already vacated erstwhile helium got elected to the Rajya Sabha connected March 30. Of the 10 seats getting vacated, 5 are from the ruling conjugation spouse JD(U), 2 each from BJP and Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal portion 1 spot is from the Congress.
Apart from erstwhile CM Nitish Kumar, 4 different JD(U) leaders volition spot their tenure arsenic legislators expire adjacent period — Ghulam Gaus, Bhishm Sahani, Kumud Verma and Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha.
Mr. Kushwaha was elected to the Assembly successful 2025 and besides precocious became Minister of Planning and Development successful Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary’s Cabinet. The 2 BJP seats to autumn vacant are those of Chief Minister Samarat Choudhary, whose word ended past twelvemonth erstwhile helium was elected to the Assembly from Tarapur constituency and Sanjay Mayukh, whose word volition extremity connected June 28.
From the Opposition, determination are 2 RJD leaders, Mohammed Farooq and Sunil Kumar, on with Congress subordinate Samir Kumar Singh, whose tenure volition end.
As the enactment of 25 MLAs would beryllium required to elite 1 Council member, the RJD is hoping to clasp lone 1 spot this time, arsenic it has precisely 25 MLAs successful the Assembly, portion the NDA, which has 202 MLAs successful the 243-member House, could unafraid 9 MLC seats.
Looking for cleanable sweep: BJP
A elder BJP person from the State told The Hindu, preferring anonymity, “The NDA would effort to container each 10 seats successful the Council polls this time, which is apt to beryllium held successful June. We volition not fto the RJD triumph adjacent a azygous seat.” The NDA has already begun preparations for the election, helium asserted. However, RJD spokesperson Mrityunjay Tiwari retorted, “Let the clip come, and everyone volition travel to cognize which enactment has won however galore seats.” When reminded astir his party’s spot of legislators successful the Assembly, Mr. Tiwari said, “Though we are little successful number, we anticipation to get enactment from MLAs of different parties too.”
The Election Commission (EC) is expected to denote dates for the polls to the 10 vacant seats of the State Legislative Council successful the past week of May.
Like Nishant Kumar, Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) chief’s lad Deepak Prakash is besides apt to beryllium elected to the Council this time. Mr. Prakash is Minister of Panchayati Raj successful Mr. Choudhary’s Cabinet and a subordinate of neither Assembly, nor the Council.
