Monday, May 26, 2014

Bihar Legislative Council gets 12 new members

Twelve nominated members of the Bihar Legislative Council (BLC), including three former RJD MLAs, were administered oath of office on May 26 by BLC chairman, Awadhesh Narain Singh.  The names were sent by the JD(U) government to the Raj Bhawan seeking governor D Y Patil's approval on May 24.
 The swearing-in ceremony was fixed after Patil approved the list and the decision was conveyed to the Council secretariat on May 25. 

Exercising its powers under Article 171 (3 and 5) of the Constitution, the state government recommended the names of these eminent persons for having special knowledge or practical experience in the fields of art, literature, science and other walks of life for nomination as MLCs. 
The new MLCs are: Samrat Chaudhary, Ram Lakhan Ram Raman, Javed Iqbal Ansari, Vijay Mishra,  Rana Gangeshwar Singh, Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Ram Vachan Rai, Shiv Prasanna Yadav, Ranbir Nandan Prasad, Ramchandra Bharti and Lalan Saraf.

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