Bihar legislative council becomes headless as terms of 17 MLCs expire

The upper house of the bicameral legislature in Bihar has become headless with Deputy Chairman Haroon Rashid, who had been officiating as the acting chairperson, having retired on Wednesday.

Besides the strength of the House also gets reduced by more than 20 per cent with tenures of 17 out of its 75 members, including the acting chairperson, ending.

Among those whose six-year terms expired on Wednesday alongside Rashid, are Minister for Building Construction Ashok Choudhary and Minister for Information and Public Relations Department Neeraj Kumar.

Other prominent leaders whose tenures have ended include state Congress president Madan Mohan Jha, and Sanjay Kumar Singh and Kedar Nath Pandey of the CPI, which has no representation in the lower house and now suffers a similar fate in the legislative council.

Among the 17 MLCs, nine had been elected from the Vidhan Sabha constituency, while four each were from graduates and teachers constituencies.

The Election Commission is yet to take a .