This Article is From May 07, 2012

Nitish Kumar takes oath as legislative council member

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi, RJD leader Rabri Devi and eight others, including two state Ministers, took oath as member of the state legislative council on Monday.

State Legislative Council Chairman Salim Parvej administered the oath of office to the members.

The two ministers who were sworn in are Agriculture minister Narendra Singh and Rural Works Department minister Bhim Singh.

Ramashray Prasad Singh, Sanjay Singh, Upendra Kumar (all from JD(U), Mangal Pandey, Satyendra Narayan Kushwaha and Lal Bau Rai(from BJP) were the others members who took oath.

Nitish, Modi and Rabri Devi were elected unopposed to the Bihar legislative council on April 19.

They were among total 11 candidates who were elected unopposed in the biennial elections to the legislative council on the last date of withdrawal of nominations.

This is the second consecutive term for both Kumar and senior BJP leader Modi.

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