Key Points
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Thursday declared elected unopposed to the legislative council, along with 10 others, who stood for the biennial polls to the Upper House..
Besides Kumar, who will be enjoying a fourth consecutive term, those who got elected include former chief minister Rabri Devi (RJD), who is the leader of the opposition in the legislative council, and cabinet minister Santosh Suman...
The CM, who heads the JD(U), reached the Vidhan Sabha secretariat to receive his certificate along with party colleagues like MLC Khalid Anwar, who got elected for a second consecutive term, and Lok Sabha MP and former national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh 'Lalan'...
Among the elected candidates, three are from the BJP - state president and former minister Mangal Pandey, who got a third consecutive term, besides Lal Mohan Gupta and Anamika Singh, both of whom made their debut...
The Congress, which held one of the 11 seats, gave up its claim in favour of the ally, which had helped it in getting state president Akhilesh Prasad Singh elected to the Rajya Sabha, for a second consecutive term, last month...
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