08/05/2012

Nitish, Modi, Rabri take oath as Council members

Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and former chief minister Rabri Devi were among the 11 newly elected members of Bihar Legislative Council who took oath of membership at a function in the Council annexe on Monday.

Others who took oath included ministers Narendra Singh and Bhim Singh, former minister, Ramashray Prasad Singh, Lalbabu Prasad, Upendra Prasad, Mangal Pandey, Sanjay Singh and Satyendra Narayan Singh.

Interestingly, Deputy Chairman of the Council, Salim Parvez, administered the oath of membership on the very first day as acting Chairman. Tarakant Jha retired from the Council only on Sunday. Barring Rabri Devi of the RJD, all are the members of NDA.

Later, replying to a query about the statement of health minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey in Surat on Sunday, deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi said it was the minister’s personal views and he would react only if the party takes a decision on the issue.Modi said the BJP and JD(U) coalition in Bihar was perfect and strong and there was no threat to it.

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