21/05/2016

 

RJD authorizes Lalu to select RS, Council candidates

 

Patna,(BiharTimes): The national and state parliamentary boards of Rashtriya Janata Dal in separate meetings on Friday authorized party supremo Lalu Prasad to select candidates for Rajya Sabha and Bihar Legislative Council.
First a meeting of the state parliamentary board was held at the residence of Rabri Devi where the members unanimously decided to entrust Lalu Prasad to take a final decision on selection of candidates for the Rajya Sabha and Bihar Legislative Council. The elections are scheduled next month.

Later in the day the party’s national parliamentary board met where all the members unanimously authorized the party chief to take a final decision on selection of candidates for the biennial polls of Upper Houses of parliament and state Assembly.

With 80 legislators in the Bihar Assembly, RJD can stake claim for a maximum of two out of five Rajya seats and three out of seven Legislative Council seats.


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