Bihar Legislative Council Says ' Rabri Devi Can't Be the Leader Of Opposition'

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 Bihar Legislative Council has rejected the request of RJD to appoint Rabri Devi as the leader of opposition in the upper house, stating that the party did not have the required number of MLCs needed for the post.

 "A strength of 9 MLCs is required for the post of leader of opposition in the upper house but RJD at present has only 7 MLCs. Hence their application was not in conformity with the rules," Deputy Chairman of Bihar State Legislative Council Harun Rashid told today.

 "A letter citing existing rules has been sent to RJD Bihar President Ramchandra Purbe who had sent a request for appointing Rabri Devi as leader of opposition in the state's Upper House," Mr Rashid said.

 Rabri Devi was chosen as member of Legislative council for the second time in 2012 and her tenure will end in 2018. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is also a member of Legislative Council at present. 

 Mr Purbe told that the Council authority could have used "discretionary" power to appoint Rabri Devi as opposition leader despite the party falling short of requisite numbers. 

Criticising RJD, JD(U) spokesman and MLC Neeraj Kumar said, "For RJD, all the qualification for a constitutional post lies only to a member of Lalu Prasad family".

 The post of chairman of Bihar Legislative Council is also lying vacant after end of the term of BJP's Awdesh Narayan Singh recently.

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