Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram. Madan Mohan Jha is the president of BPCC.

Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
PresidentMadan Mohan Jha[1]
HeadquartersSadaqat Ashram, Patna-800010, Bihar
Youth wingBihar Youth Congress
Women's wingBihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology
AllianceMahagathbandhan
Seats in Lok Sabha
1 / 40
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 16
Seats in Bihar Legislative Assembly
19 / 243
Seats in Bihar Legislative Council
3 / 75
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The current working presidents are Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj, Ashok Kumar, Sameer Kumar Singh, and Qaukab Kadri.

Organisation

The BPCC comprises several committees, including a screening committee for potential election candidates[2] and, since July 2011, a committee co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level.[3] There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various Central Government schemes in Bihar.[4] The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.[5]

In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including:[6]

BPCC Presidents
# Name Took Office Left Office
1. Maulana Mazharul Haque 1921 1930
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1931 1935
3. Dr. Shri Krishna Sinha 1935 1936
(2) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 1936 1946
4. Prof. Abdul Bari 1946 1947
5. Sri Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 1947 1948
6. Pandit Prajapati Mishra 1948 1950
7. Dr. Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu 1950 1952
(6) Pandit Prajapati Mishra 1952 1953
8. Nand Kumar Singh (In-Charge) 1953 1954
(3) Krishna Sinha 1954 1955
(8) Nand Kumar Singh 1955 1959
9. Abdul Qaiyum Ansari 1959 1962
10. Rajendra Mishra 1962 1968
11. Anant Prasad Sharma 1968 1971
12. Viddyakar Kavi 1971 1973
13. Sitaram Kesri 1973 1977
14. Mungeri Lal (In-Charge) 1977 1977
15. Kedar Pandey 1977 1980
16. Rafique Alam 1980 1983
17. Ram Sharan Prasad Singh 1983 1984
18. Bindeshwari Dubey 1984 1985
19. Dumar Lal Baitha 1985 1988
20. Tariq Anwar 1988 1989
21. Jagannath Mishra 1989 1990
22. Lahtan Choudhary 1990 1992
(21) Jagannath Mishra 1992 1992
23.  Md. Hidaytullah Khan 1993 1994
24. Sarfaraj Ahmad 1994 1997
(24) Sarfaraj Ahmad 1997 1998
25. Sadanand Singh 1998 2000
26. Chandan Bagchi 2000 2000
27. Shakeel Ahmad 2000 2003
28. Ramjatan Sinha 2003 2005
(25) Sadanand Singh 2005 2008
29. Anil Kumar Sharma 2008 2010
30. Mehboob Ali Kaiser 2010 2013
31. Ashok Chaudhary 01 April 2013 27 Sep. 2017
32. Kokab Qadri (In-Charge) 27 Sep. 2017 17 Sep. 2018
33. Madan Mohan Jha 17 Sep.2018 Incumbent

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party
Name Took Office Left Office
Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 1946 31 January 1961
Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 1961
Binodanand Jha 18 February 1961 2 October 1963
Krishana Vallabh Sahay 2 October 1963 5 March 1967
Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 1968
B. P. Mandal 1 February 1968 2 March 1968
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (1st Term) 22 March 1968 29 June 1968
Harihar Singh 26 February 1969 22 June 1969
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (2nd Term) 22 June 1969 4 July 1969
Daroga Prasad Rai 16 February. 1970 22 December 1970
Bhola Paswan Shashtri (3rd Term) 2 June 1971 9 January 1972
Kedar Pandey 19 March 1972 2 July 1973
Abdul Gafoor 2 July 1973 11 April 1975
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (1st Term) 11 April 1975 30 April 1977
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (2nd Term) 8 June 1980 14 August 1983
Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 1983 12 March 1985
Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 1985 13 February 1988
Bhagwat Jha Azad 14 February 1988 10 March 1989
Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11 March 1989 6 December 1989
Dr.Jagannath Mishra (3rd Term) 6 December 1989 10 March 1990

List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party
# Name Took Office Left Office
1 Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 1946 5 July 1957

List of Union Ministers from BPCC

Performance in State elections
Main article: Statewise Election history of Congress Party
YearGeneral ElectionVotes PolledSeats Won
19511st Assembly3,951,145239
19511st Lok Sabha4,573,05845
19572nd Assembly4,455,425210
19572nd Lok Sabha4,450,20841
19623rd Assembly4,075,844185
19623rd Lok Sabha4,365,14839
19674th Assembly4,479,460128
19674th Lok Sabha4,749,81334
19695th Assembly4,570,413118
19715th Lok Sabha5,967,51239
19726th Assembly5,688,002167
19777th Assembly4,101,52257
19776th Lok Sabha4,781,1420
19808th Assembly7,690,225169
19807th Lok Sabha7,377,58330
19848th Lok Sabha12,970,43248
19859th Assembly9,558,562196
19899th Lok Sabha8,659,8324
199010th Assembly7,946,63571
199110th Lok Sabha7,007,3041
199511th Assembly5,622,95229
199611th Lok Sabha4,446,0532
199812th Lok Sabha2,717,2045
199913th Lok Sabha3,142,6034
200012th Assembly4,096,46723
200414th Lok Sabha1,315,9353
200513th Assembly1,223,83510
200514th Assembly1,435,4499
200915th Lok Sabha2,550,7852
201416th Lok Sabha826,3882
201516th Assembly25,39,63827

References
  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/madan-mohan-jha-appointed-as-new-bihar-congress-president-5362503/
  2. http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html
  3. "Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit ". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 3 July 2011.
  4. "Congress panel to monitor central schemes". The Times Of India. 9 June 2011.
  5. "Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls". The Times Of India. 10 January 2011.
  6. "BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS". Indian National Congress. Archived from the original on 21 September 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2009.
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