Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee

The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or (BPCC) is the political unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Bihar. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections for all districts of Bihar. Its head office is situated in Patna at the Sadaqat Ashram.

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 and, since July 2011, a committee coordinating interaction between the state organisation and that at the national level. There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various Central Government schemes in Bihar. The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.

Other BPCC constituent organisations include:

Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee Minority Department is the Bihar Chapter of Congress Minority Wing And Minnat Rahmani is State Chairman since 2014. Bihar Pradesh Congress Seva Dal is the Bihar chapter of the Congress Bihar Youth Congress is the Bihar chapter of the Indian Youth Congress NSUI Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the National Students Union of India INTUC Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the Indian National Trade Union Congress

List of presidents S.no President Portrait Term 1. Maulana Mazharul Haque 1921 1930 2. Rajendra Prasad 1931 1935 3. Shri Krishna Sinha 1935 1938 (2). Rajendra Prasad 1938 1946 4. Abdul Bari 1946 1947 5. Mahamaya Prasad Sinha 1947 1948 6. Pandit Prajapati Mishra 1948 1950 7. Laxmi Narayan Sudhanshu 1950 1952 (3). Shri Krishna Sinha 1953 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 Hidayatullah 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 1 April 2013 27 Sep. 2017 32. Kaukab Quadri (In-Charge) 27 Sep. 2017 17 Sep. 2018 33. Madan Mohan Jha 17 Sep. 2018 5 Dec. 2022 34. Akhilesh Prasad Singh 5 Dec. 2022 18 March 202535.Rajesh Kumar 18 March 2025Incumbent

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

No. Name Took office Left officeTenure1. Sri Krishna Sinha 2 April 1946 31 January 19612. Deep Narayan Singh 1 February 1961 18 February 19613. Binodanand Jha 18 February 1961 2 October 19634. Krishana Vallabh Sahay 2 October 1963 5 March 19675. Satish Prasad Singh 28 January 1968 1 February 19686. B. P. Mandal 1 February 1968 2 March 19687.Bhola Paswan Shashtri 22 March 1968 29 June 1968332 days 22 June 1969 4 July 1969 2 June 1971 9 January 19728. Harihar Singh 26 February 1969 22 June 19699. Daroga Prasad Rai 16 February 1970 22 December 197010. Kedar Pandey 19 March 1972 2 July 197311. Abdul Gafoor 2 July 1973 11 April 197512.Jagannath Mishra 11 April 1975 30 April 19775 years, 180 days 8 June 1980 14 August 1983 6 December 1989 10 March 199013. Chandrashekhar Singh 14 August 1983 12 March 198514. Bindeshwari Dubey 12 March 1985 13 February 198815. Bhagwat Jha Azad 14 February 1988 10 March 198916. Satyendra Narayan Sinha 11 March 1989 6 December 1989

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

No. Name Took office Left officeTenure1.Anugrah Narayan Sinha 2 April 1946 5 July 19572.Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav3 June 19719 January 1972

List of union ministers from BPCC NameMinistry TermLalit Narayan MishraMinister of Railways19731975Jagjivan RamMinister of Agriculture and Irrigation19671970Minister of Defence19701974Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation19741977Ram Dulari SinhaMOS in Information and Broadcasting19801980MOS in Labour19801982MOS in Steel and Mines19821983MOS in Commerce and Industry19831984MOS in Home19841985Abdul GhafoorMinister of Works and Housing19841985Minister of Urban Development19851986Ram Lakhan Singh YadavMinister of Chemicals and Fertilizers19941996 Jagannath Mishra Baleshwar Ram Bindeshwari Dubey Chandrashekhar Singh Ram Subhag Singh Bali Ram Bhagat Meira Kumar

Electoral performance

Bihar Legislative Assembly election Year Legislature Leader Seats Contested Seats won Change in seats Votes Percentage of votes Vote swing Outcome19521st AssemblyShri Krishna Sinha322New39,51,145 41.38% New19572nd Assembly312 2944,55,425 42.09% 0.71% 19623rd AssemblyBinodanand Jha318 2540,75,844 41.35% 0.74% 19674th AssemblyK. B. Sahay318 5744,79,460 33.09% 8.26% 19695th AssemblyHarihar Singh318 1045,70,413 30.46% 2.63% 19726th AssemblyKedar Pandey259 4956,88,002 33.12% 2.66% 19777th AssemblyJagannath Mishra28611041,01,522 23.58% 9.54% 19808th Assembly311 11276,90,225 34.2% 10.62% 19859th AssemblyBindeshwari Dubey323 2795,58,562 39.3% 5.1% 199010th AssemblyJagannath Mishra323 12579,46,635 24.78% 14.52% 199511th Assembly320 4256,22,952 16.27% 8.51% 200012th AssemblyShakeel Ahmad324 640,96,467 11.06% 5.21% 200513th AssemblyRamjatan Sinha84 1314,35,449 5.00% 6.06% 200514th AssemblySadanand Singh51 112,28,835 6.09% 1.09% 201015th Bihar AssemblyMehboob Ali Kaiser243 524,31,477 8.37% 3.37% 201516th Bihar AssemblyAshok Choudhary412325,39,638 6.66% 1.71% 202017th Bihar AssemblyMadan Mohan Jha70 839,95,319 9.48% 2.82% 202518th Bihar AssemblyRajesh Kumar61 13 43,74,579 8.71% 1.29%

Lok Sabha elections + Lok Sabha ElectionsYearLok SabhaParty LeaderSeats contestedSeats won(+/−) in seats% of votesVote swingPopular voteOutcome19511stJawaharlal Nehru5445.77%45,73,05819572nd51 444.47%44,50,20819623rd53 243.89%43,65,14819674thIndira Gandhi53 534.81%47,49,81319715th47 540.06%59,67,51219776th54 3922.90%47,81,14219807th54 3036.44%73,77,58319848thRajiv Gandhi54 1851.84%1,29,70,43219899th54 4428.07%86,59,832199110thP. V. Narasimha Rao51 323.67%70,07,304199611th54 112.99%44,46,053199812thSitaram Kesri21 37.27%27,17,204199913thSonia Gandhi16 18.81%31,42,603200414th4 14.49%13,15,935200915thManmohan Singh37 110.26%24,87,008201416thRahul Gandhi128.42%30,21,065201917th9 17.85%31,40,797202418thMallikarjun Kharge9 29.20%39,83,882

District Congress Committee +Sr. NO.Division DistrictPresident 1.PatnaPatna TownSashi RanjanPatna Rural 1Sumeet Kr SunnyPatna Rural 2Gurujeet SinghNalandaNaresh AkelaBhojpur Ashok RamRohtasAmrender PandeyBuxarPankaj Upadhyay KaimurRadhe Shyam Kushwaha 2.MagadhGayaSantosh Kr Kushwaha NawadaSatish KumarAurangabad Rakesh Kr SinghJahanabad Istiyak AzamArwalDhananjay Sharma3.TirhutWest ChamparanParmod Singh PatelEast ChamparanEr Sashi Bhushan RaiMuzaffarpurArvind MukulSitamarhiRaktu PrasadSheoharNoori BegumVaishaliMahesh Pd Rai4.SaranSaranBachu Prasad BiruSiwanSushil Kumar YadavGopalganj Om Prakash Garg5.DarbhangaDarbhanga Dyanand PaswanMadhubaniSubodh MandalSamastipur Abu Tameem6.KosiSaharsa Mukesh JhaMadhepura Suryanarayan RamSupaulSuryanarayan Mehta7.PurneaPurnea Bijender YadavKatihar Sunil YadavAraria Saad Ahmed Kishanganj Imam Ali8.BhagalpurBhagalpur Pravej JamalBankaKanchana Singh 9.MungerMungerAshok Paswan JamuiAnil Kr Singh KhagariaAvinash Kumar Avinash LakhisaraiAmresh Kr AneesBegusaraiAbhay Kr SarjantSheikhpuraPrabhat Kr Chandrawanshi

References

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