Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee


The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or 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:

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure
1.Sri Krishna Sinha2 April 194631 January 1961
2.Deep Narayan Singh1 February 196118 February 1961
3.Binodanand Jha18 February 19612 October 1963
4.Krishana Vallabh Sahay2 October 19635 March 1967
5.Satish Prasad Singh28 January 19681 February 1968
6.B. P. Mandal1 February 19682 March 1968
7.Bhola Paswan Shashtri22 March 196829 June 1968332 days
7.Bhola Paswan Shashtri22 June 19694 July 1969332 days
7.Bhola Paswan Shashtri2 June 19719 January 1972332 days
8.Harihar Singh26 February 196922 June 1969
9.Daroga Prasad Rai16 February 197022 December 1970
10.Kedar Pandey19 March 19722 July 1973
11.Abdul Gafoor2 July 197311 April 1975
12.Jagannath Mishra11 April 197530 April 19775 years, 180 days
12.Jagannath Mishra8 June 198014 August 19835 years, 180 days
12.Jagannath Mishra6 December 198910 March 19905 years, 180 days
13.Chandrashekhar Singh14 August 198312 March 1985
14.Bindeshwari Dubey12 March 198513 February 1988
15.Bhagwat Jha Azad14 February 198810 March 1989
16.Satyendra Narayan Sinha11 March 19896 December 1989

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenure
1.Anugrah Narayan Sinha2 April 19465 July 1957
2.Ram Jaipal Singh Yadav3 June 19719 January 1972

List of union ministers from BPCC

Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Lok Sabha elections

District Congress Committee