The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee or (BPCC) is the political unit of the

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for the state of

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. 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

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at the

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. The current working presidents are Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj,

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, 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 co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level. There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various

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schemes in Bihar. The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee. In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including: *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

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*NSUI Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the National Students Union of India *INTUC Bihar is the Bihar chapter of the

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List of Presidents

List of chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

List of deputy chief ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party

List of union ministers from BPCC

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* Baleshwar Ram *

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* Chandrashekhar Singh * Ram Subhag Singh * Bali Ram Bhagat *

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Electoral Performance

Bihar Legislative Assembly election

Lok Sabha elections

District Congress Committee

References

External links

INC website
{{India topics Politics of Bihar Indian National Congress by state or union territory