Overview
- The Bihar governor formally nominated Deepak Prakash to the Legislative Council on August 5, 2026, and the Bihar Election Department issued the notification making him an MLC.
- Prakash’s nomination fills the vacancy created when BJP MLC Devesh Kumar resigned on July 31 to clear a seat for the minister.
- The move addresses the immediate rule that a person must become a legislator within six months of being appointed minister because Prakash had been serving as Panchayati Raj Minister since November 20, 2025 without legislative membership.
- A public interest petition in the Supreme Court is still pending and asks whether the six‑month limit in Article 164(4) can be restarted when a minister is re‑sworn during the same Assembly, which means the court could retroactively affect the legality of Prakash’s earlier tenure.
- Prakash’s nomination reflects coalition management by the NDA and drew public thanks from his father Upendra Kushwaha, and it signals that political parties used a governor’s quota seat to regularize a minister under legal pressure.