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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
|colorcode = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| party_name = Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee
| party_logo =[[File:Congresspartylogo….png|180px]]
| president= [[Madan Mohan Jha]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/madan-mohan-jha-appointed-as-new-bihar-congress-president-5362503/|title = Ex-minister Madan Mohan Jha is Cong's Bihar unit president|date = 19 September 2018}}</ref>
| ppchairman =
|headquarters = [[Sadaqat Ashram]], [[Patna]]-800010, [[Bihar]]
| alliance = None
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Populism]]|[[Social liberalism]]|[[Democratic socialism]]|[[Social democracy]]|[[Secularism]]}}
|youth = [[Bihar Youth Congress]]
|women = Bihar Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|40|hex=#00BFFF}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|16|hex=#00BFFF}}
| state_seats_name = [[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|19|243|hex=#00BFFF}}
| state2_seats_name = [[Bihar Legislative Council]]
| state2_seats= {{Composition bar|3|75|hex=#00BFFF}}
| website =
|symbol = [[File:Hand_INC.svg|150px]]
|eci=|chairman=[[Ajeet Sharma]]}}
{{Indian National Congress sidebar}}
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.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Tewary|first=Amarnath|date=2018-09-18|title=Madan Mohan Jha is new Bihar Congress president|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/madan-mohan-jha-is-new-bihar-congress-president/article24975530.ece|access-date=2021-09-25|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

The current working presidents are [[Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj]], [[Ashok Kumar (Indian politician)|Ashok Kumar]], Sameer Kumar Singh, and Qaukab Kadri.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bihar Congress President Says Rahul Gandhi a 'Janeudhari Sanatani Hindu'|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bihar-congress-president-says-rahul-gandhi-a-janeudhari-sanatani-hindu-1591141.html|access-date=2021-09-25|website=News18|date=30 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

==Organisation==
The BPCC comprises several committees, including a screening committee for potential election candidates<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rahul's close aide to shortlist candidates|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/bihar/bihar-polls-rahul-s-close-aide-to-shortlist-candidates/87222.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-25|website=The Statesman|language=en-US}}</ref> and, since July 2011, a committee co-ordinate interactions between the state organisation and that at national level.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110703/jsp/bihar/story_14189181.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=''Cong appoints team to revamp Bihar unit '' | date=3 July 2011}}</ref> There is also a monitoring committee, established around December 2010 to monitor the various [[Government of India|Central Government]] schemes in Bihar.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-09/patna/29638176_1_congress-panel-central-schemes-congress-working-committee | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707171159/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-09/patna/29638176_1_congress-panel-central-schemes-congress-working-committee | url-status=dead | archive-date=7 July 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Congress panel to monitor central schemes | date=9 June 2011}}</ref> The former MLC Vijay Shankar Mishra is the Chairman of the recently reshuffled committee.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-10/patna/28361244_1_bpcc-bihar-pradesh-congress-committee-panchayat | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405212458/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-10/patna/28361244_1_bpcc-bihar-pradesh-congress-committee-panchayat | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 April 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Congress makes moves to face 2014 LS polls | date=10 January 2011}}</ref>

In addition, the BPCC has constituent organisations, including:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aicc.org.in/biharpcc/frontal.php |title=BIHAR PRADESH CONGRESS COMMITTEE FRONTAL ORGANIZATIONS |publisher=Indian National Congress |access-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921000458/http://www.aicc.org.in/biharpcc/frontal.php |archive-date=21 September 2009 }}</ref>

*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]]

==BPCC Presidents==

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! 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.
| [[Abdul Bari (professor)|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 (politician)|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]]
| 1 April 2013
| 27 Sep. 2017
|-
| 32.
| Kaukab Quadri (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==
{{main|List of Chief Ministers of Bihar}}

{| class="wikitable"
! 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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/kisse/mukhyamantri-political-kisse-story-of-binodanand-jha-the-third-cm-of-bihar-who-was-embroiled-in-the-famous-machchli-kand/|title= बिहार का वो मुख्यमंत्री जो कहता था, 'मुझे मारने के लिए मछली भेजी गई है'|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref>
| 18 February 1961
| 2 October 1963
|-
| [[K.B.Sahay|Krishana Vallabh Sahay]]
| 2 October 1963
| 5 March 1967
|-
| [[Satish Prasad Singh]]
| 28 January 1968
| 1 February 1968
|-
| [[B. P. Mandal]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/kisse/mukhyamantri-complete-story-of-bindeshwari-prasad-mandal-who-become-chief-minister-of-bihar-for-51-days/|title= मुख्यमंत्री: मंडल कमीशन वाले बिहार के मुख्यमंत्री बीपी मंडल की पूरी कहानी|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-09}}</ref>
| 1 February 1968
| 2 March 1968
|-
| [[Bhola Paswan Shashtri]] (1st Term)
| 22 March 1968
| 29 June 1968
|-
| [[Harihar Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/in-this-episode-of-mukhyamantri-saurabh-dwivedi-talks-about-former-minister-of-bihar-sardar-harihar-singh/|title= हरिहर सिंह: महात्मा गांधी का 'सरदार,' जो कभी मंत्री नहीं बना, सीधा मुख्यमंत्री बना|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-10-28}}</ref>
| 26 February 1969
| 22 June 1969
|-
| [[Bhola Paswan Shashtri]] (2nd Term)
| 22 June 1969
| 4 July 1969
|-
| [[Daroga Prasad Rai]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/in-this-episode-of-mukhyamantri-saurabh-dwivedi-talks-about-former-chief-minister-of-bihar-daroga-prasad-rai/|title= दरोगा प्रसाद राय: बस कंडक्टर के चक्कर में कुर्सी गंवाने वाला मुख्यमंत्री|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-10-29}}</ref>
| 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 Ghafoor (politician)|Abdul Gafoor]]
| 2 July 1973
| 11 April 1975
|-
| [[Jagannath Mishra|Dr.Jagannath Mishra]] (1st Term)
| 11 April 1975
| 30 April 1977
|-
| [[Jagannath Mishra|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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/videos/bhagwat-jha-azad-was-a-veteran-parliamentarian-6-time-lok-sabha-mp-and-18th-chief-minister-of-bihar/|title= भागवत झा आजाद: बिहार के 18वें मुख्यमंत्री जिनकी कुर्सी एक अपहरण कांड में चली गई|website= The Lallantop|language=hi |access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref>
| 14 February 1988
| 10 March 1989
|-
| [[Satyendra Narayan Sinha]]
| 11 March 1989
| 6 December 1989
|-
| [[Jagannath Mishra|Dr.Jagannath Mishra]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/amp/india/bihar/story/bihar-former-chief-minister-jagannath-mishra-passed-away-congress-family-background-bjp-tpt-955454-2019-08-19|title= जगन्नाथ मिश्रा: खानदानी कांग्रेसी, अंत में बीजेपी के ऐसे आए करीब|website= Aaj Tak|language=hi |access-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> (3rd Term)
| 6 December 1989
| 10 March 1990
|}

==List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar from the Congress Party==
{{main|Deputy Chief Ministers of Bihar}}

{| class="wikitable"
! #
! Name
! Took Office
! Left Office
|-
| 1
| Dr. [[Anugrah Narayan Sinha]]
| 2 April 1946
| 5 July 1957
|}

==List of Union Ministers from BPCC==
* [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]
* [[Jagjivan Ram]]
* [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
* [[B. P. Mandal]]
* [[Abdul Ghafoor (politician)]]
* [[Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav]]
* [[Jagannath Mishra]]
* [[Baleshwar Ram]]
* [[Bindeshwari Dubey]]
* [[Chandrashekhar Singh]]
* [[Ram Subhag Singh]]
* [[Bali Ram Bhagat]]
* [[Meira Kumar]]

==Performance in State elections==
{{unreferenced section|date=February 2014}}
{{main|Statewise Election history of Congress Party}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year || General Election || Votes Polled || Seats Won
|-
| 1951 || 1st Assembly || 3,951,145 || 239
|-
| 1951 || 1st Lok Sabha || 4,573,058 || 45
|-
| 1957 || 2nd Assembly || 4,455,425 || 210
|-
| 1957 || 2nd Lok Sabha || 4,450,208 || 41
|-
| 1962 || 3rd Assembly || 4,075,844 || 185
|-
| 1962 || 3rd Lok Sabha || 4,365,148 || 39
|-
| 1967 || 4th Assembly || 4,479,460 || 128
|-
| 1967 || 4th Lok Sabha || 4,749,813 || 34
|-
| 1969 || 5th Assembly || 4,570,413 || 118
|-
| 1971 || 5th Lok Sabha || 5,967,512 || 39
|-
| 1972 || 6th Assembly || 5,688,002 || 167
|-
| 1977 || 7th Assembly || 4,101,522 || 57
|-
| 1977 || 6th Lok Sabha || 4,781,142 || 0
|-
| 1980 || 8th Assembly || 7,690,225 || 169
|-
| 1980 || 7th Lok Sabha || 7,377,583 || 30
|-
| 1984 || 8th Lok Sabha || 12,970,432 || 48
|-
| 1985 || 9th Assembly || 9,558,562 || 196
|-
| 1989 || 9th Lok Sabha || 8,659,832 || 4
|-
| 1990 || 10th Assembly || 7,946,635 || 71
|-
| 1991 || 10th Lok Sabha || 7,007,304 || 1
|-
| 1995 || 11th Assembly || 5,622,952 || 29
|-
| 1996 || 11th Lok Sabha || 4,446,053 || 2
|-
| 1998 || 12th Lok Sabha || 2,717,204 || 5
|-
| 1999 || 13th Lok Sabha || 3,142,603 || 4
|-
| 2000 || 12th Assembly || 4,096,467 || 23
|-
| 2004 || 14th Lok Sabha || 1,315,935 || 3
|-
| 2005 || 13th Assembly || 1,223,835 || 10
|-
| 2005 || 14th Assembly || 1,435,449 || 9
|-
| 2009 || 15th Lok Sabha || 2,550,785 || 2
|-
| 2014 || 16th Lok Sabha || 826,388 || 2
|-
|2015 || 16th Assembly || 25,39,638 || 27
|-
| 2019 || 17th Lok Sabha || 826,388 || 1
|-
| 2020 || 17th Assembly || 3,995,319 || 19
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.inc.in/ INC website]

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