Assembly passes 5 bills, Sita temple ordinance
The speaker went through the motions of getting the bills passed swiftly, since no one from the opposition moved the amendments to the bills listed against their names.
Health minister Mangal Pandey, as in charge of the law department, moved the Bihar Hindu Religious Trust (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, for its conversion into an Act. Earlier, the govt, by an ordinance, had decided to constitute a new trust to manage the Janaki temple, being reconstructed with new facilities and infrastructure, spread over 65 acres.
The five bills passed by the House are Bihar Municipality (Amendment) Bill, 2025, aimed at giving more autonomy to the chief counsellors and their deputies in municipalities; Bihar Special Survey and Settlement (Amendment) Bill, 2025, having bearing on conducting land surveys in revenue villages in designated urban bodies; Bihar Agriculture Land (Development of Land for Non-agricultural Purposes) (Amendment) Bill, 2025; Bihar Underground Pipeline (Amendment) Bill, 2025; and Bihar Goods and Services Tax (First Amendment) Bill, 2025.
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