Tarakant Jha (1927–2014) was chairperson of the
Bihar Legislative Council
Bihar Vidhan Parishad, also known as Bihar Legislative Council, is the upper house of the bicameral Bihar Legislature of the state of Bihar in India.
History
A new Province of Bihar and Odisha was created by the Government of India on 12 Decem ...
. He was a leader of
Bharatiya Jan Sangh
The Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, full name: Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh; ) ( ISO 15919: '' Akhila Bhāratīya Jana Saṅgha '' ) was an Indian right wing political party that existed from 1951 to 1977 and was the po ...
and later of
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
. In early 2014 he joined
Janata Dal
Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...
United party. Jha was a senior
lawyer
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. He died in May 2014.
References
2014 deaths
Members of the Bihar Legislative Council
Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians
1927 births
20th-century Indian lawyers
Chairs of the Bihar Legislative Council
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Bihar
Janata Dal (United) politicians
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