Former Bihar Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad died

Former Bihar Chief Minister Bhagwat Jha Azad died on 4 October 2011 at the age of 89. He was a six-time member of the Lok Sabha from Bhagalpur, Bihar. He was a veteran Congressman who served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from February 14, 1988 and March 10, 1989. However, a little before his death he joined the BJP.

Azad superceded the boards of three apex cooperative institutions namely Bihar State Co-operative Bank, Bihar State Co-operative Marketing Union and Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank.

He appointed three IAS officers, B K Sinha, P K Basu and R K Singh respectively as the administrators of these three apex cooperative institutions. This troika became popular as the group of BK, PK and RK that went on to create terror in the minds of the cooperative mafia.