PATNA, Dec. 4 -- Former CM and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi will continue as leader of the opposition (LoP) in the state legislative council. Council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh on Wednesday recognised Rabri Devi as LoP on the recommendations of Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has been renamed LoP in the legislative assembly on its reconstitution. The chairman also recognised RJD leader Abdul Bari Siddiqui as chief whip of the opposition parties in the upper House. The new order was announced ahead of governor Arif Mohammad Khan's address to the joint session of the state legislature. The chairman also named Sanjeev Kumar Singh (of Janata Dal United), Nawal Kishore Yadav (BJP), Madan Mohan Jha (Congress) and Maheshwar Singh (Independent) as presiding members for the 211 session of the council. The four leaders will preside over the council proceedings in the absence of Awadhesh N Singh. On the opening day of the council's session, which started two days after commencement of the winter session of the legislative assembly owing to its reconstitution, the government tabled a couple of ordinances, pertaining to the amendments in Bihar Municipal Act and Bihar Contingency Fund, for their ratification. Later, the council chairman led the House in mourning the deaths of former Bihar governor Satya Pal Malik, former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren, former MLC Rana Gangeshwar Singh, former MLA Sri Chandra Singh, former MLA Harinandan Yadav and cine star-turned-politico Dharmendra....