The four newly elected MLCs who were administered oath by Rashid were Awadhesh Narayan Singh (BJP), Sanjiv Shyam Singh (RLSP), Virendra Narayan Yadav (JDU) and Sanjiv Kumar Singh (JDU).
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar greeted the newly elected members.
The polling took place on March 9 and the results were declared on March 15, 2017.