PATNA: Former road construction minister and RJD MLA Illyas Hussain will be the first person to lose membership of Bihar assembly on the ground of being convicted for two or more years in a criminal case.Though in neighbouring Jharkhand, three legislators- two of JMM and one of AJSU Party- have so far lost their membership from the assembly after being convicted for more than two years in a criminal case.A special CBI court at Ranchi on Thursday convicted Hussain in a bitumen scam case involving defalcation of Rs 18.75 lakh and sentenced him to rigorous imprisonment for four years.“As per the Supreme Court’s order, Hussain’s disqualification will be effective from the date of his conviction. But the assembly secretariat has so far not received any formal communication about the court order,” speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary told TOI on Friday.He said the assembly secretariat would take necessary action in the case of Hussain only after receiving a formal communication from the concerned authorities or the court.To a question, Choudhary admitted that Hussain would be the first legislator in Bihar to lose membership on the ground of being convicted for more than two years in a criminal case.Hussain was elected to the Bihar assembly from Dehri constituency in November 2015. It was his sixth term in the assembly. His current term was scheduled to expire in November 2020.Earlier in April 2015, BJP MLA from Parihar Ram Naresh Prasad Yadav was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment by a Sitamarhi-based fast-tract court for ransacking Sitamarhi collectorate and attempting to murder government servants including the then Sitamarhi DM, Yadav could not face disqualification as his resigned from the membership of the house before his conviction, sources in the assembly said.In Jharkhand, three legislators—Kamal Kishore Mahto (of AJSU Party) and Yogendra Prasad and Amit Mahto (both of JMM) have so far lost their membership of assembly.With imminent disqualification of Hussain, the number of RJD MLAs in 243-member Bihar assembly will reduce to 80 from the existing 81. The RJD had won 80 seats in 2015 assembly polls. Later it added one more seat after the party won by-election from Jokihat constituency in Araria district.