Nitish Kumar is likely to meet the governor along with all 161 MLAs of the ‘grand alliance’ of RJD and Congress
Nitish Kumar is likely to meet the governor along with all 161 MLAs of the ‘grand alliance’ of RJD and Congress
Amid the ongoing political storm in Bihar, on the morning of 9 August, at a meeting called by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to discuss the status of his party, he formally announced that the alliance between the JD(U) and the BJP would break. has gone. Mr. Kumar is also scheduled to meet Governor Fagu Chauhan at 4 pm today.
Mr Kumar cited several conspiratorial steps by the BJP as the reason for the extreme step to oust his government.
He is likely to meet the governor along with all 161 MLAs of the grand alliance (grand alliance), which also includes the RJD and the Congress.
Both the ruling JD(U), BJP and the opposition RJD held separate meetings of their MLAs in Patna on 9 August.
Mr. Kumar had called a meeting after exiting Former National President RCP Singh, Mr Singh resigned after the JD(U) sent him a notice seeking clarification on the corruption charges leveled against him.
Meanwhile, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav is likely to visit CM Kumar’s residence to hand over his letter of support any time.
Bihar Congress president Madan Mohan Jha said his party’s MLAs “will support the anti-BJP government in the state.” Congress has 19 MLAs in the state assembly.
According to sources, Mr. Kumar is said to have spoken to Congress President Sonia Gandhi on the evening of August 8, but there was no official statement from the Congress on this.
CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya had said that his party, which has 12 MLAs in the Bihar Assembly, is ready to support the JD(U) if it quits the BJP.
The reason for Mr. Singh’s exit from the cabinet and later from the JD(U) is seen as his growing closeness with the BJP at the expense of the JD(U), due to which he was denied nomination to the Rajya Sabha. . Which destabilized his continuity in the Union Council of Ministers.
This incident and some others before it have fueled the mistrust between the BJP and the JD(U).
Meanwhile, BJP created ruckus at Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad’s residence, where all party ministers besides state president Sanjay Jaiswal and other senior leaders are also present.
In the state assembly, which has an effective strength of 242, requiring 121 MLAs for a majority, the RJD has the maximum number of 79 MLAs, followed by the BJP (77) and the JD(U) with 44.
The JD(U) also has the support of four MLAs of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha and an independent.
Congress has 19 MLAs while CPIML(L) has 12 and CPI and CPI(M) have two MLAs each.
Apart from this, one MLA belongs to Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM.