Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan wins trust vote in Bihar Assembly

A floor test was conducted to prove the majority of the Kumar-led government A state in Eastern India Legislative Assembly today.

BJP MLAs walked out of the Bihar Assembly after Kumar launched a scathing attack on the Centre. “In 2017, when I demanded Central status for Patna University, no one paid heed to it. Now you (central government) will do the same to advertise your work, the Bihar CM said in the assembly.

Notably, Vijay Kumar Sinha of the Bharatiya Janata Party today resigned as the Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly ahead of a floor test to prove the majority of the Kumar-led ‘Mahagathbandhan’ coalition government.

JD(U)’s Narendra Narayan Yadav, whose name was recommended by Sinha, presided over the floor test.

Sinha’s resignation comes after the ruling coalition’s legislators moved a no-confidence motion against him.

Sinha had earlier said that the notice for the motion received in the Assembly Secretariat was vague and did not follow rules and regulations.

“I want to tell you that your no-confidence motion is unclear. Eight letters were received out of nine, which were not as per rules,” Sinha said.

He also said that accusing the Speaker would send a negative message to the public. Addressing the House, the BJP leader said, “The chair is ‘Panch Parmeshwar’. What message do you want to give by doubting the chair? People will decide.”

Inside Bihar Legislative Assembly

Meanwhile, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav has called the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Income Tax (IT) department “teen jamai” (son-in-laws) sent by the BJP. States in which it was not in power.

Participating in the debate on the confidence motion moved by the new ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government, Yadav alleged that the BJP has tried to “broke up” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s party to “erode the socialist ideology”.

Yadav said, “My father Lalu Prasad, mother Rabri Devi, my sisters and I are all paying the price for our commitment to socialism. The chief minister and I share the same ideology. You (BJP) cannot reap what we socialists did. sown.”

Yadav also said that Nitish Kumar has taken a “courageous decision” and it has brought “a new ray of hope” for the people of the country.

He said that BJP leaders should also remember that the Chief Minister was called Samajwadi by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

“You all are afraid to face the 2024 elections because a united opposition in Bihar will defeat the BJP. That’s why all three ‘jamais’ are being sent,” he said.

BJP leaders protested against the repeated use of the word “Jamai”.

He was told by Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari that he would look into the rule book and if the word was unparliamentary, it would be removed.

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