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Donning the new role of Opposition, the BJP today walked out of the Bihar Assembly during the confidence vote, accusing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of "betrayal' by breaking the alliance.
Apparently convinced that the JD(U) government has mustered the required majority for winning the trust vote, the BJP MLAs walked out of the House after assailing Nitish Kumar for betrayal of the mandate for the NDA in the 2010 Assembly polls.
"We know you have mustered majority in the House through use of unethical (jugar) means you have learnt from new friend Congress .... Therefore we are walking out for the day," BJP legislature party leader Nandkishore Yadav told the Assembly.
With the BJP staging a walk-out, there was no uncertainty left for the fate of the Nitish Kumar government without the saffron party.
The JD(U) with 118 MLAs was in a comfortable position in the 243-member House with the support of Independents, Congress and CPI.
As the House sat for the day in a special session, the CM moved a confidence motion for his government.
The BJP MLAs, who were in an aggressive mood, shouted slogans against Nitish Kumar and in favour of Narendra Modi before trooping out of the House saying the "confidence vote sought by the CM has no meaning."
The atmosphere was surcharged in the House from the beginning with BJP and JD(U) taunting and accusing each other of "betraying" the overwhelming mandate the people of the state had given to the NDA in the 2010 Assembly elections.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar all the while sat silently in the House.
With his former ministerial colleague and NDA convenor in the state Nandkishore Yadav firing salvo at him in the capacity of an opposition leader, Nitish Kumar said, "You are speaking so much. I wish you will be in the House to listen to me also."
While, BJP and JD(U) were targetting each other, RJD MLAs, who were sitting alongside the BJP in the opposition bench were watching the proceedings gleefully.
