The lone MLA of the Lok Janshakti Party in Bihar today said he would vote for the Nitish Kumar government in tomorrow's trust vote in the Assembly, bringing cheer to the JD(U) camp.
"My conscience says that I cannot vote with communal BJP. If there is a vote tomorrow, I will vote in favour of Nitish Kumar government," Jakir Hussain Khan, LJP MLA from Araria, told PTI.
He said he had conveyed his views to party president Ramvilas Paswan.
Khan, however, categorically denied he had any plan to join the JD(U).
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar would be seeking a fresh confidence vote in a special session called by Governor D Y Patil tomorrow.
After severing ties with the BJP, the JD(U) has 118 MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly and it would require support of 4 legislators to achieve the magic number.
Besides, JD(U)'s 118 and LJP's one, BJP has 91 MLAs, RJD 22, Congress 4, CPI 1 and Independents 6.
Four out of six Independents have already promised support to the JD(U). They had come together in the same car at JD(U) meeting at CM's house yesterday.
The LJP has a tie-up with RJD in Bihar. Lalu Prasad and Ramvilas Paswan campaigned together in the last Assembly elections.
The two parties worked in tandem to ensure victory of RJD Prabhunath Singh in Maharajganj by-poll recently.
