Bihar news highlights: Nitish Kumar wins trust vote, Opposition walks out
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Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's government on Monday won the trust vote in a floor test (129-0) in the Bihar Assembly. Earlier during the Assembly proceedings, the Speaker of the House and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Awadh Bihari Choudhary was voted out by a 125 to 112 vote share.
The Bharatiya Janata Party today exuded confidence that the new government will easily sail through the trust vote.State BJP president Samrat Choudhary, who has landed the job of a deputy CM, reached the assembly premises ahead of the trust vote flashing a victory sign. Choudhary, was accompanied by Vijay Kumar Sinha, who is also a deputy CM. Nitish Kumar 's government will seek a crucial trust vote in the assembly today where the numbers are in its favour, but the opposition snaps at its heels. The alliance with NDA was formed as a result of JD(U) president Nitish Kumar's latest pre-election ploy.The inaugural day of the budget session will begin with the Governor's customary address to the MLAs after which the assembly will take up the no-confidence motion against Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary before the trust vote. The NDA, which includes JD(U), BJP, former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha and an Independent, has a combined strength of 128 MLAs in the 243-strong assembly, six more than the majority mark.
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Ahead of the floor test of the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in the state, a heavy security cordon was thrown around the residence of the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, in Patna. Amid the shifting of MLAs to secure locations in the state or beyond ahead of the crucial trust vote, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alleged that the police personnel "wanted to enter (Tejashwi's) residence on any pretext and orchestrate untoward incidents against party MLAs".
"Nitish Kumar has sent thousands of police and surrounded Tejashwi ji's residence from all sides. They want to enter the residence on any pretext and do untoward incidents with the MLAs," read a post on the official X handle of RJD.
"Nitish Kumar has sent thousands of police and surrounded Tejashwi ji's residence from all sides. They want to enter the residence on any pretext and do untoward incidents with the MLAs," read a post on the official X handle of RJD.
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INDIA alliance strong despite Nitish Kumar's exit, seat sharing to be finalised soon: Jairam Ramesh
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today said the opposition INDIA bloc is strong and all constituents will soon finalise seat sharing for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
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Victory of NDA alliance was assured, says JD(U) legislator Shalini Mishra
JD(U) MLA Shalini Mishra says, "I had been saying this that 'khela' will be done by us. We were sure of the complete majority, so the NDA alliance was assured."
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Bihar trust vote LIVE: 'Despite winning, their (BJP-JDU) heads are hanging in shame', says Congress leader
"Despite winning, their (BJP-JDU) heads are hanging in shame, they have no answer to any questions...When politics is done with deceit and deception and without ideology, then this happens," Congress legislator Dr Shakeel Ahmad Khan told ANI.
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Nitish govt trust vote LIVE news: NDA govt in Bihar wins trust vote
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's government wins trust vote after 129 MLAs support the resolution. The opposition walked out from the State Assembly.
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Bihar floor test LIVE news: CM Nitish Kumar moves motion of confidence in Bihar Assembly
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Bihar floor test update: Here's what Deputy CM Vijay Sinha had to say
"We have resolved to make Bihar free of crime and corruption..", says Vijay Sinha, deputy chief minister
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Bihar floor test LIVE news: I feel bad for JD(U) MLAs, says RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
"I feel bad for JDU MLAs because they will have to go among the public and answer. If someone asks you why Nitish Kumar took oath 3 times, what will you say? Earlier you used to criticise them (BJP) and now you are praising them, what will you say? We (RJD) will say that we have given jobs", says RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
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Bihar floor test updates: Here's what former Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav said
"...We think of you (CM Nitish Kumar) as a member of our family. We are from the Samajwadi family...Jo aap jhanda le kar ke chale the ki Modi ko desh mein rokne hain, ab aapka Bhateeja jhanda utha kar ke Modi ko Bihar mein rokne ka kaam karega", says former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav.
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Bihar floor test LIVE: I will stop Modi from making gains in Bihar, says ex-Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav
"We think of you (CM Nitish Kumar) as a member of our family. We are from the Samajwadi family. Jo aap jhanda le kar ke chale the ki Modi ko desh mein rokne hain, ab aapka Bhateeja jhanda utha kar ke Modi ko Bihar mein rokne ka kaam karega," Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says.
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Bihar trust vote LIVE news: We joined hands with JDU to remove BJP from power, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav says
"There was no reason for us to come with JDU but we joined hands to oust BJP from power, our fight was to defeat communal forces in the country," Tejashwi Yadav says.
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LIVE: Want to thank CM Nitish Kumar for creating history by taking oath 9 times, says Tejashwi Yadav
Bihar Floor Test: Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "I stand against this new government. I want to thank CM Nitish Kumar for creating history by taking oath 9 times."
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Bihar floor test LIVE news: Bihar Assembly accepts motion to remove Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary
One hundred and twenty-five members voted in favour of the resolution; 112 against.
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LIVE news: MLAs should sit on their respective seats till the end of voting, says ex-deputy CM Tejashwi
"MLAs should sit on their respective seats till the end of voting, otherwise voting will be considered invalid," Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said in the Assembly today.
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Nitish govt trust vote LIVE news: Deputy speaker Maheshwar Hazari takes over as speaker
Deputy speaker Maheshwar Hazari took over the chair after speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary resigned from the post.
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Bihar floor test LIVE news:Three RJD legislators sit on NDA's side in Bihar Assembly
RJD MLAs Chetan Anand, Neelam Devi and Prahlad Yadav sit on NDA's side in Bihar Assembly
Topics : Nitish Kumar Lalu Prasad Yadav Narendra Modi Bihar Assembly rjd JDU Tejashwi Yadav Sushil Modi BJP
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First Published: Feb 12 2024 | 9:58 AM IST
