Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cleared the floor test for his coalition government with the BJP in the Bihar Assembly on Monday with 130 votes. The opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress coalition had walked out after making fiery speeches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The halfway mark in the 243-member Assembly was 122 but the ruling coalition surpassed it with 8 more votes. The need for the trust vote came after Nitish Kumar switched from the RJD-Congress alliance and hitched his badwagon again with the BJP after breaking ties with it in 2022. Nitish Kumar then took oath as the Chief Minister for the ninth time with BJP support. He also visited Delhi and met PM Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Bharat Ratna awardee LK Advani on his short visit last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The RJD-Congress had dared Nitish to prove his strength in House. The entire debacle had started when Nitish is said to have taken slight, reports said, when he was not named the convenor of the INDI alliance. He then resigned as chief minister on January 28. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The JD(U) has 45 MLAs in the 243-membered Bihar assembly. The BJP and Hindustani Awam Morcha-Secular (HAM-S), have 79 and 4 legislators respectively. The RJD had 75 MLAs, and the Congress 19 legislators. Before the trust vote, the no-confidence motion against Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary of the RJD was taken up and passed by the assembly, and 125 members voted in favour of the ouster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nitish Kumar addressed the assembly and took a swipe at the RJD and stated the oft-repeated charge against it that it is a corrupt entity. He added the NDA government is going to carry out an investigation into these practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar on Monday said the rule of law was the top priority of the Nitish Kumar government. He added the strength of the police force has to be increased to improve the law and order situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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