Nitish Kumar’s Test Of Majority Today, 2 Weeks After Bihar Reversal

With 164 MLAs supporting Nitish Kumar’s authorities, the take a look at of majority has been diminished to a mere formality within the 243-member Bihar Meeting. The present efficient power of the Meeting although is 241, and any occasion or alliance wants the assist of 121 MLAs to show majority.

The Bihar Grand Alliance or ‘Mahagathbandhan’ has a mixed power of 163. Its efficient power climbed to 164 after the lone impartial MLA, Sumit Kumar Singh, prolonged his assist to Nitish Kumar.

The home is prone to witness some stormy scenes as Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, who’s a BJP MLA, has refused to step down regardless of a change in authorities. A no-confidence movement was moved towards him quickly after the grand alliance got here to energy.

The state authorities is known to have agreed upon the title of veteran RJD chief Awadh Bihari Chaudhary as the brand new Speaker.

Forward of the Mahagathbandhan authorities’s take a look at of power, the properties of two RJD leaders, Sunil Singh and Ashfaque Karim, had been raided by the CBI in Patna this morning in reference to the “land-for-jobs” rip-off courting again to occasion supremo Lalu Yadav’s tenure as Railway minister within the UPA-I authorities.

The take a look at of majority comes days after Nitish Kumar expanded his cupboard, with the largest chunk of seats going to alliance associate RJD. A complete of 31 ministers had been inducted into the cupboard on August 16. The RJD obtained 16 ministerial berths, adopted by Mr Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) which saved 11.

From Congress, Afaque Alam and Murari Lal Gautam, had been additionally inducted into the cupboard, whereas Santosh Suman was sworn in from Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha. The lone Unbiased MLA, Sumit Kumar Singh, additionally took oath as a cupboard minister

The Chief Minister saved House Division, whereas his deputy Tejashwi Yadav obtained key portfolios like Well being, Street Development, City Growth, Housing and Rural Growth. Tejashwi Yadav’s brother Tej Pratap Yadav was named Bihar’s new Setting Minister.

Mr Kumar took oath because the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time on August 10, a day after breaking away from the BJP. His deputy Tejashwi Yadav was additionally sworn in the identical day.

Sources mentioned he felt that the BJP was making an attempt a repeat of the Maharashtra mannequin – the place the Uddhav Thackeray authorities was dismantled with the rise up by senior Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde who’s now the Chief Minister.