Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday won the trust vote in the assembly, a day after he was sworn in at the head of a JD(U)-BJP government.
Nitish Kumar had broken away from the Grand Alliance, and moved a confidence motion in Bihar assembly to prove his majority during a one-day special session of the state assembly convened at 11 am on Friday. Bihar governor Keshari Nath Tripathi had on Thursday, after the swearing-in ceremony, asked Nitish to prove his majority on the floor of the house.
Coming back at the helm of affairs after a series of political theatrics that involved a midnight drama, Nitish's JD (U)-led one-day old government is backed by the BJP. The NDA-JD (U) claims to have support from 132 MLAs including 71 of JD(U), BJP 53, RLSP two, LJP two, HAM one and three independents. In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the RJD has 80 MLAs, the Congress 27 and the CPI-ML has three.
"Whatever decision we have taken will be in the interest of Bihar and of its people. It will ensure development and justice," Kumar told reporters after the swearing in.
(With PTI inputs)
