Ahead of a floor test to prove the majority of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance government Bharatiya Janta Party’s Vijay Kumar Sinha resigned as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the floor test will be chaired by JD(U)’s Narendra Narayan Yadav. Sinha’s resignation came after a no-confidence motion was moved by the MLAs of ‘Mahagathbandhan’.
“I would like to tell you that your no-confidence motion is unclear. Eight of the nine letters, which were received were not as per rule,” Sinha said.
“The Chair is ‘Panch Parmeshwar’. What message do you want to give by casting suspicions on the Chair? People will make a decision,” Sinha said addressing the House
Ahead of the floor test, BJP is protesting outside Bihar Assembly. “We’ve come here for the Assembly Session,” Ex-Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad said.
Earlier in the morning on Wednesday, the CBI raided the premises of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders in Bihar in connection with the land for job scam. The CBI raided at the residence of RJD Rajya Sabha MP Ashfaque Karim, MP Faiyaz Ahmed, and former MLC Subodh Roy.
Meanwhile, Manoj Jha, RJD MP questioned the timing of the raids and said, “It is being done intentionally. There is no meaning to it. They are doing it thinking that out of fear, MLAs will come in their favor,” said Singh, RJD MLC and Chairman of Bihar state co-operative marketing union ltd. (BISCOMAUN) whose house was raided today.”
“Useless to say that it is a raid by ED or IT or CBI, it is a raid by Bharatiya Janata Party. They work under BJP now, and their offices run with BJP script. Today is Floor Test (in Bihar Assembly) & what’s happening here? It has become predictable,” Jha said.
However, the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance government comprises JD(U), RJD, Congress, CPI (ML), CPI, and CPI(M). The Nitish-led government has a strength of more than 160 in the 243 strong houses.