Highlights| Bihar Floor Test: Nitish Kumar Wins Floor Test As RJD Walks Out

Zee Media Bureau Feb 12, 2024, 17:03 PM IST,

Bihar Floor Test: Nitish Kumar led BJP-JDU government won the floor test with 129 votes in favour.

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  • Nitish Kumar Led Govt Passes Floor Test

    The alliance of BJP-JD(U) secures the confidence vote with the backing of 129 MLAs.

    The formal declaration was made by Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari.

  • RJD walks out of Bihar Bidhan Sabha amid floor test

    After the removal of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari is overseeing the proceedings.

    Nitish Kumar levels accusations of corruption against the RJD, announcing that an investigation will be initiated.

  • Nitish Kumar starts responding to the vote of confidence

  • Bihar floor test Live Updates 

    Congress MLA Dr. Shakeel Ahmad Khan says, "...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...

  • Bihar Floor Test LIVE News: Deputy CM Addresses Assembly

     "...We have resolved to make Bihar free of crime and corruption..., says Vijay Sinha, Deputy CM and BJP leader.

  • Bihar Floor Test LIVE Updates: Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha Addresses Assembly

    BJP leader and Deputy CM Vijay Sinha addresses Bihar Assembly after Tejashwi Yadav's address.

  • Bihar Floor Test LIVE Updates: 'Nitish Ji Is A Family Member...', Says Tejashwi

    Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "...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."

  • Nitish Kumar Govt's Trust Vote LIVE: Tejashwi Slams BJP-JDU Alliance

    Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "...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.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Tejashwi Jabs Nitish Over Siding With BJP

    Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, "We will always respect CM Nitish Kumar...When you came out of Raj Bhavan after resigning, you (Nitish Kumar) said 'Mann nhi lag raha tha, hum log nachne gaane ke liye thode hai...we were there to support you..."

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Tejashwi Yadav Addresses Assembly

    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."

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: 3 RJD MLAs Cross Voted

    Three RJD MLAs has cross voted in support of government's no-confidence motion to oust RJD's Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chowdhury.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates

    No-confidence motion against Bihar Assembly Speaker and RJD leader Awadh Bihari Choudhary passed in the State Assembly. 125 members voted in favour of the resolution; 112 against.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: RJD's Speaker Ousted 

    Bihar Deputy Speaker and JDU leader Maheshwar Hazari took over the proceedings of the assembly session after the no-confidence against speaker Awadh Bihari Chowdhury moved by the NDA alliance has been passed.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: RJD's Awadh Bihari Choudhary Removes As Speaker

    NDA coalition government's no confidence motion to oust Bihar assembly speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary has been passed leading to his removal from the speaker post. 

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: 2 RJD MLAs Sitting on Govt Side

    Chetan Anand, Neelam Devi are the two RJD MLAs sitting on the government side ahead of crucial floor test for Nitish Kumar.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Tejashwi Objects On 3 RJD MLAs Sitting With Govt

    Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav says, “MLAs should remain on their own seats until the voting is over, otherwise voting will be deemed invalid.” The State Assembly is presently debating the motion to oust the Bihar Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Choudhary.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: 3 RJD MLAs Sitting On Govt's Side In Assembly

    RJD MLAs Chetan Anand, Neelam Devi and Prahlad Yadav sit on the government side in the Bihar Assembly in Patna. Floor Test of CM Nitish Kumar's government to prove their majority will be held today.
     

  • Live Updates: Bihar Floor Test News Updates

    BJP MLA Nandkishore Yadav moves no-confidence motion against Bihar Assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: No Confidence Motion To Remove Assembly Speaker Floated

    The BJP-JDU alliance government is Bihar has floated a no-confidence motion in the assembly to remove speaker Awadh Chaudhary. 

  • Bihar Floor Test LIVE Updates: All MLAs Reach Assembly

    All the absent MLAs from NDA have reached the assembly. Meanwhile, all the RJD MLAs are present in the assembly ahead of the crucial floor test too.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: 'Our 2 MLAs Held Captive', Says RJD Leader

    RJD leader Shakti Singh has claimed that two of their legislators have been taken hostage by the rulling BJP-JDU government.

  • Bihar Floor LIVE News Updates: 7 MLAs Not Present In Assembly

    Five legislators of the BJP-JDU alliance and two RJD MLAs are still not present in the Bihar assembly ahead of Nitish Government's crucial trust vote. 

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates

    Here's what Congress MLA Santosh Mishra said ahead of the Bihar Assembly's floor test today. "The alliance between Congress and RJD won't collapse. Congress is the first party to set an example of having intact legislators," he said.

  • Bihar Floor Test LIVE Updates | 'Problem In JD(U) Camp...': Cong MLA

    Here's what Congress MLA Siddharth Saurav said ahead of floor test in Bihar Assembly today. "Everything is fine. No party is more intact than Congress. The problem is in their (in JD(U)) camp," he said.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Governer Addresses State Assembly

    Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlekar addresses the State Assembly Floor Test of CM Nitish Kumar's government to prove their majority will be held today.

  • LIVE Updates: 2 RJD MLAs Not Present In Assembly

    2 RLD MLAs not present in the assembly ahead of the floor test. RJD legislators Neelam Devi and Chetan Anand are missing from the assembly.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Several BJP, JDU Legislators Yet To Arrive

    Several legislators of the BJP-JDU alliance missing from the floor test session at the Bihar assembly, Sources said that three MLAs each of BJP and JDU have not reached the assembly.

  • Bihar Floor Live Updates: Congress leader says NDA lacks majority to oust Speaker

    Bihar Congress CLP leader Dr Shakeel Ahmed Khan said that the NDA will have to first prove its majority to remove the Speaker, who belongs to the RJD. He said that the NDA does not have the required numbers to do so.

  • Live Updates: Bihar Speaker Addresses Assembly Before Floor Test

    Awadh Bihari Choudhary, the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly and a leader of the RJD, addressed the State Assembly before the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar faces a trust vote today.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: HAM Leader Manjhi Arrives In Assembly

    Former Bihar CM and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi arrives at the Bihar Assembly in Patna, ahead of the floor test.
     

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: 'Khela Ho Gaya...', Says Samrat Chaudhary

    Bihar Deputy CMs Samrat Choudhary & Vijay Kumar Sinha arrive at the State Assembly in Patna. Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary says, "Khela ho gaya..."

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Tejashwi Reaches Assembly

    Former Bihar Deputy CM and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav arrives at the Bihar Assembly in Patna.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: JDU Seeks Speaker's Ouster

    Neeraj Kumar, a leader from the ruling JDU party in Bihar, has raised the stakes in the ongoing political drama by suggesting a no-confidence motion against the Speaker. This move could further destabilize the state assembly and lead to dramatic developments.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: MLAs Arrive At Assembly

    Bihar MLAs arrive at the State Assembly in Patna, ahead of the Floor test of the NDA government led by CM Nitish Kumar.

  • Live Updates: RJD MLA Bhai Virendra confident of floor test

    RJD MLA Bhai Virendra arrived at the Bihar Assembly in Patna with a victory sign, before the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar faces a trust vote. He said that the Mahagathbandhan, the opposition coalition of RJD, Congress and Left parties, is united and strong.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: JDU leader says Speaker will be ousted

    Bihar Minister and JDU leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary said that there are only two outcomes for today. The Speaker, who belongs to the RJD, should resign voluntarily, or he will be removed by a no-confidence motion. He also said that the government will prove its majority in the floor test and all the JDU MLAs are in contact with the party.

  • Live Updates: Bihar Speaker Reaches Assembly Before Floor Test

    Awadh Bihari Choudhary, the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly and a leader of the RJD, reached the Assembly in Patna, before the NDA government led by Nitish Kumar faces a trust vote.

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates

    RJD Supporters have surrounded Ex-Dy CM Tejashwi Yadav’s House. RJD MLAs are camping at the former Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav’s residence ahead of the NDA government's floor test in the Assembly today.

  • Live Updates | BJP Leader Confident Of Floor Test

    BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain expressed his confidence that the JDU-NDA government led by Nitish Kumar will show its majority on the floor of the Bihar Assembly. He said that their numbers will grow and the opposition will not be able to do anything. He also said that Jungle Raj, a term used to describe the lawlessness and corruption during the RJD rule, will not come back to Bihar.

  • Bihar Trust Vote Live Updates: Heavy Security Deployed Ahead Of Floor Test

    Heavy security has been deployed at Bihar Vidhan Sabha, ahead of the floor test of the NDA government led by CM Nitish Kumar.

  • Live Updates: Nitish Confident Of Passing Floor Test, Says JD(U) Secretary

    Nitish Kumar, the president of Janata Dal United (JDU), expressed his confidence that he will win the trust vote in the Bihar Assembly on Monday. This comes two weeks after he broke his alliance with the RJD and joined hands with the BJP to form a new government. Nitish Kumar, who became the chief minister of Bihar for the ninth time, will face the floor test after taking the oath. Rajiv Ranjan Prasad, the national secretary of JD(U), said, “Under the leadership of CM Nitish Kumar, we will get the majority and the government will complete its tenure.”

  • Live Updates: RJD Leader Confident Of Victory In Bihar Floor Test

    RJD leader Mrityunjay Tiwari expressed his optimism about the outcome of the Bihar floor test, saying that truth can be troubled but not defeated. He said that in a few hours, everything will be clear and democracy will prevail. He said that all the MLAs have taken a vow to save Bihar and its future and for that, the current government has to be ousted from power.

     

  • Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: Here's The Seat Arithmetic

    The Bihar Assembly has 243 seats and the majority mark is 122. The NDA has a comfortable majority of 128 with the BJP having 78 MLAs, the JD-U 45, HAM 4 and an independent MLA. The opposition has 114 MLAs of which RJD has 79, Congress 19, CPI-ML 12, CPI-M 2, and CPI has 2.

Bihar Floor Test Live Updates: The Bihar Assembly witnessed a floor test today on Monday, where the government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar showed its majority with 129 votes. Kumar, who became the Bihar CM for the ninth time last month, broke away from the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) and the ‘INDIA’ bloc and joined hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form a new government.


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The vote of confidence took place amid a walk out staged by the Opposition as cross voting happened when three Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs also voted in support of Nitish Kumar.


The Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly Maheshwar Hazari asked the members of the House who were in favour of the motion to stand at their places.


"(A total of) 129 votes have been received in favour of the motion. There were zero votes against the motion. Thus, this House passes the trust vote," the Speaker said on Monday.


Three Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLAs -Chetan Anand, Neelam Devi, and Prahlad Yadav went and joined the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the State Assembly. On three RJD MLAs moving to the NDA side, RJD leader Bhai Virendra said that the public will not make them MLAs again.


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