Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar secured majority in the state assembly during the trust vote on Monday. At the same time, a few minutes before this important voting, the opposition led by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) walked out of the House. Accusing Tejashwi Yadav’s party of corruption, Nitish Kumar claimed that they were involved in financial irregularities.

In the absence of the opposition, Kumar initially established his majority through voice vote. He then insisted on manual voting, eventually getting 130 votes and winning the trust vote. During this period no one opposed his government.

Last month, Nitish Kumar broke ties with RJD and re-aligned with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In his impassioned speech, he criticized Tejashwi Yadav’s parents Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi and raised questions on the condition of the state during his tenure. He alleged that Tejashwi and his family are involved in corruption.

The Chief Minister expressed disappointment over the alleged corruption by RJD leaders and promised to conduct an investigation. He also emphasized that he respects Tejashwi’s family. He confirmed the return to the old alliance with BJP and expressed his commitment towards it.

Addressing the India Bloc, Kumar mentioned his efforts to unite various parties but claimed that his efforts were in vain. He accused RJD leaders of trying to take credit for the work of the Janata Dal (United) party.

In response, Tejashwi Yadav, while addressing the Assembly before the floor test, promised Nitish Kumar that he will stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP in Bihar. He asserted that his nephew will now carry the flag himself to stop Modi’s influence in the state. Taking a dig at Kumar, Yadav remarked on the chief minister’s “three changes of allegiance” within one tenure.

Bihar news: The recently formed alliance between Nitish Kumar and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bihar is set to undergo a crucial trust vote today. Analysts believe that this challenge will be easily overcome. With this vote of confidence, the budget session will begin in the state assembly.

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The BJP-JD(U) alliance has a total of 128 members in the 243-seat Bihar Assembly, crossing the required majority mark of 122.

Bihar news: The distribution of seats within the alliance is as follows: BJP — 78 seats, Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JD(U)) — 45 seats, and Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustan Awam Morcha — four seats. The remaining one seat is occupied by an independent MLA.

On the opposition side, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and its ally Congress collectively have 114 seats.

Many leaders of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) had demanded to prove majority, due to which Bihar Assembly Speaker and RJD leader Avadh Bihari Chaudhary is facing a no-confidence motion.

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Bihar news: The no-confidence motion against Speaker Chaudhary was addressed immediately after the Governor’s speech at the inauguration of the budget session.

RJD MP Manoj Jha said that JDU and BJP need votes of more than half of the total members to remove the Speaker, a challenge the NDA is expected to overcome easily considering its number of seats.

Bihar news: Chairman Chaudhary has till now refused to step down to avoid embarrassment but after today’s vote he will have to step down.

Before the trust vote, reports of several Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs going missing had also surfaced.

Bihar news: Senior police officials visited Tejashwi Yadav’s residence in Patna late on Sunday night after RJD MLA Chetan Anand complained that he was “missing”. A video surfaced on social media, in which Chetan Anand is seen playing cricket at Tejashwi’s residence.

Citing discontent within the Grand Alliance, Nitish Kumar took over as Chief Minister for the ninth time on January 28. According to sources, the lack of clarity in India Bloc’s election preparations and Nitish Kumar being ignored as a potential prime ministerial candidate led to dissatisfaction.

Bihar news: The Chief Minister has decided to break ties with Grand Alliance and India Block and form a new government with BJP. He had separated himself from BJP about 18 months ago.