9 years ago
Patna:
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sailed through the trust vote in the 243-member Bihar Assembly with 131 legislators voting for him. Mr Kumar was sworn in as the chief minister on Thursday, after he joined hands with former estranged ally, the Bharatiya Janta Party, after 4 years. In the 243-member assembly, JD (U) has 71 legislators, the BJP - 53. BJP allies have 5 seats - Ram Vilas Paswan's LJP has 2 seats, RLSP (2) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) has 1. In an unexpected move, Nitish Kumar resigned as the Chief Minister on Wednesday after Lalu Yadav claimed his son Tejashwi Yadav will not step down from the post of the Deputy Chief Minister despite being named in a corruption case.
