Key Takeaways
- The Nitish Kumar government won the trust vote in the Bihar Assembly with 129 votes in favour and no votes against.
- The opposition, led by the RJD, walked out of the house in protest against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
- Three RJD legislators, Prahlad Yadav, Neelam Devi, and Chetan Anand, crossed over to the treasury benches and voted in support of the government.
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar won the vote of confidence in the Assembly on Monday.
The Assembly Deputy Speaker, Maheshwar Hajari, announced the result of the trust vote. 129 votes were in favour of the trust motion, and there were no votes against due to the opposition’s walkout.
Earlier, soon after the no confidence motion passed against the Assembly Speaker, Kumar moved the confidence motion to seek the trust of the house for his government.
During the motion, three RJD legislators namely Prahlad Yadav, Neelam Devi and Chetan Anand crossed over to the treasury benches and were seen sitting on the side of ruling party legislators. All the three MLAs voted in support of the Treasury benches during both the motions.
Earlier the motion was passed with voice vote but later on the request of the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the voting was conducted.
Meanwhile expressing their resentment against the Chief Minister, the entire opposition including the RJD walked out of the house when Nitish Kumar was addressing the members.
