Bihar floor test highlights: CM Nitish Kumar wins trust motion by securing 160 votes in favour of 'Mahagathbandhan' govt

Bihar Assembly Floor Test highlights: The Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance has the support of 164 members in the assembly.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar addresses the state assembly during floor test on Wednesday, August 24, 2022. (ANI Photo)

Bihar floor test highlights: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar won a trust vote on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha today....Read More

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• 24 Aug 2022, 08:29:06 PM IST

  Election for Bihar Assembly Speaker on August 26

  Bihar assembly deputy speaker Maheshwar Hazari said on Wednesday that the election for Bihar Assembly Speaker will take place on 26th August.

• 24 Aug 2022, 05:39:32 PM IST

  BJP wins trust vote by securing 160 votes against zero in its favour

  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan government wins trust motion by securing 160 votes against zero in its favour.

• 24 Aug 2022, 04:54:24 PM IST

  ‘No work happening from Delhi, only publicity’: Nitish lambasts BJP

  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar lambasted the BJP in state assembly on Wednesday, saying the party does not do any productive work and only does publicity. He also stated that the BJP is escaping the current situation in Bihar because the top brass of the party from Delhi must have told them to do so as they know they have no support in the eastern state.

  BJP walks out in the midst of CM address. Read more.

• 24 Aug 2022, 04:48:24 PM IST

  ‘Don’t just talk about 2020 assembly polls': Nitish at assembly

  Nitish Kumar on Wednesday slammed the BJP leaders present at state assembly, saying that even before the 2020 polls, his party JD(U) won more seats than BJP. “Don't just talk about 2020 assembly polls,” he said.

• 24 Aug 2022, 04:32:50 PM IST

  Bihar CM Nitish Kumar speaks at assembly

  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar speaks at state assembly. Prior to him, the only AIMIM MLA Akhtarul Iman spoke in favour of the trust vote.

• 24 Aug 2022, 04:18:02 PM IST

  Tejashwi says RJD-JD(U) alliance will be longest innings in Bihar

  Calling his party RJD's partnership with chief minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav said the duo are cricketers and their parties is “going to have a never-ending partnership”.

  “This is going to be the longest inning, this partnership will be working for the development of Bihar and the country. No one is getting run out this time,” he added.

• 24 Aug 2022, 04:08:44 PM IST

  Tejashwi refutes rumours of CBI-raided Gurugram mall belonging to him

  Refuting media reports that the mall in Gurugram, Haryana, raided by the CBI earlier in the day belonged to him, Tejashwi Yadav said it is interesting that the venue's construction began in the presence of a BJP leader. The Bihar deputy CM also said that the saffron unit is scared the RJD-JD(U)-led Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance government would wipe out the BJP in the coming 2024 parliamentary polls from Bihar.

• 24 Aug 2022, 04:03:35 PM IST

  Tejashwi Yadav attacks BJP with 3 ‘jamai’ CBI, ED & IT jibe

  Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav said that when the BJP is scared or loses in a state, “it puts ahead its three 'jamai', CBI, ED and IT,” ANI reported. 

  “When I go to foreign countries, BJP issues lookout notices against me & when fraudsters like Nirav Modi run away, they don't do anything,” he added.

• 24 Aug 2022, 03:30:33 PM IST

  BJP leader slams Nitish says Bihar CM has lost ‘political credibility’

  Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar was on Wednesday accused by his former deputy and BJP leader Tarkishore Prasad of having lost “political credibility”, news agency PTI reported. Prasad mocked Kumar's “personal ambition to become the prime minister" to ditch the saffron camp. The BJP leader made the remark while participating in a debate on the motion of confidence brought by the new Mahagathbandhan government in the eastern state.

  “He remains the CM though his deputy keeps changing. He is like a batsman who causes others to get run out to remain on the pitch. RJD should remember that its president Lalu Prasad had compared him to a snake that sheds its skin,” Prasad was quoted as saying by PTI.

• 24 Aug 2022, 02:17:02 PM IST

  Floor test begins

  Floor test to prove the majority of Nitish Kumar-led Mahagathbandhan government commences in Bihar legislative assembly, reports ANI.

• 24 Aug 2022, 01:25:37 PM IST

  JD(U)'s Narendra Narayan Yadav to chair the floor test as speaker quits

  JD(U)'s Narendra Narayan Yadav, whose name was recommended by VK Sinha after he quit as assembly speaker, will chair the floor test now.

• 24 Aug 2022, 12:57:51 PM IST

  Bihar assembly adjourned to 2pm

  The proceedings of the House have been adjourned till 2 pm. According to the rules, after the resignation of the Speaker, all the work of the Assembly will be handled by the Deputy Speaker: Maheshwar Hazari, Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.

• 24 Aug 2022, 12:51:57 PM IST

  On CBI raids, RJD spokesman says ‘hardly surprised…’

  RJD spokesman Shakti Singh Yadav said, "I am hardly surprised. I had, in a tweet last night itself, had spoken of ED, CBI and IT planning their next operation in Bihar."

• 24 Aug 2022, 12:29:12 PM IST

  BJP leader says CM Nitish wants Dalits to ‘get a bad name’

  BJP OBC Morcha national general secretary and state spokesman Nikhil Anand alleged in a statement, "Nitish Kumar is using the deputy speaker, a Dalit, to get abuses hurled at the Speaker. In the process, the CM wants Dalits to get a bad name."

• 24 Aug 2022, 12:27:31 PM IST

  The Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance has the support of 164 members in the assembly

  The 'Mahagathbandhan', which comprises Bihar chief minister's JD(U), besides RJD, Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M), has a combined strength of more than 160 in the 243-strong House.

• 24 Aug 2022, 12:26:03 PM IST

  What is the case in which CBI is conducting raids

  This May, the CBI had filed an FIR in the "land for railway job" case and named Lalu Yadav, his wife and daughters among several others as accused in the case. CBI conducted searches at 17 locations belonging to Lalu Yadav and his family members in Delhi and Bihar in May.

• 24 Aug 2022, 12:24:56 PM IST

  Nitish Kumar was sworn in as CM for a record 8th time

  Nitish Kumar was sworn in as the chief minister for a record eighth time after the JDU teamed up with the RJD and Congress to form the government.

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:54:45 AM IST

  CBI raids under construction mall in Gurugram owned by Tejashwi Yadav: Sources

  CBI raids going on at total 25 locations in Delhi, Gurugram, Patna, Katihar and Madhubani including an under construction mall in Gurugram owned by Tejashwi Yadav. This mall is being constructed from the proceeds of crime from land-for-jobs scam in railways, in which a case was registered in May this year.

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:34:59 AM IST

  RJD leader Rabri Devi says BJP is scared, hence CBI raids are happening

  Ex-Bihar CM & RJD leader Rabri Devi says, "They're scared. A new Govt has been formed under leadership of Nitish Kumar. All parties, except BJP, with us. We've the majority. CBI (raid) just to scare us. We won't be scared. This isn't happening for the first time."

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:33:34 AM IST

  On CBI raids, RJD spokesman says ‘hardly surprised…’

  RJD spokesman Shakti Singh Yadav said, "I am hardly surprised. I had, in a tweet last night itself, had spoken of ED, CBI and IT planning their next operation in Bihar."

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:25:40 AM IST

  Vijay Kumar Sinha resigns as the Speaker of the Bihar Assembly

  BJP's Vijay Kumar Sinha resigns as Speaker of the Bihar Assembly, JD(U)'s Narendra Narayan Yadav to chair floor test.

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:22:06 AM IST

  Bihar Assembly Speaker says no-confidence motion against him 'unclear'

  “The Chair is 'Panch Parmeshwar'. What message do you want to give by casting suspicions on the Chair? People will make a decision,” Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, in the House as he speaks on the No Confidence Motion against him. “I would like to tell you that your No Confidence Motion (against him - the Speaker) is unclear. Eight of the nine people's letters, which were received, were not as per rule,” says Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, in the House.

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• 24 Aug 2022, 11:13:38 AM IST

  'May end up being probed by…,' Congress on CBI raids

  Congress spokesperson Asit Nath Tiwari said that with a change of guard, these officials may end up being probed by the very agencies in which they are holding posts.

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:04:41 AM IST

  BJP MLAs protest outside Bihar assembly

  

  By Vijay Swaroop for Hindustan Times

• 24 Aug 2022, 11:00:15 AM IST

  JD (U) leader file papers for the post of chairman of Bihar legislative council

  

  By Vijay Swaroop for Hindustan Times

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:56:55 AM IST

  CPI-ML MLAs gather outside Bihar Assembly & demand resignation of Speaker VK Sinha

  

  Source: ANI

  They say, "Conspiracy to scare us through raids won't work. It's a conspiracy to topple our Govt. Our proposal for No-Confidence Motion against Speaker should be considered & discussed."

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:48:42 AM IST

  ‘Independent agency doing its work,' BJP's Tarkishore Prasad says on CBI raids at RJD leaders

  ON CBI raids, Ex-Dy CM Tarkishore Prasad says, "It's an independent agency doing its work. I won't make a comment on it"

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:47:27 AM IST

  BJP MLAs protest outside Bihar Assembly

  BJP MLAs protest outside Bihar Assembly, ahead of Floor Test of Nitish Kumar-led govt today.

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:41:31 AM IST

  'Bihar is land of democracy…doesn't matter if you send dozen agencies,' says JDU MLC on CBI raids

  "The central government has used CBI and ED as government instruments. Today, the state government is about to prove its majority and you (BJP) sent CBI and ED for 'Shakti Parikshan'. Bihar is the land of democracy and does not matter if you send dozen agencies, there is no one to create pressure on Mahagathbandhan's MLAs," JDU MLC Neeraj Kumar said.

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:40:10 AM IST

  1 RJD MLC, 3 MPs raided by CBI

  The raids were conducted at the properties linked to RJD MLC Sunil Singh and three MPs Ashfaque Karim, Faiyaz Ahmed and Subodh Roy.

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:37:45 AM IST

  Opposition MLAs gather outside Bihar Assembly & demand resignation of Speaker VK Sinha

  Opposition MLAs gather outside Bihar Assembly & demand resignation of Speaker VK Sinha

  They say, "Conspiracy to scare us through raids won't work. It's a conspiracy to topple our Govt. Our proposal for No-Confidence Motion against Speaker should be considered & discussed."

• 24 Aug 2022, 10:37:05 AM IST

  Ahead of Bihar floor test today, CBI raids RJD leaders

  The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday raided the residences of leaders of the Rashtriya Janta Dal reportedly in connection with the "land for jobs" scam.