Patna: Adding more speculation to the growing Congress-JD(U) friendship, sources have indicated that the Congress is likely to vote in favour of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the trust vote on Wednesday. Sources say the Congress is keeping its options in the Bihar Assembly open.
It is a big day for Nitish Kumar as his party will move a trust vote in the state legislature in what is being seen as a litmus test after the BJP-JD(U) split. The voting is expected to take place around 2 in the afternoon and Nitish Kumar seems confident of proving his majority.
JD(U) leaders said Nitish Kumar was "calm and cool" and spent the day in office on Tuesday, not worried about the trust vote in the 243-seat legislature. "Nitish Kumar was busy as usual in office work. He was not at all tense," an official in the chief minister's office said.
JD(U) spokesperson Neeraj Kumar said that Wednesday's trust vote would be smooth sailing for Nitish Kumar. The JD(U) has 118 legislators, but it needs 122 votes to win the confidence of the House. Four independent legislators have reportedly pledged support to the JD(U). "After four of the six independent legislators announced their support to Nitish Kumar, the sole LJP legislator, Zakir Hussain Khan, has also announced his support to the government," Neeraj Kumar said. ...
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10:20 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: It is a big day for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as his party will move a trust vote in the state legislature in what is being seens as a litmus after the BJP-JD(U) split. The voting is expected to take place around 2 in the afternoon and Nitish Kumar seems confident of proving his majority. JD(U) leaders said Nitish Kumar was "calm and cool" and spent the day...
04:15 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Raghogarh: Amid indications of growing bonhomie between Congress and JD(U), which has broken its alliance with the BJP-led NDA, AICC general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday said the decision on any tie-up between the two parties would be taken by the AK Antony Committee. "Any decision on a tie-up between the Congress and JD(U) would be taken by the Antony Committee," Digvijaya said in response to a query on likely...
01:58 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: BJP Parliamentary Board on Tuesday appointed former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi as leader of the party in the Legislative Council and Nand Kishore Yadav as the head of the party in the state Assembly. Yadav will be the Leader of the Opposition in state Assembly as BJP is now the main opposition after JD(U) snapped ties with it. He was the Road and Highways minister...
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10:15 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Just 24 hours after the JD(U)-BJP split, both the parties are washing their dirty linen in public. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar accused the BJP of showing disrespect towards its elders. ...
07:37 PM, Jun 17, 2013
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07:30 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United split, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, calling him a secular leader. Taking a potshot at the Gujarat Chief Minister, the Prime Minister also said that Narendra Modi is not a threat to the Congress in the next Lok Sabha elections, as the people know what he stands for. On the...
07:14 PM, Jun 17, 2013
The fissures in the BJP were visible after Narendra Modi was made the campaign chief for 2014 polls and now the JD(U) parts ways with its long-time electoral partner on the Modi issue. Is the rise of Modi doing more harm than good for the NDA? CNN-IBN's deputy bureau chief Sumit Pande joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Who is more at fault, JD(U) or BJP?...
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Patna: Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Modi on Monday said the way his patry leaders were sacked from Nitish Kumar's cabinet was "very insulting" and they "did not expect this from the Bihar Chief Minister". "Instead of asking for our resignation, they dismissed us and announced it through the media. This is very painful," said Modi, who was the Bihar Deputy Chief Minister. The BJP has called a bandh...
03:55 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Patna: Within 24 hours of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United split, the two parties are taking potshots at each other. The BJP has hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for accusing that the BJP does not respect its elders. Bihar BJP leader Giriraj Singh said Nitish Kumar has a double face and was frustrated. "Nitish ji has a double face, he is speaking because of his frustration."...
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